http://jira.mobinets.com/jira This file is an XML representation of an issue en-us 6.1.4 6159 19-11-2013 http://jira.mobinets.com/jira/browse/ACE-532 ACE <p>We identified an issue with the current Flowable process definitions on cloud env related to empty &lt;errorEventDefinition/&gt; elements in BPMN end events.<br/> Problem:</p> <p>In some deployed process definitions, end events had &lt;errorEventDefinition/&gt; without an errorRef.</p> <p>Flowable requires an error code for error end events.</p> <p>When these processes are executed, the following exception occurs:</p> <p>org.flowable.common.engine.api.FlowableIllegalArgumentException: Error Code must not be null<br/> at org.flowable.engine.delegate.BpmnError.setErrorCode(BpmnError.java:53)<br/> at org.flowable.engine.delegate.BpmnError.&lt;init&gt;(BpmnError.java:48)<br/> at org.flowable.engine.impl.bpmn.behavior.ErrorEndEventActivityBehavior.execute(ErrorEndEventActivityBehavior.java:48)</p> <p>Root Cause:</p> <p>Flowable engine requires all &lt;errorEventDefinition/&gt; elements to have a valid errorRef.</p> <p>Some older BPMN files were deployed without a global error or without specifying errorRef on end events.</p> ACE-532

Patch Flowable BPMN End Events to Fix Missing Error Codes

Task Normal Done Unresolved Ayed Bada Zein Trabelsi Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:35:02 +0200 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:11:01 +0200 FN Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0200 0 1 0 minutes 1 day, 6 hours <p>This issue exists only on Cloud and is related to the Flowable version upgrade <br/> -------<del>Solution Implemented</del>--------</p> <p>1/// Developed a SOAP API method patchErrorEventDefinitions that:</p> <p>-Reads the latest process definitions.</p> <p>-Replaces empty &lt;errorEventDefinition/&gt; with &lt;errorEventDefinition errorRef="ERR_TECHNICAL"/&gt;.</p> <p>-Redeploys the patched BPMN automatically.</p> <p>2/// Intercepted all manual BPMN uploads through FN and SRD platforms to add any missing errorRef before deployment.</p> <p>Only empty error end events are modified; all other BPMN logic remains untouched.</p> <p>-------<del>Impact</del>-----</p> <p>-Fixes runtime exceptions caused by missing error codes.</p> <p>-Safe to deploy on staging or production before full validation.</p> <p>-Prevents regression by automatically patching future manual BPMN uploads.</p> Actual Start Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0200 Baseline End Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0200 Baseline Start Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0200 Customer Date of Baselining Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:49:42 +0200 Dev. Actual Duration Gantt Options Last Comment <p style="display:inline"><b>Evaluation License Error:</b> EXPIRED</p> Original Estimate PDM Actual Duration Planned End Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0200 Planned Start Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0200 Rank 0|xtiwmh: Rank (Obsolete) 9223372036854775807 VTDirections