In vRO 7.3, we're seeing an issue where a nullPointerException is thrown when trying to view the Requests folder in a vRA Host.
To reproduce the issue:
in vRO, go to the Inventory tab, expand vRA Automation, expand the vRA host
Click on arrow next to the Requests folder to expand it.
The requests do not load, and in vRO server.log, you see this:
2017-05-26 14:50:58.115+0000 [https-jsse-nio-0.0.0.0-8281-exec-10] ERROR {} [EntitiesFinder] Error retrieving results from VRA server: null
2017-05-26 14:50:58.116+0000 [https-jsse-nio-0.0.0.0-8281-exec-10] ERROR {} [InventoryService] findChildrenInRelation error! host: Default (2bde775f-072a-4b9d-897e-8a5ad01a1685), type: VCACHost, id: 2bde775f-072a-4b9d-897e-8a5ad01a1685, relationName: CatalogItemRequest, exception: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NullPointerException
2017-05-26 14:50:58.149+0000 [https-jsse-nio-0.0.0.0-8281-exec-10] ERROR {} [EntitiesFinder] Error retrieving results from VRA server: null
2017-05-26 14:50:58.150+0000 [https-jsse-nio-0.0.0.0-8281-exec-10] ERROR {} [InventoryService] findChildrenInRelation error! host: Default (2bde775f-072a-4b9d-897e-8a5ad01a1685), type: VCACHost, id: 2bde775f-072a-4b9d-897e-8a5ad01a1685, relationName: ResourceActionRequest, exception: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NullPointerException
I am using an external vRO and a Shared Session endpoint, but the same thing happens with the Default "Per User" endpoint as well.
This has also been tested against the embedded vRO and the error is present there as well.
Workflows that attempt to read the Requests objects from vRO are affected by this.
Other objects appear to be fine. Catalog, Items and Administration inventories are reachable.
Can anyone else corroborate?