began receiving this error today, system appears to be un-usable
Asked by Glenn Webb:

### Cause {#toc-hId-1484086985}

com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference$InitializationException: java.lang.NullPointerException  
at com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference.getInterruptibly(LazyReference.java:152)

caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException  
at com.atlassian.spring.container.ContainerManager.getComponent(ContainerManager.java:33)

#### Stack Trace:\[hide\] {#toc-hId--1264583481}

```
com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference$InitializationException: java.lang.NullPointerException
```

```
        at com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference.getInterruptibly(LazyReference.java:152)
```

```
        at com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference.get(LazyReference.java:115)
```

```
        at com.atlassian.confluence.setup.ConfluenceEncodingFilter.getGlobalSettings(ConfluenceEncodingFilter.java:45)
```

```
        at com.atlassian.confluence.setup.ConfluenceEncodingFilter.getEncodingInternal(ConfluenceEncodingFilter.java:35)
```

```
        at com.atlassian.confluence.setup.ConfluenceEncodingFilter.getEncoding(ConfluenceEncodingFilter.java:27)
```

```
        at com.atlassian.core.filters.encoding.AbstractEncodingFilter.doFilter(AbstractEncodingFilter.java:38)
```

```
        at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
```

```
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
```

```
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
```

```
        at com.atlassian.core.filters.HeaderSanitisingFilter.doFilter(HeaderSanitisingFilter.java:44)
```

```
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
```

```
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
```

```
        at com.atlassian.confluence.servlet.FourOhFourErrorLoggingFilter.doFilter(FourOhFourErrorLoggingFilter.java:65)
```

```
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
```

```
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
```

```
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
```

```
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
```

```
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
```

```
        at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
```

```
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
```

```
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:298)
```

```
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:859)
```

```
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:588)
```

```
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:489)
```

```
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
```

```
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
```

```
        at com.atlassian.spring.container.ContainerManager.getComponent(ContainerManager.java:33)
```

```
        at com.atlassian.confluence.util.LazyComponentReference$Accessor.get(LazyComponentReference.java:44)
```

```
        at com.atlassian.util.concurrent.Lazy$Strong.create(Lazy.java:88)
```

```
        at com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference$Sync.run(LazyReference.java:326)
```

```
        at com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference.getInterruptibly(LazyReference.java:146)
```

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        ... 24 more
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### Referer URL {#toc-hId-674740359}

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Answers:
author: Renjith Pillai
body: Appears to be permission issues on the files, check this post <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/56733/confluence-suddenly-unusable-java-error>


author: Theinvisibleman
body: Hi Glenn,

May I know if there is any error or loss of functionality in your Confluence? Do you face this error when attempting a certain action in Confluence?