Article - CS402518
Normal users cannot search in ThingWorx Navigate with "We can't complete your request due to connection problems"
Modified: 19-Nov-2025
Applies To
- Windchill Navigate (formerly ThingWorx Navigate) 9.1 to 10.0
Description
- Normal users cannot search in ThingWorx Navigate with error:
We can't complete your request due to connection problems - Search works fine for ThingWorx administrators
- Error in ApplicationLog.log
[L: ERROR] [O: c.p.r.ResourceManager] [I: ] [U: <username>] [S: ] [P: ] [T: https-openssl-nio-8443-exec-11] Exception executing service, ExecuteSavedSearches, on resource provider: WindchillDemoEpmDocumentResourceProvider
[L: ERROR] [O: c.p.r.ResourceManager] [I: ] [U: <username>] [S: ] [P: ] [T: https-openssl-nio-8443-exec-11] Exception executing service, ExecuteSavedSearches, on resource provider: WindchillDemoPartResourceProvider
[L: ERROR] [O: c.p.c.a.a.NavigateSearch] [I: ] [U: <username>] [S: ] [P: ] [T: https-openssl-nio-8443-exec-11] GenericHTTPException ERROR ! : Your route exchange has failed. HTTP operation failed with status [500 - 500]
[L: ERROR] [O: c.p.c.a.a.NavigateSearch] [I: ] [U: <username>] [S: ] [P: ] [T: https-openssl-nio-8443-exec-11] ERROR ! : When invoking service,ExecuteSavedSearches, all resource providers failed: {WindchillDemoEpmDocumentResourceProvider=java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: com.thingworx.common.exceptions.GenericHTTPException: Your route exchange has failed. HTTP operation failed with status [500 - 500], WindchillDemoPartResourceProvider=java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: com.thingworx.common.exceptions.GenericHTTPException: Your route exchange has failed. HTTP operation failed with status [500 - 500]}
- Error in MethodServer log
ERROR [ajp-nio-127.0.0.1-8011-exec-41] wt.servlet.ServletRequestMonitor.request - 2023-10-05 10:13:34.975 +0200, 4eiip4lq;lnc9pszk;50752;i1zox1;219822, -, 10.10.10.10, /Windchill/sslClientAuth/servlet/rest/search/saved-searches/OR%3Awt.query.SavedQuery%3A174994210/results, wt.effectiveUid=<username>&%24select=objNumber%2CobjName%2Cstate%2Citeration%2Clast_updated%2Ctwodthumbnail%2CPrimaryContentExtension%2CId%2CFilterCriteriaJsonString%2CAdditionalAttributesFromSelectedResource%2CAttributes%2CSearchSuccessIndicator%2CEmptySearchResultsReason, POST, 500, 0.015625, 0.0156058 org.jboss.resteasy.spi.UnhandledException: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.jboss.resteasy.core.ExceptionHandler.handleApplicationException(ExceptionHandler.java:82) at org.jboss.resteasy.core.ExceptionHandler.handleException(ExceptionHandler.java:346) at org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.writeException(SynchronousDispatcher.java:193) at org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.invoke(SynchronousDispatcher.java:457) at org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.lambda$invoke$4(SynchronousDispatcher.java:229) at org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.lambda$preprocess$0(SynchronousDispatcher.java:135) at org.jboss.resteasy.core.interception.PreMatchContainerRequestContext.filter(PreMatchContainerRequestContext.java:358) at org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.preprocess(SynchronousDispatcher.java:138) at org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.invoke(SynchronousDispatcher.java:215) at org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.server.servlet.ServletContainerDispatcher.service(ServletContainerDispatcher.java:245) at org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.server.servlet.HttpServletDispatcher.service(HttpServletDispatcher.java:61) at org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.server.servlet.HttpServletDispatcher.service(HttpServletDispatcher.java:56) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:764) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:231) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at com.ptc.core.ui.validation.URLValidationFilter.doFilter(URLValidationFilter.java:86) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:712) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:462) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:388) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:316) at wt.servlet.AuthBridgeServlet.service(AuthBridgeServlet.java:105) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:764) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:231) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at wt.licenseusage.licensing.LicenseFilter.doFilter(LicenseFilter.java:47) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at com.ptc.core.ui.validation.URLValidationFilter.doFilter(URLValidationFilter.java:86) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at wt.httpgw.filter.WTContextBeanFilter.doWithWtContextBeanHandler(WTContextBeanFilter.java:104) at wt.httpgw.filter.WTContextBeanFilter.doFilter(WTContextBeanFilter.java:58) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at wt.httpgw.filter.TrustedAuthFilter.delegateWrappedRequest(TrustedAuthFilter.java:414) at wt.httpgw.filter.AbstractRemoteUserFilter.doFilter(AbstractRemoteUserFilter.java:142) at wt.httpgw.filter.AbstractRemoteUserFilter.doFilter(AbstractRemoteUserFilter.java:97) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at wt.servlet.CompressionFilter.doFilter(CompressionFilter.java:301) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at wt.servlet.RequestInterrupter.doFilter(RequestInterrupter.java:335) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at wt.servlet.ServletRequestMonitor.doFilter(ServletRequestMonitor.java:1677) at wt.servlet.ServletRequestMonitorFilter.doFilter(ServletRequestMonitorFilter.java:57) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:197) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:97) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:543) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:135) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:92) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:78) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:367) at org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpProcessor.service(AjpProcessor.java:526) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:65) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:882) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1657) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1191) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:659) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61) at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:829) Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.search.mvc.model.criteriaAdapters.CriteriaAdapterFactory.getSearchCompAdapter(CriteriaAdapterFactory.java:63) at com.ptc.netmarkets.search.WhereClauseBuilder.getQBCriteria(WhereClauseBuilder.java:239) at com.ptc.netmarkets.search.WhereClauseBuilder.buildCustomWhereClause(WhereClauseBuilder.java:190) at com.ptc.netmarkets.search.WhereClauseBuilder.buildWhereClause(WhereClauseBuilder.java:71) at com.ptc.netmarkets.search.SearchResultsParamHelper.getWhereClause(SearchResultsParamHelper.java:609) at com.ptc.windchill.connected.plm.webservice.SearchUtils.additionalSearchBean(SearchUtils.java:244) at com.ptc.windchill.connected.plm.webservice.SearchUtils.createSearchBean(SearchUtils.java:100) at com.ptc.windchill.connected.plm.webservice.SavedSearchWebService.executeSavedSearch(SavedSearchWebService.java:205) at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor1387.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566) at org.jboss.resteasy.core.MethodInjectorImpl.invoke(MethodInjectorImpl.java:138) at org.jboss.resteasy.core.ResourceMethodInvoker.internalInvokeOnTarget(ResourceMethodInvoker.java:546) at org.jboss.resteasy.core.ResourceMethodInvoker.invokeOnTargetAfterFilter(ResourceMethodInvoker.java:435) at org.jboss.resteasy.core.ResourceMethodInvoker.lambda$invokeOnTarget$0(ResourceMethodInvoker.java:396) at org.jboss.resteasy.core.interception.PreMatchContainerRequestContext.filter(PreMatchContainerRequestContext.java:358) at org.jboss.resteasy.core.ResourceMethodInvoker.invokeOnTarget(ResourceMethodInvoker.java:398) at org.jboss.resteasy.core.ResourceMethodInvoker.invoke(ResourceMethodInvoker.java:365) at org.jboss.resteasy.core.ResourceMethodInvoker.invoke(ResourceMethodInvoker.java:338) at org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.invoke(SynchronousDispatcher.java:440) ... 63 more
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