Description
NullPointer exception is produced if custom Log4j2.xml is used and AlertAppender is not defined.
01:43:12.760 WARN [] JGRP000039: 192.168.100.109<v3>:10100: failed to deliver OOB message [dst: 192.168.100.109<v3>:10100, src: 192.168.100.109<v0>:41000 (2 headers), size=208 bytes, flags=OOB|DONT_BUNDLE|NO_FC|SKIP_BARRIER]: java.lang.NullPointerException java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.geode.distributed.internal.membership.gms.mgr.GMSMembershipManager.forceDisconnect(GMSMembershipManager.java:2558) ~[geode-core-1.9.0.jar:?] at org.apache.geode.distributed.internal.membership.gms.membership.GMSJoinLeave.forceDisconnect(GMSJoinLeave.java:1093) ~[geode-core-1.9.0.jar:?] at org.apache.geode.distributed.internal.membership.gms.membership.GMSJoinLeave.processRemoveRequest(GMSJoinLeave.java:674) ~[geode-core-1.9.0.jar:?] at org.apache.geode.distributed.internal.membership.gms.membership.GMSJoinLeave.processMessage(GMSJoinLeave.java:1897) ~[geode-core-1.9.0.jar:?] at org.apache.geode.distributed.internal.membership.gms.messenger.JGroupsMessenger$JGroupsReceiver.receive(JGroupsMessenger.java:1328) ~[geode-core-1.9.0.jar:?] at org.apache.geode.distributed.internal.membership.gms.messenger.JGroupsMessenger$JGroupsReceiver.receive(JGroupsMessenger.java:1266) ~[geode-core-1.9.0.jar:?] at org.jgroups.JChannel.invokeCallback(JChannel.java:816) ~[jgroups-3.6.14.Final.jar:3.6.14.Final] at org.jgroups.JChannel.up(JChannel.java:741) ~[jgroups-3.6.14.Final.jar:3.6.14.Final] at org.jgroups.stack.ProtocolStack.up(ProtocolStack.java:1030) ~[jgroups-3.6.14.Final.jar:3.6.14.Final]
I would propose to make AlertAppender optional.