[NIFI-9722] Cannot create a "ghost" processor if it references non-sensitive parameters

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.16.0
• Component/s: Core Framework
• Assignee: Mark Payne
• Reporter: Mark Payne
• Created: 23/Feb/22 21:16
• Updated: 24/Feb/22 14:05
• Resolved: 24/Feb/22 14:05

Description

I attempted to import a user's flow into my NiFi instance. The flow referenced processors that are not part of the standard Apache NiFi build. I got an error indicating that the flow couldn't be imported because a property is non-sensitive but referenced a sensitive parameter.

This is problematic because for a "ghost" processor, all properties are considered sensitive. We already have validation setup so that the component becomes invalid in such a case. We should avoid throwing an Exception in the verify method and instead just let the component be invalid.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #5795