An RA Web Service REST job remains in status active and the job report cannot be retrieved.
The agent log shows the following entries:
20221201/122209.211 - U00003620 Routine 'UCEX_R' forces trace because of error.
20221201/122209.211 - U00003449 Output to the TRACE file is finished.
20221201/122209.227 - U02000048 TRACE file opened with flags '0000000000000001', max.trace: '9', memory trace: '0', search type: 'S', search string: ''.
20221201/122209.383 - U00003449 Output to the TRACE file is finished.
The corresponding trace files show this entry:
20221201/122209.383 - 26 java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: newPosition > limit: (6278 > 6277)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: newPosition > limit: (6278 > 6277)
Release : 21.0.4
Component: AUTOMIC AUTOMATION ENGINE
Defect.
Update to a fix version listed below or a newer version if available.
Article title: How to register to Broadcom Software Product updates and Critical Alerts
https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?articleId=133819
Component: Automation Engine
Automation Engine 21.0.5 - Available
Public short description EN:
RA Job does not start
Public description EN:
A problem has been fixed where Jobs on RA agents did not start if variables on the job contain leading spaces.
The agent wrote a forced trace file with the message "java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: newPosition > limit"