NullPointerException when trying to send a Commerce Notification

Issue

• When trying to send a notification using the CommerceNotificationHelper service as below:

  _commerceNotificationHelper.sendNotifications(commerceOrder.getGroupId(),
      commerceOrder.getUserId(),
      RequestReceivedNotificationTypeImpl.KEY,
      commerceOrder);

• The following exception is thrown:

  java.lang.NullPointerException: null
      at com.liferay.commerce.internal.order.term.contributor.ObjectRecipientCommerceDefinitionTermContributor.getFilledTerm(ObjectRecipientCommerceDefinitionTermContributor.java:99) ~[?:?]
      at com.liferay.commerce.notification.internal.util.CommerceNotificationHelperImpl._formatString(CommerceNotificationHelperImpl.java:173) ~[?:?]
      at com.liferay.commerce.notification.internal.util.CommerceNotificationHelperImpl._sendNotification(CommerceNotificationHelperImpl.java:225) ~[?:?]
      at com.liferay.commerce.notification.internal.util.CommerceNotificationHelperImpl.sendNotifications(CommerceNotificationHelperImpl.java:85) ~[?:?]

• And the Commerce notification is not created.

Environment

• Liferay DXP 7.4

Resolution

• This issue is being addressed by COMMERCE-10036.
• Please update to Liferay DXP 7.4 Update 46+ to resolve the issue.

Additional Information

• Using Notification Templates