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java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.IssueTypeSystemField.populateOptionsForProjects(IssueTypeSystemField.java:147)
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.IssueTypeSystemField.getCreateHtml(IssueTypeSystemField