{"record":{"id":"2dd741c4af5b0dfa","repo":"apereo/cas","slug":"no-ticket-definition-could-be-found-in-the-catalog","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"No ticket definition could be found in the catalog to match [{}]","messagePattern":"No ticket definition could be found in the catalog to match \\[(.+?)\\]","errorType":"console","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"warning","filePath":"support/cas-server-support-dynamodb-ticket-registry/src/main/java/org/apereo/cas/ticket/registry/DynamoDbTicketRegistryFacilitator.java","lineNumber":256,"sourceCode":"     * @param ticketId        the ticket id\n     * @param encodedTicketId the encoded ticket id\n     * @return the ticket\n     */\n    public Ticket get(final String ticketId, final String encodedTicketId) {\n        val metadata = this.ticketCatalog.find(ticketId);\n        if (metadata != null) {\n            val keys = new HashMap<String, AttributeValue>();\n            keys.put(ColumnNames.ID.getColumnName(), AttributeValue.builder().s(encodedTicketId).build());\n            val request = GetItemRequest.builder().key(keys).tableName(metadata.getProperties().getStorageName()).build();\n            LOGGER.debug(\"Submitting request [{}] to get ticket item [{}]\", request, ticketId);\n            val returnItem = amazonDynamoDBClient.getItem(request).item();\n            if (returnItem != null && !returnItem.isEmpty()) {\n                val ticket = deserializeTicket(returnItem);\n                LOGGER.debug(\"Located ticket [{}]\", ticket);\n                return ticket;\n            }\n        } else {\n            LOGGER.warn(\"No ticket definition could be found in the catalog to match [{}]\", ticketId);\n        }\n        return null;\n    }\n\n    /**\n     * Put.\n     *\n     * @param toSave the to save\n     */\n    public void put(final Stream<TicketPayload> toSave) {\n        val queue = new HashMap<String, List<WriteRequest>>();\n        val count = new AtomicLong(0);\n        toSave.forEach(entry -> {\n            val metadata = ticketCatalog.find(entry.getOriginalTicket());\n            val entries = queue.computeIfAbsent(metadata.getProperties().getStorageName(), __ -> new ArrayList<>());\n            entries.add(WriteRequest.builder().putRequest(buildPutRequest(entry)).build());\n            count.getAndIncrement();\n            if (count.get() >= BATCH_PUT_REQUEST_LIMIT) {","sourceCodeStart":238,"sourceCodeEnd":274,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/apereo/cas/blob/e7288fc434b4f4505b8452e1a57e8fb3111bb863/support/cas-server-support-dynamodb-ticket-registry/src/main/java/org/apereo/cas/ticket/registry/DynamoDbTicketRegistryFacilitator.java#L238-L274","documentation":"DynamoDbTicketRegistryFacilitator.get() looks up a TicketDefinition in the ticket catalog by the ticket's prefix before deserializing the item returned by DynamoDB. If no registered ticket definition matches the ticket id's prefix, the item is discarded, a warning is logged, and null is returned instead of a ticket. This guards against materializing ticket types CAS does not know how to handle.","triggerScenarios":"Calling ticketRegistry.getTicket(ticketId) (which routes to DynamoDbTicketRegistryFacilitator.get) with an id whose prefix (e.g. the part before the '-' separator, like 'TGT' or 'ST') has no TicketDefinition in the TicketCatalog — typically because the ticket-definition catalog was not initialized for that ticket type, or the id is malformed/foreign.","commonSituations":"Custom ticket types registered in DynamoDB but not registered with the TicketCatalog in the current CAS build; corrupted or hand-edited ticket ids in the table; lookups of tickets issued by a different CAS version or module whose definitions are not on the classpath; calling get with an arbitrary string instead of a real ticket id.","solutions":["Verify the ticket id is well-formed and its prefix matches a known ticket type (TGT-, ST-, PGT-, etc.).","Ensure the TicketCatalog is initialized with a TicketDefinition for that prefix (check TicketCatalogConfigurer beans / cas.ticket.* configuration).","Confirm the module that defines the ticket type (e.g. core-tickets, support-oauth) is on the classpath of the running webapp.","Inspect the DynamoDB item to confirm the id column was not corrupted or written by another application."],"exampleFix":"// before: looking up with a guessed/foreign id\ncas.getTicketRegistry().getTicket(\"UNKNOWN-1234\");\n// after: guard on catalog membership first\nval catalog = cas.getTicketCatalog();\nif (catalog.findTicketDefinition(\"UNKNOWN-1234\").isEmpty()) {\n    throw new IllegalArgumentException(\"Unknown ticket id prefix\");\n}\nval ticket = cas.getTicketRegistry().getTicket(\"UNKNOWN-1234\");","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"val definition = ticketCatalog.findTicketDefinition(ticketId);\nif (definition.isEmpty()) {\n    throw new IllegalArgumentException(\"No ticket definition for id: \" + ticketId);\n}\nvar ticket = ticketRegistry.getTicket(ticketId);","typeGuard":"boolean isKnownTicket(String ticketId) {\n    return ticketId != null && ticketId.contains(\"-\")\n        && ticketCatalog.findTicketDefinition(ticketId).isPresent();\n}","tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":["Register a TicketDefinition for every custom ticket type your application writes to the registry.","Validate ticket ids come from trusted sources before lookup.","Keep ticket-defining modules consistent across all CAS nodes sharing the DynamoDB table.","Treat a null return as 'unknown ticket type' separately from 'ticket not found' in caller logic."],"tags":["dynamodb","ticket-registry","ticket-catalog","null-return"],"backgroundTag":"record-not-found","analyzedSha":"e7288fc434b4f4505b8452e1a57e8fb3111bb863","analyzedAt":"2026-09-08T15:39:16.015Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-08T15:39:16.015Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-15T23:17:13.987Z"}