Workaround Description: Add a wise-core.properties to the .ESB archive project_key: SOA When using the org.jboss.soa.esb.actions.soap.wise.SOAPClient in an ESB action list. The following exception is thrown unless there is a wire-core.properties file in the ESB root path. This issue is only diagnosed by turning on debug logging org.jboss.soa.esb.actions.ActionProcessingException: Error reading 'wise-core.properties'. at org.jboss.soa.esb.actions.soap.wise.SOAPClient.createClient(SOAPClient.java:281) at org.jboss.soa.esb.actions.soap.wise.SOAPClient.process(SOAPClient.java:238) at org.jboss.soa.esb.listeners.message.ActionProcessingPipeline.processPipeline(ActionProcessingPipeline.java:649) at org.jboss.soa.esb.listeners.message.ActionProcessingPipeline.processPipeline(ActionProcessingPipeline.java:603) at org.jboss.soa.esb.listeners.message.ActionProcessingPipeline.process(ActionProcessingPipeline.java:433) at org.jboss.soa.esb.listeners.message.MessageAwareListener$TransactionalRunner.run(MessageAwareListener.java:550) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) Caused by: it.javalinux.wise.core.exceptions.WiseException: Error reading 'wise-core.properties'. at it.javalinux.wise.core.utils.WiseProperties.<init>(WiseProperties.java:41) at org.jboss.soa.esb.actions.soap.wise.WSDynamicClientFactory.create(WSDynamicClientFactory.java:63) at org.jboss.soa.esb.actions.soap.wise.SOAPClient.createClient(SOAPClient.java:277) ... 8 more Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at java.util.Properties$LineReader.readLine(Properties.java:418) at java.util.Properties.load0(Properties.java:337) at java.util.Properties.load(Properties.java:325) at it.javalinux.wise.core.utils.WiseProperties.<init>(WiseProperties.java:39) ... 10 more