Logged Error with exec bindings? Safe to ignore?

When I added the following things to my x.things file tonight:

exec:command:kitchenlight “TP-Plug Switch” [command="/enlistments/TpLink/TpLink/TpLink/bin/Debug/tplink.exe %2$s", interval=0, timeout=5]
exec:command:kitchencheck “TP-Plug Status” [command="/enlistments/TpLink/TpLink/TpLink/bin/Debug/tplink.exe check", interval=15, timeout=5, transform=“REGEX((.*?))”]

I end up getting an error logged to the log file, as follows below. Questions:

  1. What does the actual error mean?
  2. Is this an error I can safely ignore?
  3. Does this report belong in this forum, or in the Eclipse-Smarthome forum? How do I tell for future reference?

23:10:50.605 [ERROR] [ore.thing.internal.ThingRegistryImpl] - Could not inform the ThingTracker ‘org.eclipse.smarthome.core.thing.internal.ThingManager@bc77db’ about the ‘THING_UPDATED’ event!
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.eclipse.smarthome.core.thing.internal.ThingManager.thingUpdated(ThingManager.java:542)[103:org.eclipse.smarthome.core.thing:0.9.0.201612221226]
at org.eclipse.smarthome.core.thing.internal.ThingRegistryImpl.notifyTrackers(ThingRegistryImpl.java:227)[103:org.eclipse.smarthome.core.thing:0.9.0.201612221226]
at org.eclipse.smarthome.core.thing.internal.ThingRegistryImpl.notifyListenersAboutUpdatedElement(ThingRegistryImpl.java:150)[103:org.eclipse.smarthome.core.thing:0.9.0.201612221226]
at org.eclipse.smarthome.core.thing.internal.ThingRegistryImpl.notifyListenersAboutUpdatedElement(ThingRegistryImpl.java:1)[103:org.eclipse.smarthome.core.thing:0.9.0.201612221226]
at org.eclipse.smarthome.core.common.registry.AbstractRegistry.updated(AbstractRegistry.java:167)[96:org.eclipse.smarthome.core:0.9.0.201612221226]
at org.eclipse.smarthome.core.common.registry.AbstractProvider.notifyListeners(AbstractProvider.java:57)[96:org.eclipse.smarthome.core:0.9.0.201612221226]
at org.eclipse.smarthome.core.common.registry.AbstractProvider.notifyListenersAboutUpdatedElement(AbstractProvider.java:82)[96:org.eclipse.smarthome.core:0.9.0.201612221226]
at org.eclipse.smarthome.model.thing.internal.GenericThingProvider.access$4(GenericThingProvider.java:1)[131:org.eclipse.smarthome.model.thing:0.9.0.201612221226]
at org.eclipse.smarthome.model.thing.internal.GenericThingProvider$18.apply(GenericThingProvider.java:923)[131:org.eclipse.smarthome.model.thing:0.9.0.201612221226]
at org.eclipse.smarthome.model.thing.internal.GenericThingProvider$18.apply(GenericThingProvider.java:1)[131:org.eclipse.smarthome.model.thing:0.9.0.201612221226]
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.lib.IteratorExtensions.forEach(IteratorExtensions.java:363)[144:org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.lib:2.9.2]
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.lib.IterableExtensions.forEach(IterableExtensions.java:333)[144:org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.lib:2.9.2]
at org.eclipse.smarthome.model.thing.internal.GenericThingProvider.createThingsFromModelForThingHandlerFactory(GenericThingProvider.java:933)[131:org.eclipse.smarthome.model.thing:0.9.0.201612221226]
at org.eclipse.smarthome.model.thing.internal.GenericThingProvider.access$1(GenericThingProvider.java:887)[131:org.eclipse.smarthome.model.thing:0.9.0.201612221226]
at org.eclipse.smarthome.model.thing.internal.GenericThingProvider$1$1.apply(GenericThingProvider.java:228)[131:org.eclipse.smarthome.model.thing:0.9.0.201612221226]
at org.eclipse.smarthome.model.thing.internal.GenericThingProvider$1$1.apply(GenericThingProvider.java:1)[131:org.eclipse.smarthome.model.thing:0.9.0.201612221226]
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.lib.IteratorExtensions.forEach(IteratorExtensions.java:363)[144:org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.lib:2.9.2]
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.lib.IterableExtensions.forEach(IterableExtensions.java:333)[144:org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.lib:2.9.2]
at org.eclipse.smarthome.model.thing.internal.GenericThingProvider$1.apply(GenericThingProvider.java:231)[131:org.eclipse.smarthome.model.thing:0.9.0.201612221226]
at org.eclipse.smarthome.model.thing.internal.GenericThingProvider$1.apply(GenericThingProvider.java:1)[131:org.eclipse.smarthome.model.thing:0.9.0.201612221226]
at org.eclipse.smarthome.config.core.BundleProcessorVetoManager.applyActionFor(BundleProcessorVetoManager.java:121)[92:org.eclipse.smarthome.config.core:0.9.0.201612221226]
at org.eclipse.smarthome.model.thing.internal.GenericThingProvider$6.apply(GenericThingProvider.java:302)[131:org.eclipse.smarthome.model.thing:0.9.0.201612221226]
at org.eclipse.smarthome.model.thing.internal.GenericThingProvider$6.apply(GenericThingProvider.java:1)[131:org.eclipse.smarthome.model.thing:0.9.0.201612221226]
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.lib.IteratorExtensions.forEach(IteratorExtensions.java:363)[144:org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.lib:2.9.2]
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.lib.IterableExtensions.forEach(IterableExtensions.java:333)[144:org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.lib:2.9.2]
at org.eclipse.smarthome.model.thing.internal.GenericThingProvider.createThingsFromModel(GenericThingProvider.java:305)[131:org.eclipse.smarthome.model.thing:0.9.0.201612221226]
at org.eclipse.smarthome.model.thing.internal.GenericThingProvider.modelChanged(GenericThingProvider.java:825)[131:org.eclipse.smarthome.model.thing:0.9.0.201612221226]
at org.eclipse.smarthome.model.core.internal.ModelRepositoryImpl.notifyListeners(ModelRepositoryImpl.java:207)[120:org.eclipse.smarthome.model.core:0.9.0.201612221226]
at org.eclipse.smarthome.model.core.internal.ModelRepositoryImpl.addOrRefreshModel(ModelRepositoryImpl.java:120)[120:org.eclipse.smarthome.model.core:0.9.0.201612221226]
at org.eclipse.smarthome.model.core.internal.folder.FolderObserver.checkFile(FolderObserver.java:270)[120:org.eclipse.smarthome.model.core:0.9.0.201612221226]
at org.eclipse.smarthome.model.core.internal.folder.FolderObserver.access$1(FolderObserver.java:264)[120:org.eclipse.smarthome.model.core:0.9.0.201612221226]
at org.eclipse.smarthome.model.core.internal.folder.FolderObserver$WatchQueueReader.processWatchEvent(FolderObserver.java:145)[120:org.eclipse.smarthome.model.core:0.9.0.201612221226]
at org.eclipse.smarthome.core.service.AbstractWatchQueueReader.run(AbstractWatchQueueReader.java:122)[96:org.eclipse.smarthome.core:0.9.0.201612221226]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)[:1.8.0_111]

This is a known bug that has been fixed recently already. The fix will be available in the next distro update, latest by Wednesday.