A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
JRE Version : 1.8.0_162

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Windows 7

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Same issue as was previously raised in JDK-8183105, however, that issue was closed out without any resolution.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
TableView is being updated in the background, not user interaction is invoked.

Happens at random.

ACTUAL -
Uncaught exception is thrown, table view no longer updates.

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.sun.javafx.scene.control.skin.CellSkinBase.access$200(CellSkinBase.java:54)
at com.sun.javafx.scene.control.skin.CellSkinBase$StyleableProperties$1.getStyleableProperty(CellSkinBase.java:149)
at com.sun.javafx.scene.control.skin.CellSkinBase$StyleableProperties$1.getStyleableProperty(CellSkinBase.java:138)
at javafx.scene.CssStyleHelper.resetToInitialValues(CssStyleHelper.java:447)
at javafx.scene.CssStyleHelper.createStyleHelper(CssStyleHelper.java:180)
at javafx.scene.Node.reapplyCss(Node.java:8985)
at javafx.scene.Node.impl_reapplyCSS(Node.java:8948)
at javafx.scene.control.Control$1.invalidated(Control.java:300)
at javafx.beans.property.ObjectPropertyBase.markInvalid(ObjectPropertyBase.java:111)
at javafx.beans.property.ObjectPropertyBase.set(ObjectPropertyBase.java:146)
at javafx.css.StyleableObjectProperty.set(StyleableObjectProperty.java:82)
at javafx.scene.control.Control$1.set(Control.java:237)
at javafx.scene.control.Control$1.set(Control.java:220)
at javafx.scene.control.Control.setSkin(Control.java:217)
at com.sun.javafx.scene.control.skin.TableRowSkinBase.recreateCells(TableRowSkinBase.java:673)
at com.sun.javafx.scene.control.skin.TableRowSkinBase.updateCells(TableRowSkinBase.java:499)
at com.sun.javafx.scene.control.skin.TreeTableRowSkin.updateCells(TreeTableRowSkin.java:220)
at com.sun.javafx.scene.control.skin.TableRowSkinBase.checkState(TableRowSkinBase.java:631)
at com.sun.javafx.scene.control.skin.TableRowSkinBase.computePrefHeight(TableRowSkinBase.java:571)
at javafx.scene.control.Control.computePrefHeight(Control.java:547)
at javafx.scene.Parent.prefHeight(Parent.java:935)
at javafx.scene.layout.Region.prefHeight(Region.java:1435)
at com.sun.javafx.scene.control.skin.VirtualFlow.resizeCellSize(VirtualFlow.java:1947)
at com.sun.javafx.scene.control.skin.VirtualFlow.addLeadingCells(VirtualFlow.java:1247)
at com.sun.javafx.scene.control.skin.VirtualFlow.layoutChildren(VirtualFlow.java:1194)
at javafx.scene.Parent.layout(Parent.java:1087)
at javafx.scene.Parent.layout(Parent.java:1093)
at javafx.scene.Parent.layout(Parent.java:1093)
at javafx.scene.Parent.layout(Parent.java:1093)
at javafx.scene.Parent.layout(Parent.java:1093)
at javafx.scene.Parent.layout(Parent.java:1093)
at javafx.scene.Parent.layout(Parent.java:1093)
at javafx.scene.Parent.layout(Parent.java:1093)
at javafx.scene.Parent.layout(Parent.java:1093)
at javafx.scene.Scene.doLayoutPass(Scene.java:552)
at javafx.scene.Scene$ScenePulseListener.pulse(Scene.java:2397)
at com.sun.javafx.tk.Toolkit.lambda$runPulse$29(Toolkit.java:398)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at com.sun.javafx.tk.Toolkit.runPulse(Toolkit.java:397)
at com.sun.javafx.tk.Toolkit.firePulse(Toolkit.java:424)
at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumToolkit.pulse(QuantumToolkit.java:518)
at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumToolkit.pulse(QuantumToolkit.java:498)
at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumToolkit.pulseFromQueue(QuantumToolkit.java:491)
at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumToolkit.lambda$runToolkit$403(QuantumToolkit.java:319)
at com.sun.glass.ui.InvokeLaterDispatcher$Future.run(InvokeLaterDispatcher.java:95)


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced often.

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Restart the application



FREQUENCY : often