5.3 Final release included an issue which led to following Jira being raised:

jBPM JBPM-3647
NullPointerException in jbpm-console when retrieving process definitions from guvnor

Despite significant changes to org.jbpm.integration.console.StatefulKnowledgeSessionUtilTest between 5.3 CR1 and Final, the test cases for this class comprise only one which does not include test case for method which is responsible for jBPM JBPM-3647.

At the least - a test case should be added for method: checkPackagesFromGuvnor()

The JUnit test for org.jbpm.integration.console.StatefulKnowledgeSessionUtilTest is at present invalid and mis-leading.