NPE when CommitMarkableResourceRecordRecoveryModule cannot connect DB during server start

12:49:24,796 ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (MSC service thread 1-3) MSC000001: Failed to start service jboss.txn.ArjunaRecoveryManager: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.txn.ArjunaRecoveryManager: WFLYTX0005: Recovery manager create failed
at org.jboss.as.txn.service.ArjunaRecoveryManagerService.start(ArjunaRecoveryManagerService.java:126)
at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1963)
at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1896)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.objectstore.StoreManager.initStore(StoreManager.java:159)
at com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.objectstore.StoreManager.getActionStore(StoreManager.java:111)
at com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.objectstore.StoreManager.getRecoveryStore(StoreManager.java:68)
at com.arjuna.ats.internal.jta.recovery.arjunacore.CommitMarkableResourceRecordRecoveryModule.<init>(CommitMarkableResourceRecordRecoveryModule.java:156)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:442)
at com.arjuna.common.internal.util.ClassloadingUtility.loadAndInstantiateClass(ClassloadingUtility.java:135)
at com.arjuna.common.internal.util.ClassloadingUtility.loadAndInstantiateClassesWithInit(ClassloadingUtility.java:192)
at com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.common.RecoveryEnvironmentBean.getRecoveryModules(RecoveryEnvironmentBean.java:465)
at com.arjuna.ats.internal.arjuna.recovery.PeriodicRecovery.loadModules(PeriodicRecovery.java:883)
at com.arjuna.ats.internal.arjuna.recovery.PeriodicRecovery.<init>(PeriodicRecovery.java:121)
at com.arjuna.ats.internal.arjuna.recovery.RecoveryManagerImple.<init>(RecoveryManagerImple.java:107)
at com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.recovery.RecoveryManager.<init>(RecoveryManager.java:477)
at com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.recovery.RecoveryManager.manager(RecoveryManager.java:132)
at com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.recovery.RecoveryManager.manager(RecoveryManager.java:112)
at com.arjuna.ats.jbossatx.jta.RecoveryManagerService.create(RecoveryManagerService.java:54)
at org.jboss.as.txn.service.ArjunaRecoveryManagerService.start(ArjunaRecoveryManagerService.java:124)
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