ASSERT: make sure you are on VPN and are using the proxy EXEC: launch the OpenShift Express application wizard, log in EXEC: create a new application Result: You get an error even though the application has been created: java.lang.NullPointerException at java.io.Reader.<init>(Reader.java:61) at java.io.InputStreamReader.<init>(InputStreamReader.java:55) at com.openshift.express.internal.client.utils.StreamUtils.readToString(StreamUtils.java:55) at com.openshift.express.internal.client.httpclient.UrlConnectionHttpClient.createException(UrlConnectionHttpClient.java:99) at com.openshift.express.internal.client.httpclient.UrlConnectionHttpClient.get(UrlConnectionHttpClient.java:88) at com.openshift.express.client.OpenShiftService.waitForApplication(OpenShiftService.java:308) at com.openshift.express.internal.client.Application.waitForAccessible(Application.java:217) at org.jboss.tools.openshift.express.internal.ui.wizard.ApplicationWizardModel.waitForAccessible(ApplicationWizardModel.java:93) at org.jboss.tools.openshift.express.internal.ui.wizard.ApplicationWizardModel.createApplication(ApplicationWizardModel.java:83) at org.jboss.tools.openshift.express.internal.ui.wizard.ApplicationWizardModel.createApplication(ApplicationWizardModel.java:68) at org.jboss.tools.openshift.express.internal.ui.wizard.NewApplicationWizardPage$6.run(NewApplicationWizardPage.java:178) at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:54)