Repeatedly deploying/udeploying a JSF application is causing "WELD-001456 Argument bean must not be null" to be thrown.

[2013-03-28T13:56:19.444-0400] [glassfish 4.0] [SEVERE] [] [javax.enterprise.resource.webcontainer.jsf.config] [tid: _ThreadID=44 _ThreadName=admin-listener(2)] [timeMillis: 1364493379444] [levelValue: 1000] [[
Critical error during deployment:
org.jboss.weld.exceptions.IllegalArgumentException: WELD-001456 Argument bean must not be null
at org.jboss.weld.util.Preconditions.checkArgumentNotNull(Preconditions.java:40)
at org.jboss.weld.manager.BeanManagerImpl.getReference(BeanManagerImpl.java:727)
at org.jboss.weld.bean.ManagedBean.getUnboundRequestContext(ManagedBean.java:272)
at org.jboss.weld.bean.ManagedBean.create(ManagedBean.java:167)
at org.jboss.weld.context.unbound.DependentContextImpl.get(DependentContextImpl.java:69)
at org.jboss.weld.manager.BeanManagerImpl.getReference(BeanManagerImpl.java:711)
at org.jboss.weld.injection.producer.AbstractMemberProducer.getReceiver(AbstractMemberProducer.java:115)
at org.jboss.weld.injection.producer.AbstractMemberProducer.produce(AbstractMemberProducer.java:184)
at org.jboss.weld.bean.AbstractProducerBean.create(AbstractProducerBean.java:190)
at org.jboss.weld.context.unbound.DependentContextImpl.get(DependentContextImpl.java:69)
at org.jboss.weld.manager.BeanManagerImpl.getReference(BeanManagerImpl.java:711)
at org.jboss.weld.manager.BeanManagerImpl.getReference(BeanManagerImpl.java:769)
at org.jboss.weld.injection.ParameterInjectionPointImpl.getValueToInject(ParameterInjectionPointImpl.java:76)
at org.jboss.weld.injection.MethodInjectionPoint.getParameterValues(MethodInjectionPoint.java:115)
at org.jboss.weld.injection.MethodInjectionPoint.invokeOnInstanceWithSpecialValue(MethodInjectionPoint.java:77)
at org.jboss.weld.injection.MethodInjectionPoint.invokeOnInstance(MethodInjectionPoint.java:71)
at org.jboss.weld.injection.producer.ProducerMethodProducer.produce(ProducerMethodProducer.java:97)
at org.jboss.weld.injection.producer.AbstractMemberProducer.produce(AbstractMemberProducer.java:187)
at com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationAssociate$PostConstructApplicationListener.loadFlows(ApplicationAssociate.java:328)
at com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationAssociate$PostConstructApplicationListener.processEvent(ApplicationAssociate.java:303)
at javax.faces.event.SystemEvent.processListener(SystemEvent.java:108)
at com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl.processListeners(ApplicationImpl.java:2187)
at com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl.invokeListenersFor(ApplicationImpl.java:2163)
at com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl.publishEvent(ApplicationImpl.java:296)
at javax.faces.application.ApplicationWrapper.publishEvent(ApplicationWrapper.java:739)
at com.sun.faces.config.ConfigManager.publishPostConfigEvent(ConfigManager.java:685)
at com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener.contextInitialized(ConfigureListener.java:253)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.contextListenerStart(StandardContext.java:5362)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.WebModule.contextListenerStart(WebModule.java:743)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:5898)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.WebModule.start(WebModule.java:691)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:1041)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:1024)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:747)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.WebContainer.loadWebModule(WebContainer.java:2278)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.WebContainer.loadWebModule(WebContainer.java:1924)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.WebApplication.start(WebApplication.java:139)
at org.glassfish.internal.data.EngineRef.start(EngineRef.java:122)
at org.glassfish.internal.data.ModuleInfo.start(ModuleInfo.java:291)
at org.glassfish.internal.data.ApplicationInfo.start(ApplicationInfo.java:352)
at com.sun.enterprise.v3.server.ApplicationLifecycle.deploy(ApplicationLifecycle.java:497)
at com.sun.enterprise.v3.server.ApplicationLifecycle.deploy(ApplicationLifecycle.java:219)
at org.glassfish.deployment.admin.DeployCommand.execute(DeployCommand.java:491)
at com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl$2$1.run(CommandRunnerImpl.java:527)
at com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl$2$1.run(CommandRunnerImpl.java:523)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl$2.execute(CommandRunnerImpl.java:522)
at com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl.doCommand(CommandRunnerImpl.java:546)
at com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl.doCommand(CommandRunnerImpl.java:1423)
at com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl.access$1500(CommandRunnerImpl.java:108)
at com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl$ExecutionContext.execute(CommandRunnerImpl.java:1762)
at com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.CommandRunnerImpl$ExecutionContext.execute(CommandRunnerImpl.java:1674)
at org.glassfish.admin.rest.resources.admin.CommandResource.executeCommand(CommandResource.java:396)
at org.glassfish.admin.rest.resources.admin.CommandResource.execCommandSimpInMultOut(CommandResource.java:234)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor105.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.internal.ResourceMethodInvocationHandlerFactory$1.invoke(ResourceMethodInvocationHandlerFactory.java:81)
at org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.internal.AbstractJavaResourceMethodDispatcher.invoke(AbstractJavaResourceMethodDispatcher.java:125)
at org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.internal.JavaResourceMethodDispatcherProvider$ResponseOutInvoker.doDispatch(JavaResourceMethodDispatcherProvider.java:152)
at org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.internal.AbstractJavaResourceMethodDispatcher.dispatch(AbstractJavaResourceMethodDispatcher.java:91)
at org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.ResourceMethodInvoker.invoke(ResourceMethodInvoker.java:346)
at org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.ResourceMethodInvoker.apply(ResourceMethodInvoker.java:341)
at org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.ResourceMethodInvoker.apply(ResourceMethodInvoker.java:101)
at org.glassfish.jersey.server.ServerRuntime$1.run(ServerRuntime.java:217)
at org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors$1.call(Errors.java:231)
at org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors$1.call(Errors.java:227)
at org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors.process(Errors.java:275)
at org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors.process(Errors.java:257)
at org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors.process(Errors.java:227)
at org.glassfish.jersey.process.internal.RequestScope.runInScope(RequestScope.java:317)
at org.glassfish.jersey.server.ServerRuntime.process(ServerRuntime.java:191)
at org.glassfish.jersey.server.ApplicationHandler.handle(ApplicationHandler.java:819)
at org.glassfish.jersey.grizzly2.httpserver.GrizzlyHttpContainer.service(GrizzlyHttpContainer.java:325)
at org.glassfish.admin.rest.adapter.JerseyContainerCommandService$3.service(JerseyContainerCommandService.java:161)
at org.glassfish.admin.rest.adapter.RestAdapter.service(RestAdapter.java:181)
at com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl.ContainerMapper.service(ContainerMapper.java:246)
at org.glassfish.grizzly.http.server.HttpHandler.runService(HttpHandler.java:191)
at org.glassfish.grizzly.http.server.HttpHandler.doHandle(HttpHandler.java:168)
at org.glassfish.grizzly.http.server.HttpServerFilter.handleRead(HttpServerFilter.java:189)
at org.glassfish.grizzly.filterchain.ExecutorResolver$9.execute(ExecutorResolver.java:119)
at org.glassfish.grizzly.filterchain.DefaultFilterChain.executeFilter(DefaultFilterChain.java:288)
at org.glassfish.grizzly.filterchain.DefaultFilterChain.executeChainPart(DefaultFilterChain.java:206)
at org.glassfish.grizzly.filterchain.DefaultFilterChain.execute(DefaultFilterChain.java:136)
at org.glassfish.grizzly.filterchain.DefaultFilterChain.process(DefaultFilterChain.java:114)
at org.glassfish.grizzly.ProcessorExecutor.execute(ProcessorExecutor.java:77)
at org.glassfish.grizzly.nio.transport.TCPNIOTransport.fireIOEvent(TCPNIOTransport.java:838)
at org.glassfish.grizzly.strategies.AbstractIOStrategy.fireIOEvent(AbstractIOStrategy.java:113)
at org.glassfish.grizzly.strategies.WorkerThreadIOStrategy.run0(WorkerThreadIOStrategy.java:115)
at org.glassfish.grizzly.strategies.WorkerThreadIOStrategy.access$100(WorkerThreadIOStrategy.java:55)
at org.glassfish.grizzly.strategies.WorkerThreadIOStrategy$WorkerThreadRunnable.run(WorkerThreadIOStrategy.java:135)
at org.glassfish.grizzly.threadpool.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.doWork(AbstractThreadPool.java:564)
at org.glassfish.grizzly.threadpool.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.run(AbstractThreadPool.java:544)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
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This is being tracked with http://java.net/jira/browse/JAVASERVERFACES-2813. Please note that Manfred Riem has contacted Pete about this and Pete said to file a bug.