2596226 - SMP 3.0 app server node went down with Java.lang.NullpointerException

• One of the two app servers randomly goes down.
• SMP server log shows this message: 
  2018 01 25 09:05:430-500ERRORcom.sap.odata.offline.util.mlcontroller.MLSessionManagerImplMLSessionManager-Thread6while trying to invoke the method java.io.OutputStream.write(byte[], int, int) of a null object loaded from field org.apache.coyote.http11.InternalOutputBuffer.outputStream of an object loaded from local variable 'this' java.lang.NullPointerException: while trying to invoke the method java.io.OutputStream.write(byte[], int, int) of a null object loaded from field org.apache.coyote.http11.InternalOutputBuffer.outputStream of an object loaded from local variable 'this' at org.apache.coyote.http11.InternalOutputBuffer.realWriteBytes(InternalOutputBuffer.java:215)  
• Windows Event Viewer application log shows:
  Error 1/25/2018 9:06:09 AM Application
  Error 1000 Application Crashing Events
  Faulting application name: java.exe, version: 8.0.1310.0, time stamp: 0x5900c6ed
  Faulting module name: mlserv17.dll, version: 17.0.8.4003, time stamp: 0x5953c7d1
  Exception code: 0xc0000005
  Fault offset: 0x0000000000022fc0
  Faulting process id: 0x1150
  Faulting application start time: 0x01d381e44e8df788
  Faulting application path: D:\SAP\MobilePlatform3\sapjvm_8\bin\java.exe
  Faulting module path: D:\SAP\MobilePlatform3\Server\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\bundles\356\2\.cp\bin64\mlserv17.dll
  Report Id: e450cb3b-01d8-11e8-a3d1-005056a50ad6
  Faulting package full name: %14
  Faulting package-relative application ID: %15

• SAP Mobile Platform (SMP) 3.0 SP13 PL04
• 2 application servers in the SMP cluster.

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