Many crashes? People getting disconnected

Two people have crashed multiple times not too long after connecting.

Here’s the output:

[23:13:53] [Server thread/INFO]: Welcome VigorosoSiren to the server!
[23:13:53] [Server thread/INFO]: + VigorosoSiren
[23:14:49] [Netty Epoll Server IO #15/ERROR] [Sponge]: The following exception was thrown from a netty handler's exceptionCaught() method:
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at net.minecraftforge.fml.common.network.handshake.NetworkDispatcher.exceptionCaught(NetworkDispatcher.java:586) ~[NetworkDispatcher.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:271) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:249) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerAdapter.exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerAdapter.java:79) [ChannelHandlerAdapter.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:271) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:249) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerAdapter.exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerAdapter.java:79) [ChannelHandlerAdapter.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:271) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:249) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerAdapter.exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerAdapter.java:79) [ChannelHandlerAdapter.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:271) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:249) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerAdapter.exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerAdapter.java:79) [ChannelHandlerAdapter.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:271) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:249) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.exceptionCaught(ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.java:131) [ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:271) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:249) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.exceptionCaught(ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.java:131) [ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:271) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:249) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.exceptionCaught(ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.java:131) [ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:271) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:249) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.exceptionCaught(ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.java:131) [ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:271) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:249) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.handler.timeout.ReadTimeoutHandler.readTimedOut(ReadTimeoutHandler.java:186) [ReadTimeoutHandler.class:?]
        at io.netty.handler.timeout.ReadTimeoutHandler$ReadTimeoutTask.run(ReadTimeoutHandler.java:212) [ReadTimeoutHandler$ReadTimeoutTask.class:?]
        at io.netty.util.concurrent.PromiseTask$RunnableAdapter.call(PromiseTask.java:38) [PromiseTask$RunnableAdapter.class:?]
        at io.netty.util.concurrent.ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledFutureTask.java:123) [ScheduledFutureTask.class:?]
        at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor.runAllTasks(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:380) [SingleThreadEventExecutor.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.epoll.EpollEventLoop.run(EpollEventLoop.java:268) [EpollEventLoop.class:?]
        at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor$2.run(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:116) [SingleThreadEventExecutor$2.class:?]
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [?:1.8.0_111]
[23:14:49] [Netty Epoll Server IO #15/WARN] [io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline]: An exception was thrown by a user handler's exceptionCaught() method while handling the following exception:
io.netty.handler.timeout.ReadTimeoutException
[23:14:49] [Server thread/INFO]: VigorosoSiren lost connection: Disconnected
[23:14:49] [Server thread/INFO]: - VigorosoSiren

And another time it happened.

[00:59:59] [Netty Epoll Server IO #15/ERROR] [Sponge]: The following exception was thrown from a netty handler's exceptionCaught() method:
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at net.minecraftforge.fml.common.network.handshake.NetworkDispatcher.exceptionCaught(NetworkDispatcher.java:586) ~[NetworkDispatcher.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:271) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:249) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerAdapter.exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerAdapter.java:79) [ChannelHandlerAdapter.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:271) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:249) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerAdapter.exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerAdapter.java:79) [ChannelHandlerAdapter.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:271) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:249) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerAdapter.exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerAdapter.java:79) [ChannelHandlerAdapter.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:271) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:249) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerAdapter.exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerAdapter.java:79) [ChannelHandlerAdapter.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:271) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:249) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.exceptionCaught(ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.java:131) [ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:271) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:249) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.exceptionCaught(ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.java:131) [ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:271) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:249) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.exceptionCaught(ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.java:131) [ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:271) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:249) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.exceptionCaught(ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.java:131) [ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:271) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireExceptionCaught(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:249) [AbstractChannelHandlerContext.class:?]
        at io.netty.handler.timeout.ReadTimeoutHandler.readTimedOut(ReadTimeoutHandler.java:186) [ReadTimeoutHandler.class:?]
        at io.netty.handler.timeout.ReadTimeoutHandler$ReadTimeoutTask.run(ReadTimeoutHandler.java:212) [ReadTimeoutHandler$ReadTimeoutTask.class:?]
        at io.netty.util.concurrent.PromiseTask$RunnableAdapter.call(PromiseTask.java:38) [PromiseTask$RunnableAdapter.class:?]
        at io.netty.util.concurrent.ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledFutureTask.java:123) [ScheduledFutureTask.class:?]
        at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor.runAllTasks(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:380) [SingleThreadEventExecutor.class:?]
        at io.netty.channel.epoll.EpollEventLoop.run(EpollEventLoop.java:268) [EpollEventLoop.class:?]
        at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor$2.run(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:116) [SingleThreadEventExecutor$2.class:?]
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [?:1.8.0_111]
[00:59:59] [Netty Epoll Server IO #15/WARN] [io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline]: An exception was thrown by a user handler's exceptionCaught() method while handling the following exception:
io.netty.handler.timeout.ReadTimeoutException
[00:59:59] [Server thread/INFO]: VenomousKitten lost connection: Disconnected
[00:59:59] [Server thread/INFO]: - VenomousKitten

Both users are new to the server, I’m using sponge forge 2215, updated last night. When asking the player about the error, she said that they aren’t really doing anything special and disconnects them with: β€œDisconnected.” Sometimes it says it was β€œforcibly closed by the remote host”.

It still is happening, this time with more and more users :confused:
I tried downgrading (not to previous version, but to version before 5.2), but still happens. I don’t recall what version I was using before.

Here’s a list of my mods:

β”œβ”€β”€ Aliases-1.0.jar
β”œβ”€β”€ CommandKits-v1.2.0.jar
β”œβ”€β”€ EconomyLite-5.0.0-2.9.0.jar
β”œβ”€β”€ FastAsyncWorldEdit-forge110-17.02.08-07945af-507-10.8.1.jar
β”œβ”€β”€ Gameshark-1.10.2-5.0.0-universal.jar
β”œβ”€β”€ griefprevention-1.10.2-2.3.1.255.jar
β”œβ”€β”€ holograms-2.1.1.jar
β”œβ”€β”€ LuckPerms-Sponge-3.0.9.jar
β”œβ”€β”€ MysteryGift-1.10.2-0.3.1-universal.jar
β”œβ”€β”€ Nucleus-0.25.0-1.10.2-S5.1-plugin.jar
β”œβ”€β”€ NucleusMixins-0.25.1-5.1.jar
β”œβ”€β”€ nuvotifier-universal-2.3.3.jar
β”œβ”€β”€ PayRespects-1.0.2.jar
β”œβ”€β”€ PixelAnnouncer-1.10.2-1.0.1.jar
β”œβ”€β”€ PixelExtras-1.10.2-2.2.4-universal.jar
β”œβ”€β”€ Pixelmon-1.10.2-5.0.1-universal.jar
β”œβ”€β”€ PixelmonEconomyBridge-1.10.2-1.2.2.jar
β”œβ”€β”€ PixelShout-1.10.2-1.1.2-universal.jar
β”œβ”€β”€ seriousvote-3.2-Bleeding-F.jar
β”œβ”€β”€ spongeforge-1.10.2-2221-5.1.0-BETA-2208.jar
β”œβ”€β”€ SpongyChest-1.10.2-0.4.8-universal.jar
β”œβ”€β”€ webapi-1.9-sponge-5.1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
β”œβ”€β”€ WonderTrade-1.10.2-4.4.5-universal.jar
└── worldedit-forge-mc1.10.2-6.1.4-SNAPSHOT-dist.jar

Seems to be the same error given here: Internal Error - #22 by Gershon