OF-2534: Prevent null-session crash in SASL2 handling; log session-creation failures

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A session-creation failure that isn't a StreamErrorException can leave a StanzaHandler's session null while the connection is still processing pipelined stanzas, causing SASLAuthentication.handle() to NPE and escape uncaught (abortSasl2 dereferenced a null session with no guard).

• abortSasl2: accept null session, log and return instead of throwing.
• NettyConnectionHandler: skip dispatch if the connection is already closed.
• StanzaHandler: log when a null session reaches SASL handling or session creation fails to assign one.
• All StanzaHandler subclasses: catch and log RuntimeExceptions from their createSession() calls before rethrowing.

Root trigger (Hazelcast stuck in SHUT_DOWN after a cluster-leave?) is not addressed here and needs separate investigation.

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The changes add diagnostic logging across stanza handlers and connection processing. Session creation paths now log null results and runtime failures before rethrowing exceptions. TLS and SASL2 paths now log connection and session context, including null-session cases. Netty processing now logs when a connection is already closed.

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 94e4f

This change adds diagnostics and null-session handling, but unresolved connection-closure and SASL2 session-state concerns could still process stanzas after a connection or session is no longer valid. Resolve these paths before merging.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly matches the changes. It explains the null-session SASL2 failure, the Netty connection guard, added diagnostics, and RuntimeException handling in session creation.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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In `@xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/net/StanzaHandler.java`:
- Around line 258-262: Update the SASL2 dispatch flow around the authenticate
and subsequent response/abort handle calls to guard the shared null-session path
before either dispatch. When the session is null, clear both startedSASL and
usingSASL2, close the connection, and return without invoking
SASLAuthentication.handle; preserve normal dispatch when a session is available.

In
`@xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/nio/NettyConnectionHandler.java`:
- Around line 163-166: Update channelRead0 so the connection.isClosed() branch
in NettyConnectionHandler logs the warning and immediately stops further
processing, preventing dispatch of the message after a closed connection is
detected.
- Around line 164-165: Remove the peer-controlled message/XML payloads from all
affected logs: update both NettyConnectionHandler log calls to omit message, and
replace doc.asXML() with safe SASL2 metadata at both StanzaHandler sites. Apply
changes in
xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/nio/NettyConnectionHandler.java
lines 164-165 and
xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/net/StanzaHandler.java lines
259 and 284.

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• xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/net/ClientStanzaHandler.java
• xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/net/ComponentStanzaHandler.java
• xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/net/MultiplexerStanzaHandler.java
• xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/net/RespondingServerStanzaHandler.java
• xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/net/SASLAuthentication.java
• xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/net/ServerStanzaHandler.java
• xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/net/StanzaHandler.java
• xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/nio/NettyConnectionHandler.java
• xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/websocket/WebSocketClientStanzaHandler.java

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