Error during SonarScanner execution java.lang.NullPointerException

After adding the --debug or -X flag I got a different failure. I removed the identifiable file names

2022-08-10T14:03:49.6985684Z 14:03:49.697 DEBUG: [pool-3-thread-30] /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/QtCore/qglobal.h:1187 "You must build your code with position independent code if Qt was built with -reduce-relocations. "         "Compile your code with -fPIC (-fPIE is not enough)."
2022-08-10T14:03:49.7002761Z 14:03:49.699 DEBUG: [pool-3-thread-30] /src/absolute/path/to/REDACTED.cpp '../include/relative/path/to/OTHER_REDACTED.cpp' file not found
2022-08-10T14:03:49.7348076Z 14:03:49.733 INFO: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
2022-08-10T14:03:49.7348630Z 14:03:49.733 INFO: EXECUTION FAILURE
2022-08-10T14:03:49.7349203Z 14:03:49.733 INFO: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
2022-08-10T14:03:49.7349629Z 14:03:49.734 INFO: Total time: 1:44.463s
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8107507Z 14:03:49.809 INFO: Final Memory: 146M/616M
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8109488Z 14:03:49.809 INFO: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8110145Z 14:03:49.809 ERROR: Error during SonarScanner execution
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8110929Z java.lang.IllegalStateException: java.io.IOException
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8111705Z 	at com.sonar.cpp.plugin.cache.CacheInImpl.readExternalIssuesCacheName(CacheInImpl.java:192)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8112382Z 	at com.sonar.cpp.plugin.cache.CacheInImpl.query(CacheInImpl.java:86)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8113014Z 	at com.sonar.cpp.plugin.CFamilySensor.process(CFamilySensor.java:871)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8113633Z 	at com.sonar.cpp.plugin.CFamilySensor.lambda$process$17(CFamilySensor.java:765)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8114367Z 	at com.sonar.cpp.plugin.CompileCommandsReader.readCaptures(CompileCommandsReader.java:61)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8115411Z 	at com.sonar.cpp.plugin.CFamilySensor.process(CFamilySensor.java:744)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8116009Z 	at com.sonar.cpp.plugin.CFamilySensor.process(CFamilySensor.java:368)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8116604Z 	at com.sonar.cpp.plugin.CFamilySensor.execute(CFamilySensor.java:203)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8117246Z 	at org.sonar.scanner.sensor.AbstractSensorWrapper.analyse(AbstractSensorWrapper.java:64)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8117924Z 	at org.sonar.scanner.sensor.ModuleSensorsExecutor.execute(ModuleSensorsExecutor.java:85)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8118617Z 	at org.sonar.scanner.sensor.ModuleSensorsExecutor.execute(ModuleSensorsExecutor.java:62)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8119341Z 	at org.sonar.scanner.scan.SpringModuleScanContainer.doAfterStart(SpringModuleScanContainer.java:81)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8120099Z 	at org.sonar.core.platform.SpringComponentContainer.startComponents(SpringComponentContainer.java:188)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8120828Z 	at org.sonar.core.platform.SpringComponentContainer.execute(SpringComponentContainer.java:167)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8121548Z 	at org.sonar.scanner.scan.SpringProjectScanContainer.scan(SpringProjectScanContainer.java:392)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8122296Z 	at org.sonar.scanner.scan.SpringProjectScanContainer.scanRecursively(SpringProjectScanContainer.java:388)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8123064Z 	at org.sonar.scanner.scan.SpringProjectScanContainer.doAfterStart(SpringProjectScanContainer.java:357)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8123801Z 	at org.sonar.core.platform.SpringComponentContainer.startComponents(SpringComponentContainer.java:188)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8124537Z 	at org.sonar.core.platform.SpringComponentContainer.execute(SpringComponentContainer.java:167)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8125271Z 	at org.sonar.scanner.bootstrap.SpringGlobalContainer.doAfterStart(SpringGlobalContainer.java:135)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8126016Z 	at org.sonar.core.platform.SpringComponentContainer.startComponents(SpringComponentContainer.java:188)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8126735Z 	at org.sonar.core.platform.SpringComponentContainer.execute(SpringComponentContainer.java:167)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8127381Z 	at org.sonar.batch.bootstrapper.Batch.doExecute(Batch.java:72)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8127935Z 	at org.sonar.batch.bootstrapper.Batch.execute(Batch.java:66)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8128599Z 	at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.internal.batch.BatchIsolatedLauncher.execute(BatchIsolatedLauncher.java:46)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8129261Z 	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8129839Z 	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8130420Z 	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8131086Z 	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8131702Z 	at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.internal.IsolatedLauncherProxy.invoke(IsolatedLauncherProxy.java:60)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8132299Z 	at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy0.execute(Unknown Source)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8132852Z 	at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.EmbeddedScanner.doExecute(EmbeddedScanner.java:189)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8133490Z 	at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.EmbeddedScanner.execute(EmbeddedScanner.java:138)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8134082Z 	at org.sonarsource.scanner.cli.Main.execute(Main.java:112)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8134617Z 	at org.sonarsource.scanner.cli.Main.execute(Main.java:75)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8135138Z 	at org.sonarsource.scanner.cli.Main.main(Main.java:61)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8135559Z Caused by: java.io.IOException
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8136093Z 	at com.sonar.cpp.plugin.cache.CacheInImpl.readExternalIssuesCacheName(CacheInImpl.java:200)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8136879Z 	at com.sonar.cpp.plugin.cache.CacheInImpl.readExternalIssuesCacheName(CacheInImpl.java:190)
2022-08-10T14:03:49.8137279Z 	... 35 more