Puppet 3.5 hiera issue

hiera.yaml

[Tue May 06 12:10:29] [root@puppet-03 facter]$cat /etc/puppet/environments/production/hiera/hiera.yaml 
---
:backends: yaml
:yaml:
  :datadir: "/etc/puppet/environments/%{::environment}/hiera"
:hierarchy:
  - "node/%{::fqdn}" # ws-27.lhr4.****************
  - "type/%{::servertype}" # TI
  - "silo/%{::silo}" # lhr_xml_05
  - "project/something" # project specific stuff
  - "environment/%{::environment}" # production
  - "site/%{::datacenter}" # LHR4
  - "os/%{::operatingsystem}/%{::operatingsystemrelease}" # CentOS/5.5
  - users # user stuff
  - common # global stuff
:logger: console

puppet.conf

[main]
    pluginsync = true
    logdir = /var/log/puppet
    rundir = /var/run/puppet
    ssldir = $vardir/ssl
    factpath = $vardir/lib/facter

[agent]
    classfile = $vardir/classes.txt
    localconfig = $vardir/localconfig
    server = puppet3
    splaylimit = 60
    report = true

[master]
    trusted_node_data = true
    stringify_facts = false
    parser = future

    pluginepath = $confdir/environments/$environment/plugins
    modulepath = $confdir/environments/$environment/modules
    hiera_config = $confdir/environments/$environment/hiera/hiera.yaml
    manifest = $confdir/environments/$environment/manifests/site.pp

    autosign = /etc/puppet/autosign.conf
    certname = puppet3
    dns_alternative_names = puppet3

    reports = http,puppetdb
    reporturl = http://127.0.0.1/reports/upload

    node_terminus = exec
    external_nodes = /opt/rc/bin/puppet_enc

    storeconfigs = true
    storeconfigs_backend = puppetdb

run.txt

Error: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER: Evaluation Error: Error while evaluating a Function Call, Error from DataBinding 'hiera' while looking up 'rsyslog::package_status': undefined method `empty?' for nil:NilClass at /etc/puppet/environments/production/modules/rc/manifests/base.pp:2:1 on node puppet-04.*******************
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/indirector/rest.rb:194:in `is_http_200?'
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/indirector/rest.rb:100:in `find'
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/indirector/indirection.rb:201:in `find'
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/configurer.rb:259:in `retrieve_new_catalog'
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/util.rb:327:in `thinmark'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/benchmark.rb:308:in `realtime'
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/util.rb:326:in `thinmark'
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/configurer.rb:258:in `retrieve_new_catalog'
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/configurer.rb:69:in `retrieve_catalog'
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/configurer.rb:109:in `prepare_and_retrieve_catalog'
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/configurer.rb:175:in `run'
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/agent.rb:48:in `run'
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/agent/locker.rb:20:in `lock'
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/agent.rb:48:in `run'
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/agent.rb:118:in `with_client'
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/agent.rb:45:in `run'
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/agent.rb:83:in `run_in_fork'
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/agent.rb:44:in `run'
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/application.rb:179:in `call'
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/application.rb:179:in `controlled_run'
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/agent.rb:42:in `run'
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/application/agent.rb:355:in `onetime'
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/application/agent.rb:321:in `run_command'
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/application.rb:372:in `run'
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/application.rb:479:in `plugin_hook'
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/application.rb:372:in `run'
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/util.rb:479:in `exit_on_fail'
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/application.rb:372:in `run'
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/context.rb:51:in `override'
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet.rb:233:in `override'
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/application.rb:362:in `run'
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/util/command_line.rb:137:in `run'
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/util/command_line.rb:91:in `execute'
/usr/bin/puppet:4
Warning: Not using cache on failed catalog
Error: Could not retrieve catalog; skipping run

versions.txt

[Tue May 06 08:26:12] [root@puppet-04 ~]$rpm -qa | grep -E '(puppet|facter|hiera)'
hiera-1.3.2-1.el6.noarch
puppet-dashboard-1.2.23-1.el6.noarch
facter-2.0.1-1.el6.x86_64
puppet-3.5.1-1.el6.noarch
puppetdb-1.6.3-1.el6.noarch
puppet-server-3.5.1-1.el6.noarch
puppetdb-terminus-1.6.3-1.el6.noarch