Confluence startup error: Cannot call sendError() followed by Spring Application context not set

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Prerequisites

• Ubuntu Server 18.04
• Confluence Server 6.12.1
• PostgreSQL 10
• Jira and Bitbucket are installed and running without problems

Installation

• Database:
  • CREATE ROLE confluenceuser WITH LOGIN PASSWORD 'password' VALID UNTIL 'infinity';
  • CREATE DATABASE confluence WITH ENCODING='UTF8' OWNER=confluenceuser;
• sudo ./atlassian-confluence-6.12.1-x64.bin
• Default values

First exception (after clicking Next on the setup database step)

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot call sendError() after the response has been committed

 Second exception (after stop-confluence, start-confluence)

com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference$InitializationException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set

What I tried so far

• Installing on different ports
• Installing not as a service
• Using the docker container provided by Atlassian (same error)
• Reassigning ownership and rights to the install and home directory via chown and chmod
• Installing with Jira and Bitbucket shut down
• Disable JMX
• Using the built in database

[Shannon S · Accepted solution]

Hi Jan,

The following article has ten separate solutions, some of which you may have already tried. I recommend having a look at it, however, as it may help to correct your issue.

• Confluence does not start due to Spring Application context has not been set 

Please review it thoroughly and let us know how that goes and if you have any questions or problems regarding it.

Regards,

Shannon