JIRA 6.4.1 can't startup due to ClassNotFoundException: org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.GroovyCategorySupport$1

[zhen zhang]

Hi ALL,

I restart the JIRA service, but can't startup due to below exception. Does anyone have idea on this exception?

thanks in advance!

May 06, 2015 9:36:23 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriteFilter INFO: destroy called
May 06, 2015 9:36:36 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext listenerStop
SEVERE: Exception sending context destroyed event to listener instance of class com.atlassian.jira.startup.LauncherContextListener
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/codehaus/groovy/runtime/GroovyCategorySupport$1
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaringClass0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaringClass(Class.java:1235)
at java.lang.Class.getEnclosingClass(Class.java:1277)
at java.lang.Class.getCanonicalName(Class.java:1392)
at com.atlassian.threadlocal.BruteForceThreadLocalCleanup.getPrettyClassName(BruteForceThreadLocalCleanup.java:257)
at com.atlassian.threadlocal.BruteForceThreadLocalCleanup.checkThreadLocalMapForLeaks(BruteForceThreadLocalCleanup.java:181)
at com.atlassian.threadlocal.BruteForceThreadLocalCleanup.cleanUpThreadImpl(BruteForceThreadLocalCleanup.java:135)
at com.atlassian.threadlocal.BruteForceThreadLocalCleanup.cleanupThreadLocals(BruteForceThreadLocalCleanup.java:94)
at com.atlassian.threadlocal.BruteForceThreadLocalCleanup.cleanUp(BruteForceThreadLocalCleanup.java:63)
at com.atlassian.jira.startup.DefaultJiraLauncher.cleanupThreadLocals(DefaultJiraLauncher.java:225)
at com.atlassian.jira.startup.DefaultJiraLauncher.cleanupAfterOurselves(DefaultJiraLauncher.java:210)
at com.atlassian.jira.startup.DefaultJiraLauncher.stop(DefaultJiraLauncher.java:190)
at com.atlassian.jira.startup.LauncherContextListener.contextDestroyed(LauncherContextListener.java:115)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStop(StandardContext.java:5033)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.stopInternal(StandardContext.java:5685)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.stop(LifecycleBase.java:232)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StopChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1591)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StopChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1580)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.GroovyCategorySupport$1
at org.apache.felix.framework.ModuleImpl.findClassOrResourceByDelegation(ModuleImpl.java:772)
at org.apache.felix.framework.ModuleImpl.access$200(ModuleImpl.java:73)
at org.apache.felix.framework.ModuleImpl$ModuleClassLoader.loadClass(ModuleImpl.java:1690)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
... 22 more

[zhen zhang · Accepted solution]

the reason is the loss of LauncherContextListener class in the WEB-INF/classes, remove the filter configuration in the web.xml resolve this problem.

[HuaH]

could you tell us which filter should be remove please? I had the same error but can not find the one to remove. Tks ! 

[Adrian Stephen]

seems like a bug :

• https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-24453

There is a workaround mentioned in that ticket's comment section.