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Jira does not start with Java exceptions, how to fix?

Yurii Sukach
Yurii Sukach July 13, 2018

I've used Jira (server) during few months, but now it does not start with Java exceptions below.
How can i fix it?
Thanks for your help!

Cause

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java.lang.RuntimeException: javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet execution threw an exception
java.lang.RuntimeException: javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet execution threw an exception
	at com.atlassian.web.servlet.plugin.DynamicAuthorizationServletForwarder.forward(DynamicAuthorizationServletForwarder.java:55) [?:?]
	at com.atlassian.web.servlet.plugin.SanitizingServletForwarder.forward(SanitizingServletForwarder.java:32) [?:?]
	at com.atlassian.web.servlet.plugin.RememberingServletForwarder.forward(RememberingServletForwarder.java:51) [?:?]
	at com.atlassian.web.servlet.plugin.ResolvingServletForwarder.forward(ResolvingServletForwarder.java:36) [?:?]
	at jsp.default_jsp._jspService(default_jsp.java:68) [classes/:?]
	at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70) [jasper.jar:8.5.6]
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729) [servlet-api.jar:?]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:230) [catalina.jar:8.5.6]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:165) [catalina.jar:8.5.6]
	at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52) [tomcat-websocket.jar:8.5.6]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:192) [catalina.jar:8.5.6]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:165) [catalina.jar:8.5.6]
	at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.JiraLastFilter.lambda$doFilter$0(JiraLastFilter.java:39) [classes/:?]
	at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.steps.ChainedFilterStepRunner.doFilter(ChainedFilterStepRunner.java:74) [classes/:?]
	at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.JiraLastFilter.doFilter(JiraLastFilter.java:36) [classes/:?]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:192) [catalina.jar:8.5.6]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:165) [catalina.jar:8.5.6]
	at com.atlassian.core.filters.HeaderSanitisingFilter.doFilter(HeaderSanitisingFilter.java:37) [atlassian-core-5.0.8.jar:?]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:192) [catalina.jar:8.5.6]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:165) [catalina.jar:8.5.6]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:39) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.jira.onboarding.postsetup.ui.PostSetupAnnouncementsFilter.doFilter(PostSetupAnnouncementsFilter.java:51) [?:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.jira.tzdetect.IncludeResourcesFilter.doFilter(IncludeResourcesFilter.java:77) [?:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.jira.baseurl.IncludeResourcesFilter.doFilter(IncludeResourcesFilter.java:34) [?:?]
	at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:32) [atlassian-core-5.0.8.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.applinks.core.rest.context.ContextFilter.doFilter(ContextFilter.java:24) [?:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.applinks.core.rest.context.ContextFilter.doFilter(ContextFilter.java:24) [?:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.applinks.core.rest.context.ContextFilter.doFilter(ContextFilter.java:24) [?:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.applinks.core.rest.context.ContextFilter.doFilter(ContextFilter.java:24) [?:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.applinks.core.rest.context.ContextFilter.doFilter(ContextFilter.java:24) [?:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.mywork.client.filter.ServingRequestsFilter.doFilter(ServingRequestsFilter.java:37) [?:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.analytics.client.filter.UniversalAnalyticsFilter.doFilter(UniversalAnalyticsFilter.java:92) [?:?]
	at com.atlassian.analytics.client.filter.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:39) [?:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.web.servlet.plugin.request.RedirectInterceptingFilter.doFilter(RedirectInterceptingFilter.java:21) [?:?]
	at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:32) [atlassian-core-5.0.8.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.prettyurls.filter.PrettyUrlsSiteMeshFixupFilter.doFilter(PrettyUrlsSiteMeshFixupFilter.java:32) [?:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.prettyurls.filter.PrettyUrlsDispatcherFilter.doFilter(PrettyUrlsDispatcherFilter.java:55) [?:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.prettyurls.filter.PrettyUrlsSiteMeshFilter.doFilter(PrettyUrlsSiteMeshFilter.java:79) [?:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	[...]at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) [?:1.8.0_151]
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61) [tomcat-util.jar:8.5.6]
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) [?:1.8.0_151]
Caused by: javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet execution threw an exception
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:237) [catalina.jar:8.5.6]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:165) [catalina.jar:8.5.6]
	at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52) [tomcat-websocket.jar:8.5.6]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:192) [catalina.jar:8.5.6]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:165) [catalina.jar:8.5.6]
	at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.JiraLastFilter.lambda$doFilter$0(JiraLastFilter.java:39) [classes/:?]
	at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.steps.ChainedFilterStepRunner.doFilter(ChainedFilterStepRunner.java:62) [classes/:?]
	at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.JiraLastFilter.doFilter(JiraLastFilter.java:36) [classes/:?]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:192) [catalina.jar:8.5.6]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:165) [catalina.jar:8.5.6]
	at com.atlassian.core.filters.HeaderSanitisingFilter.doFilter(HeaderSanitisingFilter.java:28) [atlassian-core-5.0.8.jar:?]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:192) [catalina.jar:8.5.6]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:165) [catalina.jar:8.5.6]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:39) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.jira.onboarding.postsetup.ui.PostSetupAnnouncementsFilter.doFilter(PostSetupAnnouncementsFilter.java:51) [?:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.jira.tzdetect.IncludeResourcesFilter.doFilter(IncludeResourcesFilter.java:77) [?:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58) [atlassian-plugins-servlet-4.5.0.jar:?]
	at com.atlassian.jira.baseurl.IncludeResourcesFilter.doFilter(IncludeResourcesFilter.java:34) [?:?]
	at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:32) [atlassian-core-5.0.8.jar:?]
	[...]
	... 232 more
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class webwork.dispatcher.GenericDispatcher
	at com.atlassian.jira.web.dispatcher.JiraWebworkActionDispatcher.prepareDispatcher(JiraWebworkActionDispatcher.java:196) [classes/:?]
	at com.atlassian.jira.web.dispatcher.JiraWebworkActionDispatcher.service(JiraWebworkActionDispatcher.java:133) [classes/:?]
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729) [servlet-api.jar:?]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:230) [catalina.jar:8.5.6]
	... 374 more
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Andy Heinzer
Andy Heinzer
Atlassian Team
Atlassian Team members are employees working across the company in a wide variety of roles.
July 13, 2018

Hi Yurii,

From looking at this stacktrace, it appears that you might be running into a known bug.  Please see https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-62486

This bug is known to affect many versions of Jira.  It only appears to manifest itself when a user tries to access a jsp page in Jira via the web browser during the initial startup of Jira.   If that is the case, then there are workarounds you can follow in that bug ticket:

Workaround

  • Block web access to the instance during start up to prevent the bad request from hitting JIRA during startup such as the following examples:
    • Change the port in server.xml during startup or upgrade to avoid users unintentionally accessing URLs which may cause such problems
    • Leverage a firewall on the server hosting JIRA to block the port during startup
    • In cases where a reverse proxy or balancer is in front of JIRA this can be shut down during startup

NOTE: The same symptoms are sometimes seen due to corrupted plugin caches or /work directory.  If troubleshooting this issue, clearing these directories may resolve the issue:

  • /JIRA_HOME/plugins/.osgi-plugins/
  • /JIRA_HOME/plugins/.bundled-plugins/
  • /JIRA_INSTALL/work/

Ultimately, I would recommend upgrading Jira to a version where this bug is fixed, such as 7.6.6, 7.7.4, 7.8.4, 7.9.2, 7.10.0 or higher versions.

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