Jira Mantis Import Error: Illegal character in query at index 174:

[Ahmet Oezdemir]

Hi,

while trying to import mantis tasks to JIRA i got forwarded to a blank page. Any idea why?

Logfile snippet:

02-Jun-2016 17:32:37.770 WARNING [http-bio-8443-exec-24] org.apache.catalina.connector.Response.sendRedirect Failed to redirect to [https://XXXXXXXXXXXXX/secure/admin/ImporterLogsPage!import.jspa?externalSystem=com.atlassian.jira.plugins.jira-importers-plugin:mantisImporter&atl_token=XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX|e8f7fe16195feb89524152f41f5c3afb6e8da18b|lin]
 java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal character in query at index 174: https://XXXXXXXXXXXXX/secure/admin/ImporterLogsPage!import.jspa?externalSystem=com.atlassian.jira.plugins.jira-importers-plugin:mantisImporter&atl_token=XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX|e8f7fe16195feb89524152f41f5c3afb6e8da18b|lin
        at java.net.URI.create(URI.java:852)
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.Response.sendRedirect(Response.java:1280)

regards

[Ahmet Oezdemir]

Hi,

we solved the problem by updating to Tomcat 8.0.35.

Use this:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-upgrade-the-tomcat-container-for-confluence-336757062.html

[Deniz Dalli]

See also https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-61179

[Cristina Heymann]

Hi,

We are facing the same issue. Any update or solution on this??