After producing a "war" file (with a size of 90 Mbytes) in "production mode" (with Vaadin 19.0.9 and gradle) , the deployment process in Tomcat 9.0.52 is very slow and shows this error
Unable to complete the scan for annotations for web application [/WEBPROP] due to a StackOverflowError.
Possible root causes include a too low setting for -Xss and illegal cyclic inheritance dependencies.
The class hierarchy being processed was
[org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1OutputStream->org.bouncycastle.asn1.DEROutputStream->org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1OutputStream]
This error is often produced, but not always.
The tomcat server is running in a Ubuntu 18 with 8 GBytes of RAM. The java version is 15.0.2 (both for this computer and the one used for development).
Any idea? Thanks
PS: Here is the stack trace:
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Error starting child
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:729)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:698)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:696)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:1024)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployWar.run(HostConfig.java:1911)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:515)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.InlineExecutorService.execute(InlineExecutorService.java:75)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService.submit(AbstractExecutorService.java:118)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:825)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:475)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1618)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:319)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:123)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setStateInternal(LifecycleBase.java:423)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setState(LifecycleBase.java:366)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:946)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:835)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1396)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1386)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.InlineExecutorService.execute(InlineExecutorService.java:75)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService.submit(AbstractExecutorService.java:140)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:919)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal(StandardEngine.java:263)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal(StandardService.java:432)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.startInternal(StandardServer.java:927)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:772)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:64)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:564)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:345)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:476)
Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/WEBPROP]]
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.handleSubClassException(LifecycleBase.java:440)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:198)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:726)
... 37 more
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Error starting child
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:729)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:698)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:696)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:1024)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployWar.run(HostConfig.java:1911)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:515)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.InlineExecutorService.execute(InlineExecutorService.java:75)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService.submit(AbstractExecutorService.java:118)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:825)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:475)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1618)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:319)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:123)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setStateInternal(LifecycleBase.java:423)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setState(LifecycleBase.java:366)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:946)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:835)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1396)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1386)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.InlineExecutorService.execute(InlineExecutorService.java:75)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService.submit(AbstractExecutorService.java:140)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:919)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal(StandardEngine.java:263)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal(StandardService.java:432)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.startInternal(StandardServer.java:927)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:772)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:64)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:564)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:345)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:476)
Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/WEBPROP]]
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.handleSubClassException(LifecycleBase.java:440)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:198)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:726)
... 37 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to complete the scan for annotations for web application [/WEBPROP] due to a StackOverflowError. Possible root causes include a too low setting for -Xss and illegal cyclic inheritance dependencies. The class hierarchy being processed was [org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1OutputStream->org.bouncycastle.asn1.DEROutputStream->org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1OutputStream]
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.checkHandlesTypes(ContextConfig.java:2404)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processAnnotationsStream(ContextConfig.java:2342)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processAnnotationsJar(ContextConfig.java:2294)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processAnnotationsUrl(ContextConfig.java:2264)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.scanWebXmlFragment(ContextConfig.java:2172)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processAnnotations(ContextConfig.java:2152)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processClasses(ContextConfig.java:1408)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.webConfig(ContextConfig.java:1303)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.configureStart(ContextConfig.java:986)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:303)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:123)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5135)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
... 38 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to complete the scan for annotations for web application [/WEBPROP] due to a StackOverflowError. Possible root causes include a too low setting for -Xss and illegal cyclic inheritance dependencies. The class hierarchy being processed was [org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1OutputStream->org.bouncycastle.asn1.DEROutputStream->org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1OutputStream]
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.checkHandlesTypes(ContextConfig.java:2404)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processAnnotationsStream(ContextConfig.java:2342)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processAnnotationsJar(ContextConfig.java:2294)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processAnnotationsUrl(ContextConfig.java:2264)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.scanWebXmlFragment(ContextConfig.java:2172)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processAnnotations(ContextConfig.java:2152)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processClasses(ContextConfig.java:1408)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.webConfig(ContextConfig.java:1303)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.configureStart(ContextConfig.java:986)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:303)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:123)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5135)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
... 38 more
This StackOverflow question seems to be for the same issue. According to that, the issue could be that the DEROutputStream is served by two different JARs, for example bcprov-jdk15on-1.47.jar and bcprov-jdk16-1.45.jar. In that case, one needs to be excluded.
It is also worth of pointing out that Vaadin 19 is no longer receiving updates, the newest maintained version is 20 and 21 soon to be released, so upgrade is highly recommenned.