UPM Self-Update fails when updating from UPM 2.7.8 or 2.7.9 to newer versions

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Symptoms

UPM 2.7.8 or 2.7.9 is currently installed. Upon attempting to run the self-update for UPM, the following appears in the atlassian-confluence.log:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 2012-12-10 08:05:40,478 pool-13-thread-1 INFO admin 688x169x4 l98x80 192.166.201.94 /rest/plugins/1.0/ [atlassian.plugin.loaders.ScanningPluginLoader] No plugins found to be installed 2012-12-10 08:05:40,528 pool-13-thread-1 INFO admin 688x169x4 l98x80 192.166.201.94 /rest/plugins/1.0/ [atlassian.plugin.loaders.ScanningPluginLoader] Plugin Unit: /var/atlassian/application-data/jira/plugins/installed-plugins/upm-selfupdate1604758001771192603.jar (1355123140000) created 2012-12-10 08:05:44,913 pool-13-thread-1 INFO admin 688x169x4 l98x80 192.166.201.94 /rest/plugins/1.0/ [atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager] Found dependent enabled plugins for uninstalled plugin 'com.atlassian.upm.atlassian-universal-plugin-manager-selfupdate-plugin': []. Disabling... 2012-12-10 08:05:44,913 pool-13-thread-1 INFO admin 688x169x4 l98x80 192.166.201.94 /rest/plugins/1.0/ [atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager] Updating plugin 'com.atlassian.upm.atlassian-universal-plugin-manager-selfupdate-plugin' to 'com.atlassian.upm.atlassian-universal-plugin-manager-selfupdate-plugin' 2012-12-10 08:05:44,919 pool-13-thread-1 INFO admin 688x169x4 l98x80 192.166.201.94 /rest/plugins/1.0/ [atlassian.plugin.loaders.ScanningPluginLoader] Removed plugin com.atlassian.upm.atlassian-universal-plugin-manager-selfupdate-plugin 2012-12-10 08:05:45,198 pool-13-thread-1 INFO admin 688x169x4 l98x80 192.166.201.94 /rest/plugins/1.0/ [atlassian.plugin.util.WaitUntil] Plugins that have yet to be enabled: [com.atlassian.upm.atlassian-universal-plugin-manager-selfupdate-plugin], 60 seconds remaining 2012-12-10 08:05:45,208 Spring executor 26 ERROR admin 688x169x4 l98x80 192.166.201.94 /rest/plugins/1.0/ [plugin.osgi.factory.OsgiPlugin] Unable to start the Spring context for plugin com.atlassian.upm.atlassian-universal-plugin-manager-selfupdate-plugin org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'updateParametersFactory' defined in URL [bundle://122.0:0/META-INF/spring/atlassian-plugins-components.xml]: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through constructor argument with index 0 of type [com.atlassian.sal.api.pluginsettings.PluginSettingsFactory]: : Error loading class [com.atlassian.upm.selfupdate.async.SimpleAsyncTaskManager] for bean with name 'simpleAsyncTaskManager' defined in URL [bundle://122.0:0/META-INF/spring/atlassian-plugins-components.xml]: problem with class file or dependent class; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.atlassian.upm.selfupdate.async.SimpleAsyncTaskManager not found from bundle [Atlassian Universal Plugin Manager Self-Update Plugin (com.atlassian.upm.atlassian-universal-plugin-manager-selfupdate-plugin)]; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.CannotLoadBeanClassException: Error loading class [com.atlassian.upm.selfupdate.async.SimpleAsyncTaskManager] for bean with name 'simpleAsyncTaskManager' defined in URL [bundle://122.0:0/META-INF/spring/atlassian-plugins-components.xml]: problem with class file or dependent class; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.atlassian.upm.selfupdate.async.SimpleAsyncTaskManager not found from bundle [Atlassian Universal Plugin Manager Self-Update Plugin (com.atlassian.upm.atlassian-universal-plugin-manager-selfupdate-plugin)] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.createArgumentArray(ConstructorResolver.java:591) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.autowireConstructor(ConstructorResolver.java:193) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.autowireConstructor(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:925) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:835) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:440) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory$1.run(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:409) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:380) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:264) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:261) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:185) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:164) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:429) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:728) at org.springframework.osgi.context.support.AbstractDelegatedExecutionApplicationContext.access$1600(AbstractDelegatedExecutionApplicationContext.java:69) at org.springframework.osgi.context.support.AbstractDelegatedExecutionApplicationContext$4.run(AbstractDelegatedExecutionApplicationContext.java:355) at org.springframework.osgi.util.internal.PrivilegedUtils.executeWithCustomTCCL(PrivilegedUtils.java:85) at org.springframework.osgi.context.support.AbstractDelegatedExecutionApplicationContext.completeRefresh(AbstractDelegatedExecutionApplicationContext.java:320) at org.springframework.osgi.extender.internal.dependencies.startup.DependencyWaiterApplicationContextExecutor$CompleteRefreshTask.run(DependencyWaiterApplicationContextExecutor.java:132) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.CannotLoadBeanClassException: Error loading class [com.atlassian.upm.selfupdate.async.SimpleAsyncTaskManager] for bean with name 'simpleAsyncTaskManager' defined in URL [bundle://122.0:0/META-INF/spring/atlassian-plugins-components.xml]: problem with class file or dependent class; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.atlassian.upm.selfupdate.async.SimpleAsyncTaskManager not found from bundle [Atlassian Universal Plugin Manager Self-Update Plugin (com.atlassian.upm.atlassian-universal-plugin-manager-selfupdate-plugin)] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.resolveBeanClass(AbstractBeanFactory.java:1144) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.predictBeanType(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:524) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.isFactoryBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:1177) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.getBeanNamesForType(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:222) at org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryUtils.beanNamesForTypeIncludingAncestors(BeanFactoryUtils.java:187) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.findAutowireCandidates(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:652) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:610) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.resolveAutowiredArgument(ConstructorResolver.java:622) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.createArgumentArray(ConstructorResolver.java:584) ... 22 more Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.atlassian.upm.selfupdate.async.SimpleAsyncTaskManager not found from bundle [Atlassian Universal Plugin Manager Self-Update Plugin (com.atlassian.upm.atlassian-universal-plugin-manager-selfupdate-plugin)] at org.springframework.osgi.util.BundleDelegatingClassLoader.findClass(BundleDelegatingClassLoader.java:112) at org.springframework.osgi.util.BundleDelegatingClassLoader.loadClass(BundleDelegatingClassLoader.java:156) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247) at org.springframework.util.ClassUtils.forName(ClassUtils.java:211) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition.resolveBeanClass(AbstractBeanDefinition.java:385) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.resolveBeanClass(AbstractBeanFactory.java:1138) ... 30 more Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/beans/factory/DisposableBean at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassCond(ClassLoader.java:631) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:615) at org.apache.felix.framework.ModuleImpl$ModuleClassLoader.findClass(ModuleImpl.java:1829) at org.apache.felix.framework.ModuleImpl.findClassOrResourceByDelegation(ModuleImpl.java:716) 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:247) at org.apache.felix.framework.ModuleImpl.getClassByDelegation(ModuleImpl.java:634) at org.apache.felix.framework.Felix.loadBundleClass(Felix.java:1594) at org.apache.felix.framework.BundleImpl.loadClass(BundleImpl.java:887) at org.springframework.osgi.util.BundleDelegatingClassLoader.findClass(BundleDelegatingClassLoader.java:99) ... 35 more Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.beans.factory.DisposableBean 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:247) ... 47 more

Cause

https://ecosystem.atlassian.net/browse/UPM-2960

Workaround

If you currently have UPM 2.7.8 or 2.7.9 installed and wish to upgrade UPM, you will need to do so manually.

Updated on April 8, 2025

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