After upgrade Crucible won't start with "Unable to install bundle" error
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*Except Fisheye and Crucible
Symptoms
Crucible is upgraded and upon startup the following error is shown in the logs:
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com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.container.OsgiContainerException: Unable to install bundle
at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.container.felix.FelixOsgiContainerManager.installBundle(FelixOsgiContainerManager.java:424)
at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.factory.OsgiPluginUninstalledHelper.install(OsgiPluginUninstalledHelper.java:67)
at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.factory.OsgiPlugin.installInternal(OsgiPlugin.java:327)
at com.atlassian.plugin.impl.AbstractPlugin.install(AbstractPlugin.java:325)
at com.atlassian.plugin.impl.AbstractDelegatingPlugin.install(AbstractDelegatingPlugin.java:203)
at com.atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager.addPlugins(DefaultPluginManager.java:531)
at com.atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager.init(DefaultPluginManager.java:153)
at com.atlassian.fisheye.plugin.FisheyePluginManagerFactory.onApplicationEvent(FisheyePluginManagerFactory.java:151)
at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster$1.run(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:78)
at org.springframework.core.task.SyncTaskExecutor.execute(SyncTaskExecutor.java:49)
at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:76)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.publishEvent(AbstractApplicationContext.java:274)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishRefresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:736)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:383)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:255)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:199)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:45)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.startContext(ContextHandler.java:548)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.Context.startContext(Context.java:136)
at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.startContext(WebAppContext.java:1239)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.doStart(ContextHandler.java:517)
at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.doStart(WebAppContext.java:466)
at com.cenqua.fisheye.web.jetty.FishEyeWebApplicationContext.doStart(FishEyeWebApplicationContext.java:27)
at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.doStart(HandlerCollection.java:152)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.doStart(ContextHandlerCollection.java:156)
at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.doStart(HandlerCollection.java:152)
at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.doStart(HandlerWrapper.java:130)
at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.doStart(Server.java:222)
at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50)
at com.cenqua.fisheye.web.WebServer.start(WebServer.java:197)
at com.cenqua.fisheye.ctl.Run.mainImpl(Run.java:227)
at com.cenqua.fisheye.ctl.Run.main(Run.java:69)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at com.cenqua.fisheye.FishEyeCtl.mainImpl(FishEyeCtl.java:106)
at com.cenqua.fisheye.FishEyeCtl.main(FishEyeCtl.java:39)
Caused by: org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Invalid bundle format
at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.container.felix.FelixOsgiContainerManager$BundleRegistration.install(FelixOsgiContainerManager.java:561)
at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.container.felix.FelixOsgiContainerManager.installBundle(FelixOsgiContainerManager.java:420)
... 40 moreCause
There is an incompatible plugin installed in the plugins cache directory.
Resolution
To resolve this you will need to remove your plugins cache:
Shut down Crucible.
Remove the following directory from Crucible:
1<FISHEYE_INST>/cache/plugins/osgi-cache/transformed-pluginsStart Crucible.
Updated on April 11, 2025
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