JIRA error BundlesVersionDiscovery - Can't read manifest of file
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*Except Fisheye and Crucible
Problem
JIRA 7 can log following messages in log after upgrade from JIRA 6.x:
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2016-03-13 15:08:48,442 JIRA-Bootstrap WARN [c.a.j.application.install.BundlesVersionDiscovery] Can't read manifest of file: /jira/application-data/jira_7.1/plugins/installed-plugins/plugin.1597635671198788949.jira-calendar-plugin-2.1.11.jar
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull(Preconditions.java:210)
at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.util.OsgiHeaderUtil.getValidatedAttribute(OsgiHeaderUtil.java:433)
at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.util.OsgiHeaderUtil.extractOsgiPluginInformation(OsgiHeaderUtil.java:472)
at com.atlassian.jira.application.install.BundlesVersionDiscovery.getBundleNameAndVersion(BundlesVersionDiscovery.java:76)
at com.atlassian.jira.application.install.BundlesVersionDiscovery.getBundleNameAndVersion(BundlesVersionDiscovery.java:68)
at com.atlassian.jira.application.install.PluginBundleInstaller.lambda$getInstalledPluginVersions$3(ApplicationInstaller.java:160)
at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:193)
at java.util.Spliterators$ArraySpliterator.forEachRemaining(Spliterators.java:948)
at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:481)
at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:471)
at java.util.stream.ReduceOps$ReduceOp.evaluateSequential(ReduceOps.java:708)
at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(AbstractPipeline.java:234)
at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.collect(ReferencePipeline.java:499)
at com.atlassian.jira.application.install.PluginBundleInstaller.getInstalledPluginVersions(ApplicationInstaller.java:163)
...Cause
Plugin doesn't have valid META-INF/MANIFEST.MF file, it doesn't have following section in it:
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Bundle-Version: X.YJIRA7 is more strict about file structure and cheks it.
Resolution
Most likely the plugin is not JIRA7 compatible, please remove the plugin and use updated version if possible.
Stop JIRA.
Removejar file from <JIRA_HOME>/plugins/installed-plugins
Start JIRA.
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