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  2. CONFSERVER-31868

Default Macro Metadata Provider plugin is disabled on startup

      Description

      The Default Macro Metadata Provider (plugin key: "confluence.macro.metadata.provider") will not start up after upgrading to Confluence 5.2.x or higher.

      Symptoms observed

      You may experience one or more of the following:

      • Most macros are missing in the Macro Browser
      • The Macro Browser will load indefinitely
      • The Macro Browser will fail to load, showing error "There has been an error loading the macro browser. Please try again or see your system administrator."
      • All user macros show an exclamation mark under Confluence Admin > User Macros, even if the macros have the appropriate metadata
      • Side bar stays empty when viewing a page (Since 5.6)

      Root cause

      Unclear at this time. This investigation is ongoing.

      In reviewing existing support tickets, the following stacktrace appears during Confluence startup:

      2013-12-04 13:29:20,385 ERROR [main] [atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager] enableConfiguredPluginModule There was an error loading the descriptor 'null' of plugin 'confluence.macro.metadata.provider'. Disabling.
      com.atlassian.spring.container.ComponentNotFoundException: Failed to find component: Error creating bean with name 'macroMetadataProviders' defined in class path resource [x]: Cannot create inner bean 'com.atlassian.confluence.macro.browser.DefaultMacroMetadataProvider#1d98320' of type [com.atlassian.confluence.macro.browser.DefaultMacroMetadataProvider] while setting bean property 'sourceList' with key [1]; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'com.atlassian.confluence.macro.browser.DefaultMacroMetadataProvider#1d98320' defined in class path resource [x]: Cannot create inner bean 'com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.ModuleDescriptorCacheFactory#14a78438' of type [com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.ModuleDescriptorCacheFactory] while setting constructor argument; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.ModuleDescriptorCacheFactory#14a78438' defined in class path resource [x]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: Factory method [public com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.ModuleDescriptorCache com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.ModuleDescriptorCacheFactory.create(java.lang.Class,com.atlassian.plugin.predicate.ModuleDescriptorPredicate)] threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/lucene/search/ConstantScoreRangeQuery
      	at com.atlassian.spring.container.SpringContainerContext.getComponent(SpringContainerContext.java:79)
      	at com.atlassian.spring.container.ContainerManager.getComponent(ContainerManager.java:33)
      	at com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.descriptor.SpringComponentModuleDescriptor.enabled(SpringComponentModuleDescriptor.java:122)
      	at com.atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager.notifyModuleEnabled(DefaultPluginManager.java:1661)
      	at com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.ConfluencePluginManager.notifyModuleEnabled(ConfluencePluginManager.java:135)
      	at com.atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager.enableConfiguredPluginModule(DefaultPluginManager.java:1453)
      	at com.atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager.enableConfiguredPluginModules(DefaultPluginManager.java:1420)
      	at com.atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager.addPlugins(DefaultPluginManager.java:875)
      	at com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.ConfluencePluginManager.addPlugins(ConfluencePluginManager.java:236)
      	at com.atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager.init(DefaultPluginManager.java:258)
      	at com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.ConfluencePluginManager.init(ConfluencePluginManager.java:207)
      	at com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.PluginFrameworkContextListener.contextInitialized(PluginFrameworkContextListener.java:54)
      	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4205)
      	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4704)
      	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:799)
      	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:779)
      	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:601)
      	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:675)
      	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:601)
      	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:502)
      	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1315)
      	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:324)
      	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:142)
      	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1061)
      	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:840)
      	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053)
      	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:463)
      	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:525)
      	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:754)
      	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:595)
      	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
      	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
      	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
      	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:289)
      	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:414)
      Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'macroMetadataProviders' defined in class path resource [x]: Cannot create inner bean 'com.atlassian.confluence.macro.browser.DefaultMacroMetadataProvider#1d98320' of type [com.atlassian.confluence.macro.browser.DefaultMacroMetadataProvider] while setting bean property 'sourceList' with key [1]; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'com.atlassian.confluence.macro.browser.DefaultMacroMetadataProvider#1d98320' defined in class path resource [x]: Cannot create inner bean 'com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.ModuleDescriptorCacheFactory#14a78438' of type [com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.ModuleDescriptorCacheFactory] while setting constructor argument; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.ModuleDescriptorCacheFactory#14a78438' defined in class path resource [x]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: Factory method [public com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.ModuleDescriptorCache com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.ModuleDescriptorCacheFactory.create(java.lang.Class,com.atlassian.plugin.predicate.ModuleDescriptorPredicate)] threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/lucene/search/ConstantScoreRangeQuery
      	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveInnerBean(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:230)
      	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:117)
      	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveManagedList(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:287)
      	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:126)
      	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1245)
      	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1010)
      	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:472)
      	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:168)
      	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:238)
      	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:185)
      	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:164)
      	at com.atlassian.spring.container.SpringContainerContext.getComponent(SpringContainerContext.java:75)
      	... 35 more
      Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'com.atlassian.confluence.macro.browser.DefaultMacroMetadataProvider#1d98320' defined in class path resource [x]: Cannot create inner bean 'com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.ModuleDescriptorCacheFactory#14a78438' of type [com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.ModuleDescriptorCacheFactory] while setting constructor argument; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.ModuleDescriptorCacheFactory#14a78438' defined in class path resource [x]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: Factory method [public com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.ModuleDescriptorCache com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.ModuleDescriptorCacheFactory.create(java.lang.Class,com.atlassian.plugin.predicate.ModuleDescriptorPredicate)] threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/lucene/search/ConstantScoreRangeQuery
      	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveInnerBean(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:230)
      	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:117)
      	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.resolveConstructorArguments(ConstructorResolver.java:495)
      	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.autowireConstructor(ConstructorResolver.java:162)
      	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.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveInnerBean(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:219)
      	... 53 more
      Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.ModuleDescriptorCacheFactory#14a78438' defined in class path resource [x]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: Factory method [public com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.ModuleDescriptorCache com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.ModuleDescriptorCacheFactory.create(java.lang.Class,com.atlassian.plugin.predicate.ModuleDescriptorPredicate)] threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/lucene/search/ConstantScoreRangeQuery
      	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(ConstructorResolver.java:444)
      	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:903)
      	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:817)
      	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.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveInnerBean(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:219)
      	... 63 more
      Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: Factory method [public com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.ModuleDescriptorCache com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.ModuleDescriptorCacheFactory.create(java.lang.Class,com.atlassian.plugin.predicate.ModuleDescriptorPredicate)] threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/lucene/search/ConstantScoreRangeQuery
      	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:127)
      	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(ConstructorResolver.java:435)
      	... 70 more
      Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/lucene/search/ConstantScoreRangeQuery
      	at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructors0(Native Method)
      	at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredConstructors(Class.java:2404)
      	at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructors(Class.java:1853)
      	at com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.descriptor.CustomMacroModuleDescriptor.innerHasBody(CustomMacroModuleDescriptor.java:267)
      	at com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.descriptor.CustomMacroModuleDescriptor.hasBody(CustomMacroModuleDescriptor.java:251)
      	at com.atlassian.confluence.macro.V2CompatibilityModuleDescriptorPredicate.matches(V2CompatibilityModuleDescriptorPredicate.java:20)
      	at com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.CompositeModuleDescriptorPredicate.matches(CompositeModuleDescriptorPredicate.java:33)
      	at com.atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager$6.apply(DefaultPluginManager.java:1087)
      	at com.atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager$6.apply(DefaultPluginManager.java:1084)
      	at com.google.common.collect.Iterators$7.computeNext(Iterators.java:645)
      	at com.google.common.collect.AbstractIterator.tryToComputeNext(AbstractIterator.java:141)
      	at com.google.common.collect.AbstractIterator.hasNext(AbstractIterator.java:136)
      	at com.google.common.collect.Iterators$5.hasNext(Iterators.java:539)
      	at com.google.common.collect.Lists.newArrayList(Lists.java:138)
      	at com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList.copyOf(ImmutableList.java:269)
      	at com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList.copyOf(ImmutableList.java:230)
      	at com.atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager.getModuleDescriptors(DefaultPluginManager.java:1054)
      	at com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.cached.ForwardingPluginAccessor.getModuleDescriptors(ForwardingPluginAccessor.java:68)
      	at com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.cached.EnabledModuleCachingPluginAccessor.getModuleDescriptors(EnabledModuleCachingPluginAccessor.java:27)
      	at com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.ModuleDescriptorCacheFactory$2.getDescriptors(ModuleDescriptorCacheFactory.java:54)
      	at com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.ModuleDescriptorCache.initialize(ModuleDescriptorCache.java:118)
      	at com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.ModuleDescriptorCacheFactory.create(ModuleDescriptorCacheFactory.java:50)
      	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
      	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
      	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
      	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:115)
      	... 71 more
      Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.lucene.search.ConstantScoreRangeQuery
      	at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1680)
      	at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1526)
      	at org.apache.felix.framework.ExtensionManager$ExtensionManagerModule.getClassByDelegation(ExtensionManager.java:672)
      	at org.apache.felix.framework.resolver.WireImpl.getClass(WireImpl.java:99)
      	at org.apache.felix.framework.ModuleImpl.searchImports(ModuleImpl.java:1345)
      	at org.apache.felix.framework.ModuleImpl.findClassOrResourceByDelegation(ModuleImpl.java:711)
      	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:356)
      	... 98 more
      

      The nested cause being:

      java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/lucene/search/ConstantScoreRangeQuery
      

      This is likely related to the Lucene search library upgrade to version 4.3 in the Confluence 5.2.x series.

      From the investigation in support tickets, this problem seems related to third-party plugins as well, perhaps due to version incompatibility.

      Workaround

      Check that all of the third-party plugins have been upgraded to the latest compatible version in accordance with https://marketplace.atlassian.com. Disable/remove any that do not have a version compatible with your Confluence version.

      In some cases we've seen, simply disabling the incompatible plugins is insufficient to resolve the issue. The plugins must be uninstalled completely. One of these is the "Adaptavist Rate Macro" plugin. Relevant KB: https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Confluence+Macros+Missing+in+Macro+Browser

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            [CONFSERVER-31868] Default Macro Metadata Provider plugin is disabled on startup

            Showing in Log analyzer results for 7.x, but it doesn't seem to actually affect us.

            Piotr Janik added a comment - Showing in Log analyzer results for 7.x, but it doesn't seem to actually affect us.

            MarioW added a comment -

            Will do.
            Mario

            MarioW added a comment - Will do. Mario

            Hi mario.widmer,

            I'm sorry to hear that this error is happening again. Would you be able to contact our support so we can get your logs and figure this out?

            Kind regards,
            Olli Nevalainen

            Olli Nevalainen added a comment - Hi mario.widmer , I'm sorry to hear that this error is happening again. Would you be able to contact our support so we can get your logs and figure this out? Kind regards, Olli Nevalainen

            MarioW added a comment - - edited

            I am now on Confluence 6.8.1 and the 'Default Macro Metadata Provider plugin is disabled on startup' appeared already 28 times. Obviously the error is here again and i am not aware of having something installed like Adaptavist Rate Macro (or is it one of many macros in a plugin like Reporting?) I do not experience an error which is probably caused by this warning. But i like to minimize warnings and errors in the log to keep the overview.

            Mario

            MarioW added a comment - - edited I am now on Confluence 6.8.1 and the 'Default Macro Metadata Provider plugin is disabled on startup' appeared already 28 times. Obviously the error is here again and i am not aware of having something installed like Adaptavist Rate Macro (or is it one of many macros in a plugin like Reporting?) I do not experience an error which is probably caused by this warning. But i like to minimize warnings and errors in the log to keep the overview. Mario

            ITMSD added a comment -

            Confluence 5.6.4

            Removing Adaptavist Rate Macro did the trick

            ITMSD added a comment - Confluence 5.6.4 Removing Adaptavist Rate Macro did the trick

            Hi Andrew

            Thanks but i have tried this several times with no success.

            Peter Tamaskovic added a comment - Hi Andrew Thanks but i have tried this several times with no success.

            Peter, have you also deleted the plugin cache folders? That does miracles in some cases.

            https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/How+to+Clear+Confluence+Plugins+Cache

            https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Error+Loading+Macro+Browser+due+to+corrupted+plugin+cache

            An other advise is to restart the service quite some times.

            Deleted Account (Inactive) added a comment - Peter, have you also deleted the plugin cache folders? That does miracles in some cases. https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/How+to+Clear+Confluence+Plugins+Cache https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Error+Loading+Macro+Browser+due+to+corrupted+plugin+cache An other advise is to restart the service quite some times.

            Confluence version 5.5.3

            I have removed Adaptavist Rate Macro but it didn't solved the problem.
            After that i have removed all 3. party plugins and it didn't helped again!!!
            Also the migration of the content after confluence upgrade isn't working and this is blocking us in the upgrading the production server which serves more than 25 000 users !!!

            Please try to find a final solution for this problem.

            Peter Tamaskovic added a comment - Confluence version 5.5.3 I have removed Adaptavist Rate Macro but it didn't solved the problem. After that i have removed all 3. party plugins and it didn't helped again!!! Also the migration of the content after confluence upgrade isn't working and this is blocking us in the upgrading the production server which serves more than 25 000 users !!! Please try to find a final solution for this problem.

            Same here :-/ problem fixed when removing rate macro - for Confluence 5.5.6

            Deleted Account (Inactive) added a comment - - edited Same here :-/ problem fixed when removing rate macro - for Confluence 5.5.6

            Jim Bethancourt added a comment - - edited

            Confirming fix on removing the Adaptavist Rate Macro as well for version 5.5.2

            Jim Bethancourt added a comment - - edited Confirming fix on removing the Adaptavist Rate Macro as well for version 5.5.2

              onevalainen Olli Nevalainen
              rchang Robert Chang
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