hudson.util.HudsonFailedToLoad error in Jenkins

Question

I am getting below error when i am trying to access my Jenkins server,

hudson.util.HudsonFailedToLoad: org.jvnet.hudson.reactor.ReactorException: java.lang.Error: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at hudson.WebAppMain$3.run(WebAppMain.java:234)
Caused by: org.jvnet.hudson.reactor.ReactorException: java.lang.Error: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
    at org.jvnet.hudson.reactor.Reactor.execute(Reactor.java:269)
    at jenkins.InitReactorRunner.run(InitReactorRunner.java:44)
    at jenkins.model.Jenkins.executeReactor(Jenkins.java:910)
    at jenkins.model.Jenkins.<init>(Jenkins.java:809)
    at hudson.model.Hudson.<init>(Hudson.java:82)
    at hudson.model.Hudson.<init>(Hudson.java:78)
    at hudson.WebAppMain$3.run(WebAppMain.java:222)
Caused by: java.lang.Error: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
    at hudson.init.TaskMethodFinder.invoke(TaskMethodFinder.java:109)
    at hudson.init.TaskMethodFinder$TaskImpl.run(TaskMethodFinder.java:169)
    at org.jvnet.hudson.reactor.Reactor.runTask(Reactor.java:282)
    at jenkins.model.Jenkins$7.runTask(Jenkins.java:899)
    at org.jvnet.hudson.reactor.Reactor$2.run(Reactor.java:210)
    at org.jvnet.hudson.reactor.Reactor$Node.run(Reactor.java:117)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
    at hudson.init.TaskMethodFinder.invoke(TaskMethodFinder.java:105)
    ... 8 more
Caused by: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: -1
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.util.OrderRetainingMap.entrySet(OrderRetainingMap.java:77)
    at java.util.HashMap.putMapEntries(HashMap.java:511)
    at java.util.HashMap.putAll(HashMap.java:784)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.util.OrderRetainingMap.<init>(OrderRetainingMap.java:36)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.reflection.FieldDictionary.buildMap(FieldDictionary.java:135)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.reflection.FieldDictionary.fieldsFor(FieldDictionary.java:76)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.reflection.PureJavaReflectionProvider.visitSerializableFields(PureJavaReflectionProvider.java:127)
    at hudson.util.RobustReflectionConverter.doMarshal(RobustReflectionConverter.java:149)
    at hudson.util.RobustReflectionConverter.marshal(RobustReflectionConverter.java:108)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.AbstractReferenceMarshaller.convert(AbstractReferenceMarshaller.java:69)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeMarshaller.convertAnother(TreeMarshaller.java:58)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeMarshaller.convertAnother(TreeMarshaller.java:43)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeMarshaller.start(TreeMarshaller.java:82)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.AbstractTreeMarshallingStrategy.marshal(AbstractTreeMarshallingStrategy.java:37)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream.marshal(XStream.java:898)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream.marshal(XStream.java:887)
    at com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream.toXML(XStream.java:860)
    at hudson.XmlFile.write(XmlFile.java:178)
    at hudson.model.Descriptor.save(Descriptor.java:758)
    at hudson.plugins.git.GitTool.onLoaded(GitTool.java:108)
    ... 13 more

At the end of error file,i thought may be error related to Git tool. So i have also removed git-client plugin from /var/lib/jenkins/plugins. But after that it will show error unable to read config.xml file even though file is already there in /var/lib/jenkins/config.xml

I need git-client plugin also. I don't know how to solve this problem. Please help if anyone know about this issue. Thanks

Solution 1

I stopped jenkins service and deleted that file and folder from

Jenkins_HOME/plugin
cloudbees-folder.jpi
cloudbees-folder [directory]

and then restart jenkins service.

Solution 2

Removing plugins from jenkins directory and restarting jenkins worked for me.

For my linux system, I did following:

1. goto jenkins home "/var/lib/jenkins/"

2. ls plugins //plugins directory inside jenkins home exists

3. Make sure to copy plugins directory to some other path for backup

4. cd plugins

5. sudo rm -rf ./* Remove entire contents inside plugins directory.

6. Restart jenkins with command: sudo service jenkins restart

7. Restart jenkins link in browser and it opened normally.

Solution 3

I met this java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: -1 error before. It was because I started jenkins server with lower java version(maybe 1.6 or older?). And at the end I resolved this issue by starting jenkins with a newer version of java.

Solution 4

Resolved: https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-41241

The issue get resolves when you delete all the plugins from Jenkins Installation folder. Follow these steps (Windows installation)

1. Go to Jenkins installation folder in "C:\Program files\Jenkins\Plugins" copy all the files in some other drive for future reference.
2. Stop Jenkins server : Go to Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Administrative Tools\Services search for Jenkins and stop it
3. Delete all the files in the "C:\Program files\Jenkins\Plugins" folder
4. Restart the Jenkins your good to go but all the plugins will have to be reinstalled
5. Refer the "Plugins " folder which you have copied in some other destination and install the plugins

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Comments

[rick]

Thank you for the response. How did you upgrade java version in Jenkins?

[kian]

Although Jenkins successfully boots after this, it nuked references to the existing jobs/workspaces, requiring us to rebuild the (unfortunately manually created) jobs from scratch - is this an end-all be(e)-all solution?

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