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XWiki 18.4.0 RC1 fails to start on Jetty on Windows
 
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cid:jira-generated-image-avatar-369b294c-960b-4bd7-8c06-3adbb94de136 Ilie Andriuta created this issue on 20/May/26 18:04
 
Summary: XWiki 18.4.0 RC1 fails to start on Jetty on Windows
Issue Type: cid:jira-generated-image-avatar-025dc7e2-9d12-46f1-a605-9c10df1ecc90 Bug
Affects Versions: 18.4.0-rc-1
Assignee: Unassigned
Attachments: XWiki_18_4_0_RC1_Jetty_logs.txt
Created: 20/May/26 18:04
Environment: Windows 11 Pro, Edge 148, using an instance of XWiki 18.4.0 RC1 on Jetty/HSQL demo version
Priority: cid:jira-generated-image-static-blocker-051179e9-2190-47fe-989d-44cdadeaec65 Blocker
Reporter: Ilie Andriuta
Description:

Steps to reproduce

  1. Download and unzip XWiki 18.4.0 RC1 on Windows 11, used demo version with Standard Flavor Preinstalled, but can also be used the ZIP Package
  2. Start the instance (on the Jetty servlet)

Expected results

The instance starts properly.

Actual results

The instance fails to start. In the logs, the following stacktrace is displayed (please also find attached the full logs):

2026-05-20 18:22:48.137:WARN :oeje11w.WebAppContext:main: Failed startup of context oeje11w.WebAppContext@63611043{ROOT,/,b=file:///D:/Win%2010%20Backup/LUCRU_D/XWIKI%2018.4.0/xwiki-platform-distribution-flavor-jetty-hsqldb-18.4.0-rc-1/webapps/root/,a=STOPPED,h=oeje11s.SessionHandler@20ca951f{STOPPED}}
java.nio.file.InvalidPathException: Illegal char <:> at index 3: /D:/Win 10 Backup/LUCRU_D/XWIKI 18.4.0/xwiki-platform-distribution-flavor-jetty-hsqldb-18.4.0-rc-1/webapps/root/WEB-INF/
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.normalize(WindowsPathParser.java:191)
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.parse(WindowsPathParser.java:142)
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.parse(WindowsPathParser.java:46)
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsPath.parse(WindowsPath.java:92)
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileSystem.getPath(WindowsFileSystem.java:203)
        at java.base/java.nio.file.Path.resolve(Path.java:513)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.resource.PathResource.resolveSchemeSpecificPath(PathResource.java:315)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.resource.PathResource.resolve(PathResource.java:296)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.ee11.webapp.WebAppContext.getWebInf(WebAppContext.java:760)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.ee11.webapp.WebXmlConfiguration.findWebXml(WebXmlConfiguration.java:112)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.ee11.webapp.WebXmlConfiguration.preConfigure(WebXmlConfiguration.java:71)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.ee11.webapp.Configurations.preConfigure(Configurations.java:489)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.ee11.webapp.WebAppContext.preConfigure(WebAppContext.java:463)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.ee11.webapp.WebAppContext.doStart(WebAppContext.java:506)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:92)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.StandardDeployer.deploy(StandardDeployer.java:118)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentScanner.performActions(DeploymentScanner.java:885)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentScanner.pathsChanged(DeploymentScanner.java:612)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.reportDifferences(Scanner.java:918)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.scan(Scanner.java:817)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.startScanning(Scanner.java:706)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.doStart(Scanner.java:678)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:92)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.start(ContainerLifeCycle.java:170)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.doStart(ContainerLifeCycle.java:121)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentScanner.doStart(DeploymentScanner.java:759)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:92)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.start(ContainerLifeCycle.java:170)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.start(Server.java:689)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.doStart(ContainerLifeCycle.java:121)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Handler$Abstract.doStart(Handler.java:545)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.doStart(Server.java:630)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:92)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.xml.XmlConfiguration.main(XmlConfiguration.java:2134)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:104)
        at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:565)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main.invokeMain(Main.java:312)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main.start(Main.java:603)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main.main(Main.java:82)
2026-05-20 18:22:48.165:WARN :oeje11w.WebAppContext:main: Failed startup of context oeje11w.WebAppContext@95e33cc{/xwiki,/xwiki,b=file:///D:/Win%2010%20Backup/LUCRU_D/XWIKI%2018.4.0/xwiki-platform-distribution-flavor-jetty-hsqldb-18.4.0-rc-1/webapps/xwiki/,a=STOPPED,h=oeje11s.SessionHandler@38604b81{STOPPED}}
java.nio.file.InvalidPathException: Illegal char <:> at index 3: /D:/Win 10 Backup/LUCRU_D/XWIKI 18.4.0/xwiki-platform-distribution-flavor-jetty-hsqldb-18.4.0-rc-1/webapps/xwiki/WEB-INF/
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.normalize(WindowsPathParser.java:191)
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.parse(WindowsPathParser.java:142)
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.parse(WindowsPathParser.java:46)
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsPath.parse(WindowsPath.java:92)
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileSystem.getPath(WindowsFileSystem.java:203)
        at java.base/java.nio.file.Path.resolve(Path.java:513)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.resource.PathResource.resolveSchemeSpecificPath(PathResource.java:315)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.resource.PathResource.resolve(PathResource.java:296)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.ee11.webapp.WebAppContext.getWebInf(WebAppContext.java:760)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.ee11.webapp.WebXmlConfiguration.findWebXml(WebXmlConfiguration.java:112)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.ee11.webapp.WebXmlConfiguration.preConfigure(WebXmlConfiguration.java:71)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.ee11.webapp.Configurations.preConfigure(Configurations.java:489)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.ee11.webapp.WebAppContext.preConfigure(WebAppContext.java:463)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.ee11.webapp.WebAppContext.doStart(WebAppContext.java:506)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:92)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.StandardDeployer.deploy(StandardDeployer.java:118)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentScanner.performActions(DeploymentScanner.java:885)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentScanner.pathsChanged(DeploymentScanner.java:612)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.reportDifferences(Scanner.java:918)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.scan(Scanner.java:817)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.startScanning(Scanner.java:706)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.doStart(Scanner.java:678)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:92)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.start(ContainerLifeCycle.java:170)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.doStart(ContainerLifeCycle.java:121)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentScanner.doStart(DeploymentScanner.java:759)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:92)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.start(ContainerLifeCycle.java:170)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.start(Server.java:689)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.doStart(ContainerLifeCycle.java:121)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Handler$Abstract.doStart(Handler.java:545)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.doStart(Server.java:630)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:92)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.xml.XmlConfiguration.main(XmlConfiguration.java:2134)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:104)
        at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:565)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main.invokeMain(Main.java:312)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main.start(Main.java:603)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main.main(Main.java:82)

The issue doesn't reproduce if the instance is started on Ubuntu (tested on 25.10), or on Tomcat 11.0.22 on Windows.

Also, the issue couldn't be reproduced on XWiki 18.3.0.
 
 

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cid:jira-generated-image-avatar-369b294c-960b-4bd7-8c06-3adbb94de136 Changes by Ilie Andriuta on 20/May/26 18:04
 
Fix Version: 18.4.0
Labels: regression windows
 
 
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