springboot Upgrade from 2.3.5.RELEASE to 2.4.1- ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationBeanFactoryMetadata

Question

I am trying to upgrade my kotlin - gradle project from springboot version 2.3.5.RELEASE to 2.4.1. Looks like there is version mismatch between springboot-2.4.1 and sping-cloud-Hoxton.SR9.

build.gradle.kts snippet

    plugins {
        id("org.springframework.boot") version "2.4.1"
        id("io.spring.dependency-management") version "1.0.10.RELEASE"
    
        kotlin("jvm") version "1.4.10"
    kotlin("plugin.spring") version "1.4.10"
    kotlin("plugin.jpa") version "1.4.10"
    kotlin("plugin.serialization") version "1.4.10"

    idea
    }
    
    group = "com.xxx"
    version = ""
    java.sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
    extra["springCloudVersion"] = "Hoxton.SR9"
    
    val resilience4jVersion = "1.3.1"
    val queryDslVersion = "4.4.0"
    val springCloudVersion = "Hoxton.SR9"
    val cucumberVersion = "6.7.0"
    val camundaVersion = "7.14.0"
    var jacocoVersion = "0.8.5"

dependencyManagement {
    imports {
        mavenBom("org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-dependencies:$springCloudVersion")
    }
}


dependencies {

    implementation("org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter-openfeign")
    implementation("org.javers:javers-core:5.12.0")
    implementation("io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-api:0.11.1")
    implementation("io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-impl:0.11.1")
    implementation("io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-jackson:0.11.1")


    implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-mail")
    implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa")
    implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web")
    implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-hateoas")
    // Aop dependency
    implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-aop")
    implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-kotlin")
    implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect")
    implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8")
    implementation("org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.5.12")

    implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:1.3.5")

    implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.10.3")
    implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:2.10.3")
    implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator")
    implementation("javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api:2.3.0")

    implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-integration")
    implementation("org.springframework.kafka:spring-kafka")
    implementation("org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-kafka:3.3.0.RELEASE")
    implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-validation")
    implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-security")
    implementation("org.springframework:spring-tx")

    runtimeOnly("mysql:mysql-connector-java")
    implementation("org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client:2.6.0")

    implementation("org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-kotlin:1.4.3")
    implementation("org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-ui:1.4.3")
    implementation("org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-hateoas:1.4.3")
}

When I run the springboot application, I get following exception. The application was working properly before upgrading to the newer version.

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'configurationPropertiesBeans' defined in class path resource [org/springframework/cloud/autoconfigure/ConfigurationPropertiesRebinderAutoConfiguration.class]: Post-processing of merged bean definition failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to introspect Class [org.springframework.cloud.context.properties.ConfigurationPropertiesBeans] from ClassLoader [jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader@16f65612]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:586) ~[spring-beans-5.3.2.jar:5.3.2]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:531) ~[spring-beans-5.3.2.jar:5.3.2]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.lambda$doGetBean$0(AbstractBeanFactory.java:335) ~[spring-beans-5.3.2.jar:5.3.2]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:234) ~[spring-beans-5.3.2.jar:5.3.2]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:333) ~[spring-beans-5.3.2.jar:5.3.2]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:213) ~[spring-beans-5.3.2.jar:5.3.2]
    at org.springframework.context.support.PostProcessorRegistrationDelegate.registerBeanPostProcessors(PostProcessorRegistrationDelegate.java:244) ~[spring-context-5.3.2.jar:5.3.2]
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.registerBeanPostProcessors(AbstractApplicationContext.java:767) ~[spring-context-5.3.2.jar:5.3.2]
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:572) ~[spring-context-5.3.2.jar:5.3.2]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:767) ~[spring-boot-2.4.1.jar:2.4.1]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:759) ~[spring-boot-2.4.1.jar:2.4.1]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refreshContext(SpringApplication.java:426) ~[spring-boot-2.4.1.jar:2.4.1]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:326) ~[spring-boot-2.4.1.jar:2.4.1]
    at org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder.run(SpringApplicationBuilder.java:144) ~[spring-boot-2.4.1.jar:2.4.1]
    at org.springframework.cloud.bootstrap.BootstrapApplicationListener.bootstrapServiceContext(BootstrapApplicationListener.java:212) ~[spring-cloud-context-2.2.6.RELEASE.jar:2.2.6.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.cloud.bootstrap.BootstrapApplicationListener.onApplicationEvent(BootstrapApplicationListener.java:117) ~[spring-cloud-context-2.2.6.RELEASE.jar:2.2.6.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.cloud.bootstrap.BootstrapApplicationListener.onApplicationEvent(BootstrapApplicationListener.java:74) ~[spring-cloud-context-2.2.6.RELEASE.jar:2.2.6.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.doInvokeListener(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:172) ~[spring-context-5.3.2.jar:5.3.2]
    at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.invokeListener(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:165) ~[spring-context-5.3.2.jar:5.3.2]
    at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:139) ~[spring-context-5.3.2.jar:5.3.2]
    at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:127) ~[spring-context-5.3.2.jar:5.3.2]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.event.EventPublishingRunListener.environmentPrepared(EventPublishingRunListener.java:82) ~[spring-boot-2.4.1.jar:2.4.1]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplicationRunListeners.lambda$environmentPrepared$2(SpringApplicationRunListeners.java:63) ~[spring-boot-2.4.1.jar:2.4.1]
    at java.base/java.util.ArrayList.forEach(ArrayList.java:1540) ~[na:na]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplicationRunListeners.doWithListeners(SpringApplicationRunListeners.java:117) ~[spring-boot-2.4.1.jar:2.4.1]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplicationRunListeners.doWithListeners(SpringApplicationRunListeners.java:111) ~[spring-boot-2.4.1.jar:2.4.1]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplicationRunListeners.environmentPrepared(SpringApplicationRunListeners.java:62) ~[spring-boot-2.4.1.jar:2.4.1]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.prepareEnvironment(SpringApplication.java:362) ~[spring-boot-2.4.1.jar:2.4.1]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:320) ~[spring-boot-2.4.1.jar:2.4.1]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1309) ~[spring-boot-2.4.1.jar:2.4.1]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1298) ~[spring-boot-2.4.1.jar:2.4.1]
    at com.xxxx.MyApplicationKt.main(MyApplication.kt:22) ~[main/:na]
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to introspect Class [org.springframework.cloud.context.properties.ConfigurationPropertiesBeans] from ClassLoader [jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader@16f65612]
    at org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.getDeclaredMethods(ReflectionUtils.java:481) ~[spring-core-5.3.2.jar:5.3.2]
    at org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.doWithLocalMethods(ReflectionUtils.java:321) ~[spring-core-5.3.2.jar:5.3.2]
    at org.springframework.orm.jpa.support.PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.buildPersistenceMetadata(PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:417) ~[spring-orm-5.3.2.jar:5.3.2]
    at org.springframework.orm.jpa.support.PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.findPersistenceMetadata(PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:388) ~[spring-orm-5.3.2.jar:5.3.2]
    at org.springframework.orm.jpa.support.PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessMergedBeanDefinition(PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:335) ~[spring-orm-5.3.2.jar:5.3.2]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyMergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessors(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1100) ~[spring-beans-5.3.2.jar:5.3.2]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:583) ~[spring-beans-5.3.2.jar:5.3.2]
    ... 31 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/boot/context/properties/ConfigurationBeanFactoryMetadata
    at java.base/java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods0(Native Method) ~[na:na]
    at java.base/java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredMethods(Class.java:3166) ~[na:na]
    at java.base/java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods(Class.java:2309) ~[na:na]
    at org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.getDeclaredMethods(ReflectionUtils.java:463) ~[spring-core-5.3.2.jar:5.3.2]
    ... 37 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationBeanFactoryMetadata
    at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:581) ~[na:na]
    at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:178) ~[na:na]
    at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:522) ~[na:na]
    ... 41 common frames omitted

Please help me solving this issue.

Answer 1

Adding this to my pom worked for me as org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationBeanFactoryMetadata has depreceated from spring 2.2.0

<dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-cloud-context</artifactId>
        <version>4.0.2</version>
</dependency>

Answer 2

I faced the same issue when I updated Springboot from 2.3.12.RELEASE to 2.5.*

After a lot of head breaking, I figured out that there is a transitive dependency spring-cloud-starter:2.0.0.RELEASE which is not compatible with Spring 2.4 and above.

Finally, it is fixed by updating Springboot version to 2.5.12 and overriden existing spring-cloud-starter version to 3.0.5

<parent>
  <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
  <version>2.5.12</version>
  <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
</parent>

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter</artifactId>
  <version>3.0.5</version>
</dependency>

Answer 3

According to https://spring.io/projects/spring-cloud, you can try below.

<dependencyManagement>
   <dependencies>
      <dependency>
         <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies</artifactId>
         <version>2020.0.4</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
      </dependency>
   </dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>

Answer 4

The resolution below helped me when updating to Spring Boot v2.5.6 (latest version as of 21 Oct, 2021 (https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot/2.5.6 for more info):

I have updated spring cloud version in pom.xml

<spring-cloud.version>2020.0.4</spring-cloud.version>

Earlier I was using below version with Spring Boot < v2.3.0

<spring-cloud.version>Hoxton.SR5</spring-cloud.version>

Answer 5

Adding following version of neflix-eureka-client version resolved this issue for me:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-netflix-eureka-client</artifactId>
    <version>3.0.2</version>
</dependency>

Answer 6

There is a release train spring boot compatibility table available on spring official Page - Link

Which clearly outlines which version of Spring Cloud maps to which version of Spring Boot.

For Spring Boot Version 2.4.x, 2.5.x Spring Cloud 2020.0.x aka Ilford

Check out the Spring Cloud 2020.0 Release Notes for any known issues - Link

Answer 7

Adding a dependency management import with mavenBom fixed it for me

dependencyManagement {
    imports {
        mavenBom "org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter-parent:Hoxton.SR10"
    }
}

Answer 8

There is an official version of spring-cloud-starter-bootstrap available now, adding this solved the problem for me.

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-bootstrap</artifactId>
  <version>3.0.1</version>
</dependency>

Answer 9

@spencergibb was near correct, but still I was getting same error. Along with @spencergibb's answer, I have added spring-cloud-starter-bootstrap dependency to make run it successfully.

extra["springCloudVersion"] = "2020.0.0"
val springCloudVersion = "2020.0.0"

implementation("org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter-bootstrap")

I followed this link to make it work

https://thepracticaldeveloper.com/book-update-2.4.0/

Answer 10

Hoxton is not compatible with Spring Boot 2.4 use 2020.0.0