Fails to start with Spring boot 2.5

Hi there. I’m trying to make this server work with spring boot 2.5.1, but it fails to start with the stack trace below. Do you have any idea how to fix this? Thanks

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2021-06-12 13:15:05.252 INFO 4953 — [ main] c.b.OAuth2AuthorizationServerApplication : Starting OAuth2AuthorizationServerApplication using Java 12.0.2 on Maurices-iMac.local with PID 4953 (/Users/maurice/projects/spring-authorization-server/target/classes started by maurice in /Users/maurice/projects/spring-authorization-server) 2021-06-12 13:15:05.258 INFO 4953 — [ main] c.b.OAuth2AuthorizationServerApplication : No active profile set, falling back to default profiles: default 2021-06-12 13:15:13.294 INFO 4953 — [ main] o.s.b.w.embedded.tomcat.TomcatWebServer : Tomcat initialized with port(s): 9000 (http) 2021-06-12 13:15:13.374 INFO 4953 — [ main] o.apache.catalina.core.StandardService : Starting service [Tomcat] 2021-06-12 13:15:13.375 INFO 4953 — [ main] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine : Starting Servlet engine: [Apache Tomcat/9.0.46] 2021-06-12 13:15:13.817 INFO 4953 — [ main] o.a.c.c.C.[Tomcat].[localhost].[/] : Initializing Spring embedded WebApplicationContext 2021-06-12 13:15:13.818 INFO 4953 — [ main] w.s.c.ServletWebServerApplicationContext : Root WebApplicationContext: initialization completed in 8129 ms 2021-06-12 13:15:14.500 WARN 4953 — [ main] o.s.security.core.userdetails.User : User.withDefaultPasswordEncoder() is considered unsafe for production and is only intended for sample applications. 2021-06-12 13:15:20.385 WARN 4953 — [ main] ConfigServletWebServerApplicationContext : Exception encountered during context initialization - cancelling refresh attempt: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name ‘authorizationServerSecurityFilterChain’ defined in class path resource [org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configuration/OAuth2AuthorizationServerConfiguration.class]: Bean instantiation via factory method failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.springframework.security.web.SecurityFilterChain]: Factory method ‘authorizationServerSecurityFilterChain’ threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NullPointerException 2021-06-12 13:15:20.394 INFO 4953 — [ main] o.apache.catalina.core.StandardService : Stopping service [Tomcat] 2021-06-12 13:15:20.499 INFO 4953 — [ main] ConditionEvaluationReportLoggingListener :

Error starting ApplicationContext. To display the conditions report re-run your application with ‘debug’ enabled. 2021-06-12 13:15:20.656 ERROR 4953 — [ main] o.s.boot.SpringApplication : Application run failed

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name ‘authorizationServerSecurityFilterChain’ defined in class path resource [org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configuration/OAuth2AuthorizationServerConfiguration.class]: Bean instantiation via factory method failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.springframework.security.web.SecurityFilterChain]: Factory method ‘authorizationServerSecurityFilterChain’ threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NullPointerException at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiate(ConstructorResolver.java:658) ~[spring-beans-5.3.8.jar:5.3.8] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(ConstructorResolver.java:638) ~[spring-beans-5.3.8.jar:5.3.8] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1334) ~[spring-beans-5.3.8.jar:5.3.8] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1177) ~[spring-beans-5.3.8.jar:5.3.8] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:564) ~[spring-beans-5.3.8.jar:5.3.8] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:524) ~[spring-beans-5.3.8.jar:5.3.8] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.lambda$doGetBean$0(AbstractBeanFactory.java:335) ~[spring-beans-5.3.8.jar:5.3.8] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:234) ~[spring-beans-5.3.8.jar:5.3.8] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:333) ~[spring-beans-5.3.8.jar:5.3.8] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:208) ~[spring-beans-5.3.8.jar:5.3.8] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:944) ~[spring-beans-5.3.8.jar:5.3.8] at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:918) ~[spring-context-5.3.8.jar:5.3.8] at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:583) ~[spring-context-5.3.8.jar:5.3.8] at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.context.ServletWebServerApplicationContext.refresh(ServletWebServerApplicationContext.java:145) ~[spring-boot-2.5.1.jar:2.5.1] at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:754) ~[spring-boot-2.5.1.jar:2.5.1] at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refreshContext(SpringApplication.java:434) ~[spring-boot-2.5.1.jar:2.5.1] at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:338) ~[spring-boot-2.5.1.jar:2.5.1] at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1343) ~[spring-boot-2.5.1.jar:2.5.1] at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1332) ~[spring-boot-2.5.1.jar:2.5.1] at com.baeldung.OAuth2AuthorizationServerApplication.main(OAuth2AuthorizationServerApplication.java:10) ~[classes/:na] Caused by: org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.springframework.security.web.SecurityFilterChain]: Factory method ‘authorizationServerSecurityFilterChain’ threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NullPointerException at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:185) ~[spring-beans-5.3.8.jar:5.3.8] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiate(ConstructorResolver.java:653) ~[spring-beans-5.3.8.jar:5.3.8] … 19 common frames omitted Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: null at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity.addFilterAtOffsetOf(HttpSecurity.java:2654) ~[spring-security-config-5.5.0.jar:5.5.0] at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity.addFilterAfter(HttpSecurity.java:2645) ~[spring-security-config-5.5.0.jar:5.5.0] at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity.addFilterAfter(HttpSecurity.java:134) ~[spring-security-config-5.5.0.jar:5.5.0] at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configurers.oauth2.server.authorization.OAuth2AuthorizationServerConfigurer.configure(OAuth2AuthorizationServerConfigurer.java:253) ~[spring-security-oauth2-authorization-server-0.1.0.jar:0.1.0] at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configurers.oauth2.server.authorization.OAuth2AuthorizationServerConfigurer.configure(OAuth2AuthorizationServerConfigurer.java:84) ~[spring-security-oauth2-authorization-server-0.1.0.jar:0.1.0] at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder.configure(AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder.java:349) ~[spring-security-config-5.5.0.jar:5.5.0] at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder.doBuild(AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder.java:303) ~[spring-security-config-5.5.0.jar:5.5.0] at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.AbstractSecurityBuilder.build(AbstractSecurityBuilder.java:38) ~[spring-security-config-5.5.0.jar:5.5.0] at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.OAuth2AuthorizationServerConfiguration.authorizationServerSecurityFilterChain(OAuth2AuthorizationServerConfiguration.java:41) ~[spring-security-oauth2-authorization-server-0.1.0.jar:5.5.0] at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[na:na] at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[na:na] at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[na:na] at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:567) ~[na:na] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:154) ~[spring-beans-5.3.8.jar:5.3.8] … 20 common frames omitted

[kwoyke]

Closed due to lack of activity.

[kwoyke]

We recently upgraded to Spring Boot 2.5.4. The issue should be solved. Please verify.