After Migrating from spring boot 2.6.2 to 2.6.6 , getting org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException

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Error logs:

org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException: Failed to start bean 'inputBindingLifecycle'; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: java.util.List.of(Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/util/List; at org.springframework.context.support.DefaultLifecycleProcessor.doStart(DefaultLifecycleProcessor.java:181) ~[spring-context-5.3.18.jar:5.3.18] at org.springframework.context.support.DefaultLifecycleProcessor.access$200(DefaultLifecycleProcessor.java:54) ~[spring-context-5.3.18.jar:5.3.18] at org.springframework.context.support.DefaultLifecycleProcessor$LifecycleGroup.start(DefaultLifecycleProcessor.java:356) ~[spring-context-5.3.18.jar:5.3.18] at java.lang.Iterable.forEach(Iterable.java:75) ~[na:1.8.0_202] at org.springframework.context.support.DefaultLifecycleProcessor.startBeans(DefaultLifecycleProcessor.java:155) ~[spring-context-5.3.18.jar:5.3.18] at org.springframework.context.support.DefaultLifecycleProcessor.onRefresh(DefaultLifecycleProcessor.java:123) ~[spring-context-5.3.18.jar:5.3.18] at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishRefresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:935) ~[spring-context-5.3.18.jar:5.3.18] at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:586) ~[spring-context-5.3.18.jar:5.3.18] at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.context.ServletWebServerApplicationContext.refresh(ServletWebServerApplicationContext.java:145) ~[spring-boot-2.6.6.jar:2.6.6] at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:740) [spring-boot-2.6.6.jar:2.6.6] at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refreshContext(SpringApplication.java:415) [spring-boot-2.6.6.jar:2.6.6] at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:303) [spring-boot-2.6.6.jar:2.6.6] at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1312) [spring-boot-2.6.6.jar:2.6.6] at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1301) [spring-boot-2.6.6.jar:2.6.6] at com.walmart.ebs.people.system.payroll.data.sync.SpringBootApplicationStarter.main(SpringBootApplicationStarter.java:19) [classes/:na] Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: java.util.List.of(Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/util/List; at org.springframework.integration.support.json.JacksonJsonUtils.(JacksonJsonUtils.java:58) ~[spring-integration-core-5.5.10.jar:5.5.10] at org.springframework.integration.kafka.inbound.KafkaMessageDrivenChannelAdapter.(KafkaMessageDrivenChannelAdapter.java:139) ~[spring-integration-kafka-5.5.10.jar:5.5.10] at org.springframework.cloud.stream.binder.kafka.KafkaMessageChannelBinder.createConsumerEndpoint(KafkaMessageChannelBinder.java:735) ~[spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-3.2.3.jar:3.2.3] at org.springframework.cloud.stream.binder.kafka.KafkaMessageChannelBinder.createConsumerEndpoint(KafkaMessageChannelBinder.java:163) ~[spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-3.2.3.jar:3.2.3] at org.springframework.cloud.stream.binder.AbstractMessageChannelBinder.doBindConsumer(AbstractMessageChannelBinder.java:426) ~[spring-cloud-stream-3.2.3.jar:3.2.3] at org.springframework.cloud.stream.binder.AbstractMessageChannelBinder.doBindConsumer(AbstractMessageChannelBinder.java:92) ~[spring-cloud-stream-3.2.3.jar:3.2.3] at org.springframework.cloud.stream.binder.AbstractBinder.bindConsumer(AbstractBinder.java:143) ~[spring-cloud-stream-3.2.3.jar:3.2.3] at org.springframework.cloud.stream.binding.BindingService.doBindConsumer(BindingService.java:184) ~[spring-cloud-stream-3.2.3.jar:3.2.3] at org.springframework.cloud.stream.binding.BindingService.bindConsumer(BindingService.java:137) ~[spring-cloud-stream-3.2.3.jar:3.2.3] at org.springframework.cloud.stream.binding.AbstractBindableProxyFactory.createAndBindInputs(AbstractBindableProxyFactory.java:118) ~[spring-cloud-stream-3.2.3.jar:3.2.3] at org.springframework.cloud.stream.binding.InputBindingLifecycle.doStartWithBindable(InputBindingLifecycle.java:58) ~[spring-cloud-stream-3.2.3.jar:3.2.3] at java.util.LinkedHashMap$LinkedValues.forEach(LinkedHashMap.java:608) ~[na:1.8.0_202] at org.springframework.cloud.stream.binding.AbstractBindingLifecycle.start(AbstractBindingLifecycle.java:57) ~[spring-cloud-stream-3.2.3.jar:3.2.3] at org.springframework.cloud.stream.binding.InputBindingLifecycle.start(InputBindingLifecycle.java:34) ~[spring-cloud-stream-3.2.3.jar:3.2.3] at org.springframework.context.support.DefaultLifecycleProcessor.doStart(DefaultLifecycleProcessor.java:178) ~[spring-context-5.3.18.jar:5.3.18] ... 14 common frames omitted

Process finished with exit code 1

Answer 1

turns out this version of spring boot have spring-integration-core version 5.5.10 which has a bug which was causing the issue, so i had to manually define the version of spring integration core in pom file. 5.5.11 should fix this isssue

  <dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework.integration</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-integration-core</artifactId>
  <version>5.5.11</version>
</dependency>

Answer 2

upgrade to later java version might help. Your issue could be you are still using java version < 9. I suggest upgrading to 11 or 17 and trying again to see if it resolves the issue.

Answer 3

The newer Spring Boot version upgraded Spring Integration to version 5.5.10 which introduced a bug that accidentally added a dependency on Java 9. The Spring Integration documentation says Java 8 should be supported. If you upgrade to Spring Boot 2.6.7, then you will get the Spring Integration version containing the bug fix.