Accessing Confluence administration pages error out with 'AOP configuration seems to be invalid'
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Summary
Browsing through Confluence administration pages may error out with 'AOP configuration seems to be invalid'
Environment
This problem was identified in Confluence server and datacenter version 7.4.6. It could also affect later versions of Confluence.
Diagnosis
The following is found in atlassian-confluence.log:
2020-12-30 20:02:47,648 ERROR \[http-nio-8090-exec-3] \[common.error.jersey.ThrowableExceptionMapper] toResponse Uncaught exception thrown by REST service: AOP configuration seems to be invalid: tried calling method \[public default java.util.Collection com.atlassian.plugin.PluginAccessor.getModules(com.atlassian.plugin.predicate.ModuleDescriptorPredicate\)] on target \[com.atlassian.plugin.manager.ProductPluginAccessor@5cbb85]; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: java.lang.ClassCastException@27ce7ecd
\-\- referer: https://localhost/admin/dailybackupadmin.action \| url: /rest/licensing/1.0/plugins/plm-licensed \| traceId: a2551bebfe5f0c48 \| userName: admin
org.springframework.aop.AopInvocationException: AOP configuration seems to be invalid: tried calling method \[public default java.util.Collection com.atlassian.plugin.PluginAccessor.getModules(com.atlassian.plugin.predicate.ModuleDescriptorPredicate\)] on target \[com.atlassian.plugin.manager.ProductPluginAccessor@5cbb85]; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: java.lang.ClassCastException@27ce7ecd
Cause
Plugin Licensing Manager (PLM) from Adaptavist is installed and no longer compatible.
Per Plugin Licensing Manager (Retired):
The PLM was retired in May 2016 and has been replaced by Atlassian's Universal Plugin Manager (UPM). All licensing now goes through the Atlassian Marketplace.
Solution
Uninstall Adaptavist's Plugin Licensing Manager. To uninstall the plugin:
- As a Confluence administrator, navigate to the Manage Apps page
- Filter the search by User-installed
- Look for Adaptavist's Plugin Licensing Manager
- Click on it and on Uninstall button
In case we can't access this page, proceed with Deleting an add-on from the database guide.