Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginContainerException: A required class was missing while executing org.sonarsource.scanner.maven:sonar-maven-plugin:3.9.1.2184:sonar: com/ctc/wstx/stax/WstxInputFactory

[eshwarkarthikn]

Hi,

We are getting the missing class exception after upgrading SonarQube version to 9.9 LTS. We have also tried the workaround provided in the github page but we still see the same issue. Could you please help us providing the fix for this?

Logs:

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.sonarsource.scanner.maven:sonar-maven-plugin:3.9.1.2184:sonar (default-cli) on project: Execution default-cli of goal org.sonarsource.scanner.maven:sonar-maven-plugin:3.9.1.2184:sonar failed: A required class was missing while executing org.sonarsource.scanner.maven:sonar-maven-plugin:3.9.1.2184:sonar: com/ctc/wstx/stax/WstxInputFactory
14:28:47 [ERROR] -----------------------------------------------------
14:28:47 [ERROR] realm = plugin>org.codehaus.mojo:sonar-maven-plugin:3.9.1.2184
14:28:47 [ERROR] strategy = org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.strategy.SelfFirstStrategy
14:28:47 [ERROR] urls[0] = file:/root/.m2/repository/org/sonarsource/scanner/maven/sonar-maven-plugin/3.9.1.2184/sonar-maven-plugin-3.9.1.2184.jar
14:28:47 [ERROR] urls[1] = file:/root/.m2/repository/org/sonatype/plexus/plexus-sec-dispatcher/1.4/plexus-sec-dispatcher-1.4.jar
14:28:47 [ERROR] urls[2] = file:/root/.m2/repository/org/sonatype/plexus/plexus-cipher/1.4/plexus-cipher-1.4.jar
14:28:47 [ERROR] urls[3] = file:/root/.m2/repository/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-utils/3.2.1/plexus-utils-3.2.1.jar
14:28:47 [ERROR] urls[4] = file:/root/.m2/repository/org/sonarsource/scanner/api/sonar-scanner-api/2.16.2.588/sonar-scanner-api-2.16.2.588.jar
14:28:47 [ERROR] urls[5] = file:/root/.m2/repository/commons-lang/commons-lang/2.6/commons-lang-2.6.jar
14:28:47 [ERROR] Number of foreign imports: 1
14:28:47 [ERROR]
14:28:47 [ERROR] -----------------------------------------------------
14:28:47 [ERROR] : com.ctc.wstx.stax.WstxInputFactory
14:28:47 [ERROR] -> [Help 1]
14:28:47 org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal org.sonarsource.scanner.maven:sonar-maven-plugin:3.9.1.2184:sonar (default-cli) on project: Execution default-cli of goal org.sonarsource.scanner.maven:sonar-maven-plugin:3.9.1.2184:sonar failed: A required class was missing while executing org.sonarsource.scanner.maven:sonar-maven-plugin:3.9.1.2184:sonar: com/ctc/wstx/stax/WstxInputFactory
14:28:47 -----------------------------------------------------
14:28:47 realm = plugin>org.codehaus.mojo:sonar-maven-plugin:3.9.1.2184
14:28:47 strategy = org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.strategy.SelfFirstStrategy
14:28:47 urls[0] = file:/root/.m2/repository/org/sonarsource/scanner/maven/sonar-maven-plugin/3.9.1.2184/sonar-maven-plugin-3.9.1.2184.jar
14:28:47 urls[1] = file:/root/.m2/repository/org/sonatype/plexus/plexus-sec-dispatcher/1.4/plexus-sec-dispatcher-1.4.jar
14:28:47 urls[2] = file:/root/.m2/repository/org/sonatype/plexus/plexus-cipher/1.4/plexus-cipher-1.4.jar
14:28:47 urls[3] = file:/root/.m2/repository/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-utils/3.2.1/plexus-utils-3.2.1.jar
14:28:47 urls[4] = file:/root/.m2/repository/org/sonarsource/scanner/api/sonar-scanner-api/2.16.2.588/sonar-scanner-api-2.16.2.588.jar
14:28:47 urls[5] = file:/root/.m2/repository/commons-lang/commons-lang/2.6/commons-lang-2.6.jar
14:28:47 Number of foreign imports: 1
14:28:47
14:28:47 -----------------------------------------------------
14:28:47
14:28:47 at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:215)
14:28:47 at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:156)
14:28:47 at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:148)
14:28:47 at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject (LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:117)
14:28:47 at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject (LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:81)
14:28:47 at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build (SingleThreadedBuilder.java:56)
14:28:47 at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute (LifecycleStarter.java:128)
14:28:47 at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute (DefaultMaven.java:305)
14:28:47 at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute (DefaultMaven.java:192)
14:28:47 at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute (DefaultMaven.java:105)
14:28:47 at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute (MavenCli.java:957)
14:28:47 at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain (MavenCli.java:289)
14:28:47 at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main (MavenCli.java:193)
14:28:47 at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0 (Native Method)
14:28:47 at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
14:28:47 at jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
14:28:47 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java:566)
14:28:47 at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced (Launcher.java:282)
14:28:47 at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch (Launcher.java:225)
14:28:47 at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode (Launcher.java:406)
14:28:47 at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main (Launcher.java:347)
14:28:47 Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginExecutionException: Execution default-cli of goal org.sonarsource.scanner.maven:sonar-maven-plugin:3.9.1.2184:sonar failed: A required class was missing while executing org.sonarsource.scanner.maven:sonar-maven-plugin:3.9.1.2184:sonar: com/ctc/wstx/stax/WstxInputFactory
14:28:47 -----------------------------------------------------
@ehartmann @Godin @dgageot @julienlancelot

[julienlancelot]

Hi,
Please report this issue on the SonarQube community channel here.
Thanks!

[josesa-xx]

This is a duplicate of #52