Bamboo cannot start - An invalid XML character

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Symptoms

Bamboo fails to start and gives an error message that: An invalid XML character (Unicode: 0x13) was found in the element content of the document.

2012-02-28 09:56:20,537 INFO [main] [BambooContainer] Checking build HST-Core - Nightly Development Build - Run
[Fatal Error] :35:226: An invalid XML character (Unicode: 0x13) was found in the element content of the document.
2012-02-28 09:56:20,549 ERROR [main] [ConfigUtils] Error getting Build Configuration from '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<configuration>
  <inheritRepository>true</inheritRepository>
  <cleanWorkingDirectory>false</cleanWorkingDirectory>
  <repositoryDefiningWorkingDirectory>-1</repositoryDefiningWorkingDirectory>
  <buildTasks>
    <taskDefinition>
      <id>1</id>
      <userDescription>Checkout Default Repository</userDescription>
      <pluginKey>com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.vcs:task.vcs.checkout</pluginKey>
      <finalising>false</finalising>
      <rootDirectoryType>INHERITED</rootDirectoryType>
      <repositoryDefiningWorkingDir>-1</repositoryDefiningWorkingDir>
      <config>
        <item>
          <key>selectedRepository_0</key>
          <value>defaultRepository</value>
        </item>
        <item>
          <key>checkoutDir_0</key>
          <value/>
        </item>
      </config>
    </taskDefinition>
    <taskDefinition>
      <id>2</id>
      <userDescription/>
      <pluginKey>com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.scripttask:task.builder.command</pluginKey>
      <finalising>false</finalising>
      <rootDirectoryType>INHERITED</rootDirectoryType>
      <repositoryDefiningWorkingDir>-1</repositoryDefiningWorkingDir>
      <config>
        <item>
          <key>argument</key>
          <value>bin/build_automation hst_core.HstCore --build-type=trunk --bamboo-buildKey=${bamboo.buildKey} --bamboo-buildNumber=${bamboo.buildNumber}  --sandbox=/var/tmp  --package-directory=/hst/groups/hst_core/packages d --release-directory=/hst/dev/applications</value>
        </item>
        <item>
          <key>label</key>
          <value>Python 2.5</value>
        </item>
        <item>
          <key>workingSubDirectory</key>
          <value/>
        </item>
        <item>
          <key>environmentVariables</key>
          <value/>
        </item>
      </config>
    </taskDefinition>
  </buildTasks>
  <selectedBuildStrategy>manualOnly</selectedBuildStrategy>
</configuration>
'.
org.apache.commons.configuration.ConfigurationException: An invalid XML character (Unicode: 0x13) was found in the element content of the document.
	at org.apache.commons.configuration.XMLConfiguration.load(XMLConfiguration.java:636)
	at org.apache.commons.configuration.XMLConfiguration.load(XMLConfiguration.java:609)
	at com.atlassian.bamboo.utils.ConfigUtils.getXmlConfigFromXmlString(ConfigUtils.java:222)
	at com.atlassian.bamboo.ww2.actions.build.admin.create.BuildConfiguration.<init>(BuildConfiguration.java:39)
	at com.atlassian.bamboo.build.DefaultBuildDefinitionManager.getBuildDefinition(DefaultBuildDefinitionManager.java:71)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor187.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:304)
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.invokeJoinpoint(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:182)
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:149)
	at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:106)
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:171)
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:204)
	at $Proxy48.getBuildDefinition(Unknown Source)
	at com.atlassian.bamboo.build.CachedBuildDefinitionManagerImpl$1.apply(CachedBuildDefinitionManagerImpl.java:44)
	at com.atlassian.bamboo.build.CachedBuildDefinitionManagerImpl$1.apply(CachedBuildDefinitionManagerImpl.java:38)
	at com.google.common.collect.ComputingConcurrentHashMap$ComputingSegment.compute(ComputingConcurrentHashMap.java:155)
	at com.google.common.collect.ComputingConcurrentHashMap$ComputingSegment.compute(ComputingConcurrentHashMap.java:116)
	at com.google.common.collect.ComputingConcurrentHashMap.apply(ComputingConcurrentHashMap.java:67)
	at com.google.common.collect.MapMaker$ComputingMapAdapter.get(MapMaker.java:623)
	at com.atlassian.bamboo.build.CachedBuildDefinitionManagerImpl.getBuildDefinition(CachedBuildDefinitionManagerImpl.java:59)
	at com.atlassian.bamboo.plan.AbstractPlan.getBuildDefinition(AbstractPlan.java:277)
	at com.atlassian.bamboo.container.BambooContainer.reportTaskAndRepositoryProblems(BambooContainer.java:416)
	at com.atlassian.bamboo.container.BambooContainer.reportBuildConfigurationProblems(BambooContainer.java:385)
	at com.atlassian.bamboo.container.BambooContainer.start(BambooContainer.java:248)
	at com.atlassian.bamboo.upgrade.UpgradeLauncher.upgradeAndStartBamboo(UpgradeLauncher.java:150)
	at com.atlassian.bamboo.upgrade.UpgradeLauncher.contextInitialized(UpgradeLauncher.java:39)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.startContext(ContextHandler.java:633)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler.startContext(ServletContextHandler.java:228)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.startContext(WebAppContext.java:1160)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doStart(ContextHandler.java:576)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.doStart(WebAppContext.java:492)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:55)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.doStart(HandlerWrapper.java:93)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.doStart(Server.java:243)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:55)
	at com.atlassian.bamboo.server.Server.main(Server.java:75)
Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: An invalid XML character (Unicode: 0x13) was found in the element content of the document.
	at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DOMParser.parse(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.parse(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.commons.configuration.XMLConfiguration.load(XMLConfiguration.java:628)
	... 37 more
2012-02-28 09:56:20,555 FATAL [main] [BambooContainer] Cannot start bamboo

Cause

This can be a result of an automated process or a Copy/Paste of the content.

Resolution

  1. Stop your Bamboo server.
  2. Make sure that you have a backup of your Bamboo server before running any SQL query.
  3. Find the exact row ID that Bamboo fails on from XML_DEFINITION_DATA column of build_definition table.
  4. By using an XML validator check the XML content that has been saved in Bamboo (XML_DEFINITION_DATA column of build_definition table) that causes the problem.

  5. There should be an invalid (invisible) character; please delete that character and use theme  XML to update the Bamboo database:

    update build_definition set XML_DEFINITION_DATA='<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<configuration>
  <inheritRepository>true</inheritRepository>
  <cleanWorkingDirectory>false</cleanWorkingDirectory>
  <repositoryDefiningWorkingDirectory>-1</repositoryDefiningWorkingDirectory>
  <buildTasks>
    <taskDefinition>
      <id>1</id>
      <userDescription>Checkout Default Repository</userDescription>
      <pluginKey>com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.vcs:task.vcs.checkout</pluginKey>
      <finalising>false</finalising>
      <rootDirectoryType>INHERITED</rootDirectoryType>
      <repositoryDefiningWorkingDir>-1</repositoryDefiningWorkingDir>
      <config>
        <item>
          <key>selectedRepository_0</key>
          <value>defaultRepository</value>
        </item>
        <item>
          <key>checkoutDir_0</key>
          <value/>
        </item>
      </config>
    </taskDefinition>
    <taskDefinition>
      <id>2</id>
      <userDescription/>
      <pluginKey>com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.scripttask:task.builder.command</pluginKey>
      <finalising>false</finalising>
      <rootDirectoryType>INHERITED</rootDirectoryType>
      <repositoryDefiningWorkingDir>-1</repositoryDefiningWorkingDir>
      <config>
        <item>
          <key>argument</key>
          <value>bin/build_automation hst_core.HstCore --build-type=trunk --bamboo-buildKey=${bamboo.buildKey} --bamboo-buildNumber=${bamboo.buildNumber}  --sandbox=/var/tmp  --package-directory=/hst/groups/hst_core/packages d --release-directory=/hst/dev/applications</value>
        </item>
        <item>
          <key>label</key>
          <value>Python 2.5</value>
        </item>
        <item>
          <key>workingSubDirectory</key>
          <value/>
        </item>
        <item>
          <key>environmentVariables</key>
          <value/>
        </item>
      </config>
    </taskDefinition>
  </buildTasks>
  <selectedBuildStrategy>manualOnly</selectedBuildStrategy>
</configuration>' where build_definition_id=50921482;

    The XML should be the same one that was causing the problem, but cleaned from invalid characters, and the build_definition_id (50921482) is the ID from step 3.

  6. Start your Bamboo server, and ti should work.

In addition, there is this improvement request (BAM-11037) created to make sure that every XML content is being validated before being saved in Bamboo database.

 

Last modified on Nov 21, 2012

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