Outgoing authentication shows 404 error message via Application Links configuration

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Problem

When JIRA integrate with Atlassian applications (such as Bamboo, Bitbucket or Confluence), it's showing 404 error message below via Outgoing Authentication dialog on the Bamboo application:

Oops, you've found a dead link

Sometimes, you will get the following stack traces in the atlassian-jira.log:

 ___ FAILED PLUGIN REPORT _____________________
    
    'com.atlassian.applinks.applinks-basicauth-plugin' - 'Applinks - Plugin - Basic Authentication'  failed to load.
    		Application context initialization for 'com.atlassian.applinks.applinks-basicauth-plugin' has timed out waiting for (|(objectClass=com.atlassian.applinks.spi.auth.AuthenticationConfigurationManager)(objectClass=com.atlassian.applinks.api.ApplicationLinkService)(objectClass=com.atlassian.applinks.core.InternalTypeAccessor))
...
	'com.atlassian.applinks.applinks-cors-plugin' - 'Applinks - Plugin - CORS'  failed to load.
    		Application context initialization for 'com.atlassian.applinks.applinks-cors-plugin' has timed out waiting for (|(objectClass=com.atlassian.applinks.spi.auth.AuthenticationConfigurationManager)(objectClass=com.atlassian.applinks.api.ApplicationLinkService)(objectClass=com.atlassian.applinks.core.InternalTypeAccessor))
...
   	'com.atlassian.applinks.applinks-trustedapps-plugin' - 'Applinks - Plugin - Trusted Apps'  failed to load.
    		Application context initialization for 'com.atlassian.applinks.applinks-trustedapps-plugin' has timed out waiting for (|(objectClass=com.atlassian.applinks.spi.auth.AuthenticationConfigurationManager)(objectClass=com.atlassian.applinks.api.ApplicationLinkService)(objectClass=com.atlassian.applinks.core.InternalTypeAccessor))
...    
    'com.atlassian.applinks.applinks-oauth-plugin' - 'Applinks - Plugin - OAuth'  failed to load.
    		Application context initialization for 'com.atlassian.applinks.applinks-oauth-plugin' has timed out waiting for (|(objectClass=com.atlassian.applinks.spi.auth.AuthenticationConfigurationManager)(objectClass=com.atlassian.applinks.spi.link.MutatingApplicationLinkService)(objectClass=com.atlassian.applinks.core.InternalTypeAccessor)(objectClass=com.atlassian.applinks.spi.manifest.ManifestRetriever))
...
2016-03-13 08:32:35,089 xxx Timer ERROR      [o.e.g.b.e.i.dependencies.startup.DependencyWaiterApplicationContextExecutor] Unable to create application context for [com.atlassian.applinks.applinks-basicauth-plugin], unsatisfied dependencies: Dependency on [(objectClass=com.atlassian.applinks.spi.auth.AuthenticationConfigurationManager)] (from bean [&authenticationConfigurationManager]), Dependency on [(objectClass=com.atlassian.applinks.core.InternalTypeAccessor)] (from bean [&typeAccessor]), Dependency on [(objectClass=com.atlassian.applinks.api.ApplicationLinkService)] (from bean [&applicationLinkService])
org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException: Application context initialization for 'com.atlassian.applinks.applinks-basicauth-plugin' has timed out waiting for (|(objectClass=com.atlassian.applinks.spi.auth.AuthenticationConfigurationManager)(objectClass=com.atlassian.applinks.api.ApplicationLinkService)(objectClass=com.atlassian.applinks.core.InternalTypeAccessor))
	at org.eclipse.gemini.blueprint.extender.internal.dependencies.startup.DependencyWaiterApplicationContextExecutor.timeout(DependencyWaiterApplicationContextExecutor.java:489)
	at org.eclipse.gemini.blueprint.extender.internal.dependencies.startup.DependencyWaiterApplicationContextExecutor.access$000(DependencyWaiterApplicationContextExecutor.java:54)
	at org.eclipse.gemini.blueprint.extender.internal.dependencies.startup.DependencyWaiterApplicationContextExecutor$WatchDogTask.run(DependencyWaiterApplicationContextExecutor.java:109)
	at java.util.TimerThread.mainLoop(Timer.java:555)
	at java.util.TimerThread.run(Timer.java:505)
2016-04-19 15:54:02,002 ajp-nio-8009-exec-29 ERROR xxx xx xx xxxx /plugins/servlet/applinks/listApplicationLinks [o.a.c.c.C.[Catalina].[localhost].[/]] Unhandled exception occurred whilst decorating page
java.lang.NullPointerException: Plugin container accessor is null. Plugin: com.atlassian.applinks.applinks-cors-plugin. Module name: com.atlassian.applinks.cors.auth.CorsAuthenticationProviderPluginModule.
	at com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull(Preconditions.java:250)

Diagnosis

Environment

  • Affected JIRA 7.1.0 and 7.1.1

Diagnostic Steps

  • Scan JIRA logs (via $JIRA_HOME/log) and ensure the errors above is not showing up. 
  • Scan application.xml (via JIRA Support Zip/application-properties) and check if you find this:

    <plugin>
          <key>com.atlassian.applinks.applinks-oauth-plugin</key>
          <name>Applinks - Plugin - OAuth</name>
          <version>5.0.6</version>
          <vendor>Atlassian</vendor>
          <status>DISABLED</status>
          <vendor-url>http://www.atlassian.com/</vendor-url>
          <framework-version>2</framework-version>
          <user-installed>false</user-installed>
          <bundled>Bundled</bundled>
    </plugin>

Cause

Some JIRA application links core plugins was not started or enabled successfully such as:

  1. Applinks - Plugin - Basic Authentication
  2. Applinks - Plugin - CORS
  3. Applinks - Plugin - Trusted Apps
  4. Applinks - Plugin - OAuth

Resolution

  • Increase plugin timeout during JIRA startup for the plugins to enabled.
  • If increasing plugin time does not help the case, you may enable the following plugins through UI via Manage Add-ons > choose System (dropdownlist)
    1. Applinks - Plugin - Basic Authentication
    2. Applinks - Plugin - CORS
    3. Applinks - Plugin - Trusted Apps
    4. Applinks - Plugin - OAuth
Last modified on Nov 15, 2018

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