Bitbucket 8.xxx fails to start after installation or upgrade
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Summary
When you upgrade or install a new version of Bitbucket 8.xxx it is not starting up with error in the atlassian-bitbucket.log "Failed to start Mesh".
Environment
Bitbucket 8.xxx
Diagnosis
Looking at the atlassian-bitbucket.log you will see the error below with Sidecar could not be started.
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2022-04-08 10:20:23,576 ERROR [spring-startup] c.a.s.i.s.g.m.DefaultSidecarManager Sidecar could not be started. (Exit code: 1)
2022-04-08 10:20:23,578 WARN [spring-startup] o.s.w.c.s.XmlWebApplicationContext Exception encountered during context initialization - cancelling refresh attempt: org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'meshHealthcheck' defined in URL [jar:file:/Users/abimba/bitbucket/atlassian-bitbucket-8.0.0-eap05/app/WEB-INF/lib/bitbucket-git-mesh-8.0.0-eap05.jar!/com/atlassian/stash/internal/scm/git/mesh/MeshHealthcheck.class]: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through constructor parameter 0; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'meshClient' defined in com.atlassian.stash.internal.scm.git.GitWiring$MeshWiring: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through method 'meshClient' parameter 2; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'routePropagatingClientInterceptor' defined in com.atlassian.stash.internal.scm.git.GitWiring$MeshWiring: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through method 'routePropagatingClientInterceptor' parameter 0; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'meshRouter' defined in com.atlassian.stash.internal.scm.git.GitWiring$MeshWiring: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through method 'meshRouter' parameter 5; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sidecarManager': Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to start Mesh
2022-04-08 10:20:23,902 ERROR [spring-startup] c.a.j.s.w.s.JohnsonDispatcherServlet SpringMVC dispatcher [springMvc] could not be started
org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'meshHealthcheck' defined in URL [jar:file:/Users/abimba/bitbucket/atlassian-bitbucket-8.0.0-eap05/app/WEB-INF/lib/bitbucket-git-mesh-8.0.0-eap05.jar!/com/atlassian/stash/internal/scm/git/mesh/MeshHealthcheck.class]: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through constructor parameter 0; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'meshClient' defined in com.atlassian.stash.internal.scm.git.GitWiring$MeshWiring: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through method 'meshClient' parameter 2; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'routePropagatingClientInterceptor' defined in com.atlassian.stash.internal.scm.git.GitWiring$MeshWiring: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through method 'routePropagatingClientInterceptor' parameter 0; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'meshRouter' defined in com.atlassian.stash.internal.scm.git.GitWiring$MeshWiring: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through method 'meshRouter' parameter 5; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sidecarManager': Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to start Mesh
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.createArgumentArray(ConstructorResolver.java:800)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:918)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:583)
at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:158)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
... 18 frames trimmed
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'meshClient' defined in com.atlassian.stash.internal.scm.git.GitWiring$MeshWiring: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through method 'meshClient' parameter 2; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'routePropagatingClientInterceptor' defined in com.atlassian.stash.internal.scm.git.GitWiring$MeshWiring: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through method 'routePropagatingClientInterceptor' parameter 0; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'meshRouter' defined in com.atlassian.stash.internal.scm.git.GitWiring$MeshWiring: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through method 'meshRouter' parameter 5; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sidecarManager': Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to start Mesh
... 6 common frames omitted
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'routePropagatingClientInterceptor' defined in com.atlassian.stash.internal.scm.git.GitWiring$MeshWiring: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through method 'routePropagatingClientInterceptor' parameter 0; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'meshRouter' defined in com.atlassian.stash.internal.scm.git.GitWiring$MeshWiring: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through method 'meshRouter' parameter 5; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sidecarManager': Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to start Mesh
... 6 common frames omitted
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'meshRouter' defined in com.atlassian.stash.internal.scm.git.GitWiring$MeshWiring: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through method 'meshRouter' parameter 5; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sidecarManager': Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to start Mesh
... 6 common frames omitted
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sidecarManager': Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to start Mesh
at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.InitDestroyAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessBeforeInitialization(InitDestroyAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:160)
... 5 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to start Mesh
at com.atlassian.stash.internal.scm.git.mesh.DefaultSidecarManager.startSidecar(DefaultSidecarManager.java:166)
at com.atlassian.stash.internal.scm.git.mesh.DefaultSidecarManager.start(DefaultSidecarManager.java:109)
... 5 common frames omittedCause
This issue occurs when you use an unsupported git version,which is less than the minimum requirement of git version 2.31.
Solution
Upgrade to a supported version of Git.
Updated on March 21, 2025
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