Atlassian Marketplace server not reachable due to "javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Received fatal alert: protocol_version"
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Summary
Confluence is unable to reach the Atlassian Marketplace over HTTPS.
Diagnosis
After Confluence tries to reach the Marketplace, an error like the following appears in the application logs:
2021-01-11 17:17:12,457 WARN [https-jsse-nio-443-exec-64] [atlassian.upm.pac.PacClientImpl] fetchMpacAppInfo Error when querying application info from MPAC: com.atlassian.marketplace.client.MpacException: javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Received fatal alert: protocol_version
-- referer: https://my.confluence.com/plugins/servlet/upm/marketplace/featured?source=side_nav_find_new_addons | url: /plugins/servlet/upm | traceId: 31a652053a96ebbe | userName: BBunnyCause
Check the Java options used to start up Confluence for an incorrect TLS client protocol. For example:
-Djdk.tls.client.protocols=TLSv1Solution
Remove the offending TLS client protocol entry using Configuring System Properties as a guide and restart Confluence.