Upgrading from JIRA 6.x to JIRA 7.0 fails
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Problem
Unable to successfully upgrade JIRA from 6.x to 7.x
The following appears in the catalina-out.log
2016-02-19 11:39:14,706 JIRA-Bootstrap ERROR [c.a.jira.startup.IndexRecoveryLauncher] Automatic index recovery failed
com.atlassian.cache.CacheException: com.atlassian.cache.CacheException: com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference$InitializationException: com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference$InitializationException: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'com.burningcode.jira.issue.customfields.impl.WatcherFieldType': Bean instantiation via constructor failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [com.burningcode.jira.issue.customfields.impl.WatcherFieldType]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: com.atlassian.jira.issue.customfields.impl.MultiUserCFType.<init>(Lcom/atlassian/jira/issue/customfields/persistence/CustomFieldValuePersister;Lcom/atlassian/jira/issue/customfields/manager/GenericConfigManager;Lcom/atlassian/jira/issue/customfields/converters/MultiUserConverter;Lcom/atlassian/jira/config/properties/ApplicationProperties;Lcom/atlassian/jira/security/JiraAuthenticationContext;Lcom/atlassian/jira/bc/user/search/UserPickerSearchService;Lcom/atlassian/jira/web/FieldVisibilityManager;Lcom/atlassian/jira/issue/fields/rest/json/beans/JiraBaseUrls;Lcom/atlassian/jira/util/EmailFormatter;)
at com.atlassian.cache.memory.DelegatingCachedReference.get(DelegatingCachedReference.java:84)Cause
This is caused by the JIRA Watcher Plugin 2.5.14, which is not supported in JIRA 7.x
Resolution
Proceed to either remove or update the plugin accordingly.
Last modified on Mar 30, 2016
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