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Type: Bug
Resolution: Fixed
Priority: Blocker
Fix Version/s: 18.4.0
Affects Version/s: 18.4.0-rc-1
Component/s: None
Labels:
- regression
- windows
Environment:
Windows 11 Pro, Edge 148, using an instance of XWiki 18.4.0 RC1 on Jetty/HSQL demo version

Difficulty:
Unknown
Documentation:
N/A
Documentation in Release Notes:
N/A
Similar issues:

Description

Steps to reproduce

Download and unzip XWiki 18.4.0 RC1 on Windows 11, used demo version with Standard Flavor Preinstalled, but can also be used the ZIP Package
Start the instance (on the Jetty servlet)

Expected results

The instance starts properly.

Actual results

The instance fails to start. In the logs, the following stacktrace is displayed (please also find attached the full logs):

2026-05-20 18:22:48.137:WARN :oeje11w.WebAppContext:main: Failed startup of context oeje11w.WebAppContext@63611043{ROOT,/,b=file:///D:/Win%2010%20Backup/LUCRU_D/XWIKI%2018.4.0/xwiki-platform-distribution-flavor-jetty-hsqldb-18.4.0-rc-1/webapps/root/,a=STOPPED,h=oeje11s.SessionHandler@20ca951f{STOPPED}}
java.nio.file.InvalidPathException: Illegal char <:> at index 3: /D:/Win 10 Backup/LUCRU_D/XWIKI 18.4.0/xwiki-platform-distribution-flavor-jetty-hsqldb-18.4.0-rc-1/webapps/root/WEB-INF/
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.normalize(WindowsPathParser.java:191)
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.parse(WindowsPathParser.java:142)
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.parse(WindowsPathParser.java:46)
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsPath.parse(WindowsPath.java:92)
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileSystem.getPath(WindowsFileSystem.java:203)
        at java.base/java.nio.file.Path.resolve(Path.java:513)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.resource.PathResource.resolveSchemeSpecificPath(PathResource.java:315)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.resource.PathResource.resolve(PathResource.java:296)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.ee11.webapp.WebAppContext.getWebInf(WebAppContext.java:760)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.ee11.webapp.WebXmlConfiguration.findWebXml(WebXmlConfiguration.java:112)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.ee11.webapp.WebXmlConfiguration.preConfigure(WebXmlConfiguration.java:71)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.ee11.webapp.Configurations.preConfigure(Configurations.java:489)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.ee11.webapp.WebAppContext.preConfigure(WebAppContext.java:463)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.ee11.webapp.WebAppContext.doStart(WebAppContext.java:506)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:92)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.StandardDeployer.deploy(StandardDeployer.java:118)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentScanner.performActions(DeploymentScanner.java:885)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentScanner.pathsChanged(DeploymentScanner.java:612)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.reportDifferences(Scanner.java:918)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.scan(Scanner.java:817)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.startScanning(Scanner.java:706)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.doStart(Scanner.java:678)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:92)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.start(ContainerLifeCycle.java:170)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.doStart(ContainerLifeCycle.java:121)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentScanner.doStart(DeploymentScanner.java:759)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:92)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.start(ContainerLifeCycle.java:170)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.start(Server.java:689)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.doStart(ContainerLifeCycle.java:121)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Handler$Abstract.doStart(Handler.java:545)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.doStart(Server.java:630)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:92)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.xml.XmlConfiguration.main(XmlConfiguration.java:2134)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:104)
        at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:565)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main.invokeMain(Main.java:312)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main.start(Main.java:603)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main.main(Main.java:82)
2026-05-20 18:22:48.165:WARN :oeje11w.WebAppContext:main: Failed startup of context oeje11w.WebAppContext@95e33cc{/xwiki,/xwiki,b=file:///D:/Win%2010%20Backup/LUCRU_D/XWIKI%2018.4.0/xwiki-platform-distribution-flavor-jetty-hsqldb-18.4.0-rc-1/webapps/xwiki/,a=STOPPED,h=oeje11s.SessionHandler@38604b81{STOPPED}}
java.nio.file.InvalidPathException: Illegal char <:> at index 3: /D:/Win 10 Backup/LUCRU_D/XWIKI 18.4.0/xwiki-platform-distribution-flavor-jetty-hsqldb-18.4.0-rc-1/webapps/xwiki/WEB-INF/
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.normalize(WindowsPathParser.java:191)
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.parse(WindowsPathParser.java:142)
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.parse(WindowsPathParser.java:46)
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsPath.parse(WindowsPath.java:92)
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileSystem.getPath(WindowsFileSystem.java:203)
        at java.base/java.nio.file.Path.resolve(Path.java:513)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.resource.PathResource.resolveSchemeSpecificPath(PathResource.java:315)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.resource.PathResource.resolve(PathResource.java:296)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.ee11.webapp.WebAppContext.getWebInf(WebAppContext.java:760)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.ee11.webapp.WebXmlConfiguration.findWebXml(WebXmlConfiguration.java:112)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.ee11.webapp.WebXmlConfiguration.preConfigure(WebXmlConfiguration.java:71)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.ee11.webapp.Configurations.preConfigure(Configurations.java:489)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.ee11.webapp.WebAppContext.preConfigure(WebAppContext.java:463)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.ee11.webapp.WebAppContext.doStart(WebAppContext.java:506)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:92)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.StandardDeployer.deploy(StandardDeployer.java:118)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentScanner.performActions(DeploymentScanner.java:885)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentScanner.pathsChanged(DeploymentScanner.java:612)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.reportDifferences(Scanner.java:918)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.scan(Scanner.java:817)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.startScanning(Scanner.java:706)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.doStart(Scanner.java:678)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:92)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.start(ContainerLifeCycle.java:170)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.doStart(ContainerLifeCycle.java:121)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentScanner.doStart(DeploymentScanner.java:759)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:92)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.start(ContainerLifeCycle.java:170)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.start(Server.java:689)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.doStart(ContainerLifeCycle.java:121)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Handler$Abstract.doStart(Handler.java:545)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.doStart(Server.java:630)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:92)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.xml.XmlConfiguration.main(XmlConfiguration.java:2134)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:104)
        at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:565)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main.invokeMain(Main.java:312)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main.start(Main.java:603)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main.main(Main.java:82)

The issue doesn't reproduce if the instance is started on Ubuntu (tested on 25.10), or on Tomcat 11.0.22 on Windows.

Also, the issue couldn't be reproduced on XWiki 18.3.0.

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XWIKI-24336 Upgrade the standalone packaging to Jetty 12.1.9

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XWiki 18.4.0 RC1 fails to start on Jetty on Windows

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