We are having an issue similar to the jira listed below. We get the message that the deployment fails, but the app actually does deploy but does not start. All we have to do is click start and everything seems fine.
We do not get this error on Version 2.2-SNAPSHOT Build 2009.03.23-15:10:47.340-0400 But it started when we upgraded to the 2.2 release. I'm not sure how to reopen an issue or to create a new one, but would be more than happy to if someone points me to the instructions. Here is a portion of the stack trace we receive when we attempt to redeploy an application ear: INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.geronimo.connector.outbound.connectiontracking.ConnectorInsta nceContextImpl cannot be cast to org.apache.geronimo.connector.outbound.connectiontracking.SharedConnecto rInstanceContext INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at org.apache.geronimo.tomcat.interceptor.InstanceContextBeforeAfter.before (InstanceContextBeforeAfter.java:49) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at org.apache.geronimo.tomcat.interceptor.ComponentContextBeforeAfter.befor e(ComponentContextBeforeAfter.java:40) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at org.apache.geronimo.tomcat.interceptor.UserTransactionBeforeAfter.before (UserTransactionBeforeAfter.java:63) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at org.apache.geronimo.tomcat.valve.GeronimoBeforeAfterValve.invoke(Geronim oBeforeAfterValve.java:43) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at org.apache.geronimo.tomcat.GeronimoStandardContext.start(GeronimoStandar dContext.java:264) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.ja va:791) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:771) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:526) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at org.apache.geronimo.tomcat.TomcatContainer.addContext(TomcatContainer.ja va:339) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at org.apache.geronimo.tomcat.TomcatWebAppContext.doStart(TomcatWebAppConte xt.java:525) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanInstance.createInstance(GBeanInst ance.java:953) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanInstanceState.attemptFullStart(GB eanInstanceState.java:269) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanInstanceState.start(GBeanInstance State.java:103) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanInstance.start(GBeanInstance.java :525) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanDependency.attemptFullStart(GBean Dependency.java:110) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanDependency.addTarget(GBeanDepende ncy.java:145) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanDependency$1.running(GBeanDepende ncy.java:119) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.basic.BasicLifecycleMonitor.fireRunningEvent( BasicLifecycleMonitor.java:175) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.basic.BasicLifecycleMonitor.access$300(BasicL ifecycleMonitor.java:44) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.basic.BasicLifecycleMonitor$RawLifecycleBroad caster.fireRunningEvent(BasicLifecycleMonitor.java:253) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanInstanceState.attemptFullStart(GB eanInstanceState.java:295) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanInstanceState.start(GBeanInstance State.java:103) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanInstanceState.startRecursive(GBea nInstanceState.java:125) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanInstance.startRecursive(GBeanInst ance.java:539) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.basic.BasicKernel.startRecursiveGBean(BasicKe rnel.java:377) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.config.ConfigurationUtil.startConfigurationGB eans(ConfigurationUtil.java:456) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.config.ConfigurationUtil.startConfigurationGB eans(ConfigurationUtil.java:493) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.config.KernelConfigurationManager.start(Kerne lConfigurationManager.java:190) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.config.SimpleConfigurationManager.startConfig uration(SimpleConfigurationManager.java:546) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.config.SimpleConfigurationManager.startConfig uration(SimpleConfigurationManager.java:527) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor2339.invoke(Unknown Source) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessor Impl.java:25) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.ReflectionMethodInvoker.invoke(Reflect ionMethodInvoker.java:34) INFO | jvm 1 | 2010/03/17 09:25:09 | at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanOperation.invoke(GBeanOperation.j ava:130) Here is the link to JIRA Geronimo issue https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-3655 org.apache.openejb.core.mdb.MdbInstanceFactory class pass invalid ThreadContext instance to ThreadContext.exit method at line 263 of its constructBean method. This brokes stack-like usage of ThreadContext objects and leads to problems during lazy initialization of ejb components when they called for the first time from the web tier. In particular ClassCastException is thrown in org.apache.geronimo.tomcat.interceptor.InstanceContextBeforeAfter.before () at line 49, because ConnectorInstanceContextImpl instance is returned instead of SharedConnectorInstanceContext instance. This error results in that org.apache.geronimo.tomcat.listener.DispatchListener.beforeDispatch method does not put any data into the current context stack so when the afterDispatch method is called the current context stack throws java.util.EmptyStackException. Steven Ashwill
