Unable to login to application post upgrade from 807x to 8.1 (Doc ID 2735268.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Applies to:

Symptoms

On : 8.1.x version, Administration_OFSS

When attempting to access application after upgrading applications to 8.1.x,
the following error occurs on UI.

ERROR
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Error Message: javax.servlet.ServletException: Filter [FilterServlet]: could not be initialized
Error Code: 500
Target Servlet: com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.extension.DefaultExtensionProcessor
Error Stack:
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Not.in.servletContextCreated
  at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebApp.setInitParameter(WebApp.java:5565)
  at com.ibm.wsspi.webcontainer.facade.ServletContextFacade.setInitParameter(ServletContextFacade.java:620)
  at com.iflex.fic.filters.FilterServlet.init(FilterServlet.java:132)
  at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.FilterInstanceWrapper.init(FilterInstanceWrapper.java:147)
  at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager._loadFilter(WebAppFilterManager.java:611)
  at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.loadFilter(WebAppFilterManager



STEPS
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The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:
1. Try to access 8.1.x upgraded application after deploying in Websphere

BUSINESS IMPACT
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The issue has the following business impact:
Due to this issue, users cannot access application

Cause

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