org.apache.catalina.connector.Request cannot be cast to javax.servlet.ServletRequestWrapper

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Sometimes we see the following exception:
ERROR [org.apache.catalina.connector] (http-localhost/127.0.0.1:8080-2) JBWEB001018: An exception or error occurred in the container during the request processing: java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.catalina.connector.Request cannot be cast to javax.servlet.ServletRequestWrapper
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterFactory.createFilterChain(ApplicationFilterFactory.java:136) [jbossweb-7.5.7.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.5.7.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:819) [jbossweb-7.5.7.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.5.7.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:620) [jbossweb-7.5.7.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.5.7.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:553) [jbossweb-7.5.7.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.5.7.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:482) [jbossweb-7.5.7.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.5.7.Final-redhat-1]

Environment

  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 6.4.7 and earlier

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