java.lang.IllegalStateException: JBWEB002005: Header count exceeded allowed maximum 128

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Issue

  • For EAP 6.x following errors are seen in the server logs:
ERROR [org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[jboss.web].[default-host].[/].[Faces Servlet]] (http-localhost/127.0.0.1:8080-1) JBWEB000236: Servlet.service() for servlet Faces Servlet threw exception: java.lang.IllegalStateException: JBWEB002005: Header count exceeded allowed maximum [128]
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.http.MimeHeaders.createHeader(MimeHeaders.java:331) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.http.MimeHeaders.addValue(MimeHeaders.java:349) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.coyote.Response.addHeader(Response.java:351) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.Response.addHeader(Response.java:1102) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.ResponseFacade.addHeader(ResponseFacade.java:509) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponseWrapper.addHeader(HttpServletResponseWrapper.java:202) [jboss-servlet-api_3.0_spec-1.0.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.0.2.Final-redhat-1]

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 6.x

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