org.apache.activemq.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException: Protocol message contained an invalid tag (zero).

Issue

• ActiveMQ broker fails to start with the following error:

10:23:20,386 | ERROR | MQ Broker-1: amq | BrokerService                    | 114 - org.apache.activemq.activemq-osgi - 5.8.0.redhat-60057 | Failed to start Apache ActiveMQ (amq, null). Reason: org.apache.activemq.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException: Protocol message contained an invalid tag (zero).
org.apache.activemq.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException: Protocol message contained an invalid tag (zero).
    at org.apache.activemq.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException.invalidTag(InvalidProtocolBufferException.java:48)[114:org.apache.activemq.activemq-osgi:5.8.0.redhat-60057]
    at org.apache.activemq.protobuf.CodedInputStream.readTag(CodedInputStream.java:75)[114:org.apache.activemq.activemq-osgi:5.8.0.redhat-60057]
    at org.apache.activemq.store.kahadb.data.KahaAddMessageCommand.mergeUnframed(KahaAddMessageCommand.java:110)[114:org.apache.activemq.activemq-osgi:5.8.0.redhat-60057]
    at org.apache.activemq.store.kahadb.data.KahaAddMessageCommand.mergeUnframed(KahaAddMessageCommand.java:7)[114:org.apache.activemq.activemq-osgi:5.8.0.redhat-60057]
    at org.apache.activemq.protobuf.BaseMessage.mergeUnframed(BaseMessage.java:184)[114:org.apache.activemq.activemq-osgi:5.8.0.redhat-60057]
    at org.apache.activemq.protobuf.BaseMessage.mergeUnframed(BaseMessage.java:213)[114:org.apache.activemq.activemq-osgi:5.8.0.redhat-60057]
    at org.apache.activemq.protobuf.BaseMessage.mergeFramed(BaseMessage.java:237)[114:org.apache.activemq.activemq-osgi:5.8.0.redhat-60057]
    at org.apache.activemq.store.kahadb.MessageDatabase.load(MessageDatabase.java:947)[114:org.apache.activemq.activemq-osgi:5.8.0.redhat-60057]
    at org.apache.activemq.store.kahadb.MessageDatabase.recover(MessageDatabase.java:553)[114:org.apache.activemq.activemq-osgi:5.8.0.redhat-60057]
    at org.apache.activemq.store.kahadb.MessageDatabase.open(MessageDatabase.java:363)[114:org.apache.activemq.activemq-osgi:5.8.0.redhat-60057]
    at org.apache.activemq.store.kahadb.MessageDatabase.load(MessageDatabase.java:381)[114:org.apache.activemq.activemq-osgi:5.8.0.redhat-60057]
    at org.apache.activemq.store.kahadb.MessageDatabase.doStart(MessageDatabase.java:234)[114:org.apache.activemq.activemq-osgi:5.8.0.redhat-60057]
    at org.apache.activemq.store.kahadb.KahaDBStore.doStart(KahaDBStore.java:180)[114:org.apache.activemq.activemq-osgi:5.8.0.redhat-60057]
    at org.apache.activemq.util.ServiceSupport.start(ServiceSupport.java:55)[114:org.apache.activemq.activemq-osgi:5.8.0.redhat-60057]
    at org.apache.activemq.store.kahadb.KahaDBPersistenceAdapter.doStart(KahaDBPersistenceAdapter.java:220)[114:org.apache.activemq.activemq-osgi:5.8.0.redhat-60057]
    at org.apache.activemq.util.ServiceSupport.start(ServiceSupport.java:55)[114:org.apache.activemq.activemq-osgi:5.8.0.redhat-60057]
    at org.apache.activemq.broker.BrokerService.doStartPersistenceAdapter(BrokerService.java:616)[114:org.apache.activemq.activemq-osgi:5.8.0.redhat-60057]
    at org.apache.activemq.broker.BrokerService.startPersistenceAdapter(BrokerService.java:605)[114:org.apache.activemq.activemq-osgi:5.8.0.redhat-60057]
    at org.apache.activemq.broker.BrokerService.start(BrokerService.java:570)[114:org.apache.activemq.activemq-osgi:5.8.0.redhat-60057]
    at org.fusesource.mq.fabric.ActiveMQServiceFactory$ClusteredConfiguration.org$fusesource$mq$fabric$ActiveMQServiceFactory$ClusteredConfiguration$$doStart(ActiveMQServiceFactory.scala:364)[128:org.jboss.amq.mq-fabric:6.0.0.redhat-057]
    at org.fusesource.mq.fabric.ActiveMQServiceFactory$ClusteredConfiguration$$anon$4.run(ActiveMQServiceFactory.scala:326)[128:org.jboss.amq.mq-fabric:6.0.0.redhat-057]