"Cannot create a session after the response has been committed" error from Tomcat or JBoss

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Issue

  • The following error is seen when some JSP pages are being rendered.
org.apache.jasper.runtime.JspFactoryImpl internalGetPageContext
ERROR : Exception initializing page context
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot create a session after the response has been committed
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.Request.doGetSession(Request.java:2862)
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.Request.getSession(Request.java:2307)
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.RequestFacade.getSession(RequestFacade.java:897)

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 5.x
    • 6.x
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server (EWS)
    • 1.x
    • 2.x
    • 3.x
  • Tomcat
    • 5.x
    • 6.x
    • 7.x
    • 8.x

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