Installing Confluence 6.8.3 & 6.9.0 issues with MySQL 5.6 and PostgreSQL 9.9
Asked by Felix Anim-Botwe:

HTTP Status 500 - Cannot call sendError() after the response has been committed {#toc-hId-1817525596}
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**type** Exception report

**message** ++Cannot call sendError() after the response has been committed++

**description** ++The server encountered an internal error that prevented it from fulfilling this request.++

**exception**

```
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot call sendError() after the response has been committed	org.apache.catalina.connector.ResponseFacade.sendError(ResponseFacade.java:462)	javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponseWrapper.sendError(HttpServletResponseWrapper.java:120)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.DebugFilter$LoggingResponseWrapper.sendError(DebugFilter.java:132)	javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponseWrapper.sendError(HttpServletResponseWrapper.java:120)	com.atlassian.confluence.servlet.FourOhFourErrorLoggingFilter$1.sendError(FourOhFourErrorLoggingFilter.java:52)	javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponseWrapper.sendError(HttpServletResponseWrapper.java:120)	com.atlassian.core.filters.HeaderSanitisingResponseWrapper.sendError(HeaderSanitisingResponseWrapper.java:103)	javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponseWrapper.sendError(HttpServletResponseWrapper.java:120)	javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponseWrapper.sendError(HttpServletResponseWrapper.java:120)	javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponseWrapper.sendError(HttpServletResponseWrapper.java:120)	com.atlassian.oauth.serviceprovider.internal.servlet.OAuthFilter$OAuthWWWAuthenticateAddingResponse.sendError(OAuthFilter.java:147)	com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcher.sendError(ServletDispatcher.java:349)	com.atlassian.confluence.servlet.ConfluenceServletDispatcher.sendError(ConfluenceServletDispatcher.java:104)	com.atlassian.confluence.servlet.ConfluenceServletDispatcher.serviceAction(ConfluenceServletDispatcher.java:97)	com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcher.service(ServletDispatcher.java:199)	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729)	com.atlassian.confluence.util.profiling.ProfilingSiteMeshFilter.doFilter(ProfilingSiteMeshFilter.java:55)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:39)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58)	com.atlassian.confluence.util.profiling.ConfluenceActivityFilter.doFilter(ConfluenceActivityFilter.java:39)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58)	com.atlassian.prettyurls.filter.PrettyUrlsCombinedMatchDispatcherFilter.doFilter(PrettyUrlsCombinedMatchDispatcherFilter.java:61)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:70)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:58)	com.atlassian.confluence.jmx.JmxFilter.doFilter(JmxFilter.java:98)	com.atlassian.confluence.cache.TransactionalCacheFactoryCleanupFilter.doFilter(TransactionalCacheFactoryCleanupFilter.java:22)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.core.filters.ServletContextThreadLocalFilter.doFilter(ServletContextThreadLocalFilter.java:21)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.confluence.util.UserLoggingContextFilter.doFilter(UserLoggingContextFilter.java:32)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.confluence.util.UserNameHeaderFilter.doFilter(UserNameHeaderFilter.java:25)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.MauEventFilter.doFilter(MauEventFilter.java:39)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.confluence.util.UserThreadLocalFilter.doFilter(UserThreadLocalFilter.java:39)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.ConfluenceTimeoutFilter.doFilter(ConfluenceTimeoutFilter.java:57)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.seraph.filter.SecurityFilter.doFilter(SecurityFilter.java:88)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.ConfluenceSecurityFilter.doFilter(ConfluenceSecurityFilter.java:25)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.ThreadLocalCacheFilter.doFilter(ThreadLocalCacheFilter.java:25)	com.atlassian.security.auth.trustedapps.filter.TrustedApplicationsFilter.doFilter(TrustedApplicationsFilter.java:103)	com.atlassian.confluence.util.AbstractBootstrapHotSwappingFilter.doFilter(AbstractBootstrapHotSwappingFilter.java:35)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.seraph.filter.BaseLoginFilter.doFilter(BaseLoginFilter.java:148)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:39)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58)	com.atlassian.oauth.serviceprovider.internal.servlet.OAuthFilter.doFilter(OAuthFilter.java:67)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58)	com.atlassian.prettyurls.filter.PrettyUrlsCombinedMatchDispatcherFilter.doFilter(PrettyUrlsCombinedMatchDispatcherFilter.java:61)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:70)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:58)	com.atlassian.confluence.util.ClusterHeaderFilter.doFilter(ClusterHeaderFilter.java:56)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	org.springframework.orm.hibernate.support.OpenSessionInViewFilter.doFilterInternal(OpenSessionInViewFilter.java:170)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.ConfluenceOpenSessionInViewFilter.doFilterInternal(ConfluenceOpenSessionInViewFilter.java:41)	org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)	com.atlassian.confluence.util.ConfluenceErrorFilter.doFilter(ConfluenceErrorFilter.java:24)	com.atlassian.util.profiling.filters.ProfilingFilter.doFilter(ProfilingFilter.java:99)	com.atlassian.confluence.core.datetime.RequestTimeThreadLocalFilter.doFilter(RequestTimeThreadLocalFilter.java:37)	com.atlassian.core.filters.cache.AbstractCachingFilter.doFilter(AbstractCachingFilter.java:33)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:39)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58)	com.atlassian.jwt.internal.servlet.JwtAuthFilter.doFilter(JwtAuthFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.HttpRequestStatsFilter.doFilter(HttpRequestStatsFilter.java:47)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58)	com.atlassian.gzipfilter.GzipFilter.doFilterInternal(GzipFilter.java:121)	com.atlassian.gzipfilter.GzipFilter.doFilter(GzipFilter.java:92)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.ConfluenceTimingFilter.doFilter(ConfluenceTimingFilter.java:46)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58)	com.atlassian.prettyurls.filter.PrettyUrlsCombinedMatchDispatcherFilter.doFilter(PrettyUrlsCombinedMatchDispatcherFilter.java:61)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58)	com.atlassian.confluence.extra.webdav.servlet.filter.ReverseProxyFilter.doFilter(ReverseProxyFilter.java:409)	com.atlassian.confluence.extra.webdav.servlet.filter.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:29)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:70)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:58)	com.atlassian.confluence.tenant.TenantGateFilter.lambda$doFilter$0(TenantGateFilter.java:35)	com.atlassian.confluence.tenant.TenantGate$3.call(TenantGate.java:145)	com.atlassian.confluence.tenant.TenantGateFilter.doFilter(TenantGateFilter.java:37)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.confluence.util.MobileAppRequestFilter.doFilter(MobileAppRequestFilter.java:36)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.confluence.internal.web.filter.spring.IgnoreWebAsyncManagerFilter.doFilter(IgnoreWebAsyncManagerFilter.java:59)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.validateparam.RequestParamValidationFilter.doFilter(RequestParamValidationFilter.java:51)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.TranslationModeFilter.doFilter(TranslationModeFilter.java:39)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.servlet.filter.ActionContextCleanUp.doFilter(ActionContextCleanUp.java:72)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.LanguageExtractionFilter.doFilter(LanguageExtractionFilter.java:49)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.confluence.impl.vcache.VCacheRequestContextFilter.doFilter(VCacheRequestContextFilter.java:58)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.confluence.util.LoggingContextFilter.doFilter(LoggingContextFilter.java:33)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.confluence.util.RequestCacheThreadLocalFilter.doFilter(RequestCacheThreadLocalFilter.java:65)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.ZipkinTracingFilter.doFilter(ZipkinTracingFilter.java:54)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.ResponseOutputStreamFilter.doFilter(ResponseOutputStreamFilter.java:25)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.johnson.filters.AbstractJohnsonFilter.doFilter(AbstractJohnsonFilter.java:59)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.ConfluenceJohnsonFilter.doFilter(ConfluenceJohnsonFilter.java:32)	com.atlassian.core.filters.encoding.AbstractEncodingFilter.doFilter(AbstractEncodingFilter.java:41)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.confluence.impl.servlet.HoldingUntilStartedFilter.doFilter(HoldingUntilStartedFilter.java:88)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.core.filters.HeaderSanitisingFilter.doFilter(HeaderSanitisingFilter.java:44)	com.atlassian.confluence.servlet.FourOhFourErrorLoggingFilter.doFilter(FourOhFourErrorLoggingFilter.java:64)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.DebugFilter.doFilter(DebugFilter.java:46)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
```

**note** ++The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/8.0.51 logs.++


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Felix,

Postgres 9.9 is not supported so this will not work. You can only use 9.3 through 9.6.

As for MySQL, make sure you're not using a version earlier than 5.6.16. Can you confirm?

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Felix Anim-Botwe
body: Hello Shannon,

I have downgraded the PostgreSQL and everything is working great. Thanks so much


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Felix,

Thank you for confirming that! Have a pleasant rest of your week. :)

Shannon