ClassNotFoundException: com.liferay.portal.minifier.GoogleJavaScriptMinifier cannot be found when StripFilter set to false upon server startup

• Type: Regression Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 7.0.0 DXP FP23, 7.0.X EE, Master
• Fix Version/s: 7.0.0 DXP FP26, 7.0.X EE, 7.0.4 CE GA5, 7.1.X, Master
• Component/s: Core Infrastructure, Frontend Infrastructure
• Labels:
  • ee-ts
  • liferay-digital-enterprise-70-sp5
  • liferay-fixpack-de-26-7010
• Branch Version/s:
  7.0.x
• Backported to Branch:
  Committed
• Story Points: 1.25
• Fix Priority: 3
• Git Pull Request: https://github.com/brianchandotcom/liferay-portal/pull/50470

1. Build portal or unzip a clean bundle
2. Set the property in portal-ext.properties com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.strip.StripFilter=false
3. Start the portal and wait until it is fully loaded
4. Access the home page
5. Stop portal
6. Restart and access the home page again

Error:

 ClassNotFoundException is thrown in the log:
09:55:06,688 ERROR [http-nio-8080-exec-7][MinifierUtil:54] Unable to instantiate com.liferay.portal.minifier.GoogleJavaScriptMinifier
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.liferay.portal.minifier.GoogleJavaScriptMinifier cannot be found by classic-theme_1.0.34
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:444)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:357)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:349)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.ModuleClassLoader.loadClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:160)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.util.InstanceFactory.newInstance(InstanceFactory.java:56)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.util.InstanceFactory.newInstance(InstanceFactory.java:27)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.util.InstanceFactory.newInstance(InstanceFactory.java:72)
	at com.liferay.portal.minifier.MinifierUtil._getJavaScriptMinifier(MinifierUtil.java:50)
	at com.liferay.portal.minifier.MinifierUtil.<init>(MinifierUtil.java:64)
	at com.liferay.portal.minifier.MinifierUtil.<clinit>(MinifierUtil.java:92)
	at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.aggregate.AggregateFilter.getJavaScriptContent(AggregateFilter.java:246)
	at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.aggregate.AggregateFilter.getJavaScriptContent(AggregateFilter.java:528)
	at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.aggregate.AggregateFilter.getContent(AggregateFilter.java:407)
	at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.aggregate.AggregateFilter.processFilter(AggregateFilter.java:548)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:48)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.processDoFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:207)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.doFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:112)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:142)
	at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.language.LanguageFilter.processFilter(LanguageFilter.java:82)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:48)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.processDoFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:207)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.doFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:112)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:142)
	at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.header.HeaderFilter.processFilter(HeaderFilter.java:96)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:48)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.processDoFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:207)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.doFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:112)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.processDirectCallFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:168)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.doFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:96)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilter.doFilter(InvokerFilter.java:99)
	at com.liferay.portal.osgi.web.wab.extender.internal.adapter.FilterExceptionAdapter.doFilter(FilterExceptionAdapter.java:46)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.registration.FilterRegistration.doFilter(FilterRegistration.java:121)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.servlet.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:45)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.servlet.ResponseStateHandler.processRequest(ResponseStateHandler.java:70)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.context.DispatchTargets.doDispatch(DispatchTargets.java:117)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.HttpServiceRuntimeImpl.doDispatch(HttpServiceRuntimeImpl.java:373)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.servlet.ProxyServlet.service(ProxyServlet.java:70)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729)
	at com.liferay.portal.module.framework.ModuleFrameworkServletAdapter.service(ModuleFrameworkServletAdapter.java:51)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:292)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:207)
	at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:240)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:207)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.doFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:119)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:142)
	at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.aggregate.AggregateFilter.processFilter(AggregateFilter.java:555)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:48)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.processDoFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:207)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.doFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:112)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:142)
	at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.language.LanguageFilter.processFilter(LanguageFilter.java:82)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:48)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.processDoFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:207)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.doFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:112)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:142)
	at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.gzip.GZipFilter.processFilter(GZipFilter.java:125)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:48)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.processDoFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:207)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.doFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:112)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:142)
	at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.cache.CacheFilter.processFilter(CacheFilter.java:428)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:48)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.processDoFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:207)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.doFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:112)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:142)
	at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.etag.ETagFilter.processFilter(ETagFilter.java:86)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:48)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.processDoFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:207)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.doFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:112)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:142)
	at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.header.HeaderFilter.processFilter(HeaderFilter.java:96)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:48)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.processDoFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:207)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.doFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:112)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:142)
	at com.liferay.portal.sharepoint.SharepointFilter.processFilter(SharepointFilter.java:88)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:48)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.processDoFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:207)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.doFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:112)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.processDirectCallFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:188)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.doFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:96)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.processDirectCallFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:188)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.doFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:96)
	at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.RuleChain.handleRewrite(RuleChain.java:176)
	at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.RuleChain.doRules(RuleChain.java:145)
	at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriter.processRequest(UrlRewriter.java:92)
	at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriteFilter.doFilter(UrlRewriteFilter.java:394)
	at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriteFilter.processFilter(UrlRewriteFilter.java:65)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:48)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.processDoFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:207)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.doFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:112)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.processDirectCallFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:168)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.doFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:96)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.processDirectCallFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:168)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.doFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:96)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.processDirectCallFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:188)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilterChain.doFilter(InvokerFilterChain.java:96)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.filters.invoker.InvokerFilter.doFilter(InvokerFilter.java:99)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:240)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:207)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:212)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:106)
	at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:502)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:141)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:79)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:616)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:88)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:522)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1095)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:672)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1500)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(NioEndpoint.java:1456)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)