Getting an IllegalStateException trying to integrate the Spring-Boot starter in my project

[rpgdev]

I'm trying to integrate opentelemetry in a spring-boot project using the starter and Jaeger as backend. The project is not native just a regular spring boot project. I added the dependencies in this page: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/zero-code/java/spring-boot-starter/getting-started/ then added the following to my application.properties file:

otel.service.name="company-server"
otel.exporter.otlp.endpoint=http://localhost:4318
otel.logs.exporter=none

The sample here https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-examples/tree/main/spring-native works for me when I simply run it after adding the lines above to its properties file but for some reason when I run my project I get the following:

2024-06-26T12:17:09.843-04:00 ERROR 3351702 --- [           main] o.s.boot.SpringApplication               : Application run failed
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Error processing condition on io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.spring.autoconfigure.instrumentation.annotations.InstrumentationAnnotationsAutoConfiguration
        at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.SpringBootCondition.matches(SpringBootCondition.java:60) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-3.2.5.jar!/:3.2.5]
        at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConditionEvaluator.shouldSkip(ConditionEvaluator.java:108) ~[spring-context-6.1.1.jar!/:6.1.1]
        at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader$TrackedConditionEvaluator.shouldSkip(ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader.java:470) ~[spring-context-6.1.1.jar!/:6.1.1]
        at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitionsForConfigurationClass(ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader.java:131) ~[spring-context-6.1.1.jar!/:6.1.1]
        at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader.java:120) ~[spring-context-6.1.1.jar!/:6.1.1]
        at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.processConfigBeanDefinitions(ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.java:428) ~[spring-context-6.1.1.jar!/:6.1.1]
        at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.postProcessBeanDefinitionRegistry(ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.java:289) ~[spring-context-6.1.1.jar!/:6.1.1]
        at org.springframework.context.support.PostProcessorRegistrationDelegate.invokeBeanDefinitionRegistryPostProcessors(PostProcessorRegistrationDelegate.java:349) ~[spring-context-6.1.1.jar!/:6.1.1]
        at org.springframework.context.support.PostProcessorRegistrationDelegate.invokeBeanFactoryPostProcessors(PostProcessorRegistrationDelegate.java:118) ~[spring-context-6.1.1.jar!/:6.1.1]
        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.invokeBeanFactoryPostProcessors(AbstractApplicationContext.java:775) ~[spring-context-6.1.1.jar!/:6.1.1]
        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:597) ~[spring-context-6.1.1.jar!/:6.1.1]
        at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.context.ServletWebServerApplicationContext.refresh(ServletWebServerApplicationContext.java:146) ~[spring-boot-3.2.5.jar!/:3.2.5]
        at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:754) ~[spring-boot-3.2.5.jar!/:3.2.5]
        at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refreshContext(SpringApplication.java:456) ~[spring-boot-3.2.5.jar!/:3.2.5]
        at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:334) ~[spring-boot-3.2.5.jar!/:3.2.5]
        at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1354) ~[spring-boot-3.2.5.jar!/:3.2.5]
        at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1343) ~[spring-boot-3.2.5.jar!/:3.2.5]
        at com.company.package.ServerApplication.main(ServerApplication.java:17) ~[!/:0.0.88-SNAPSHOT]
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:103) ~[na:na]
        at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:580) ~[na:na]
        at org.springframework.boot.loader.launch.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:91) ~[server.jar:0.0.88-SNAPSHOT]
        at org.springframework.boot.loader.launch.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:53) ~[server.jar:0.0.88-SNAPSHOT]
        at org.springframework.boot.loader.launch.JarLauncher.main(JarLauncher.java:58) ~[server.jar:0.0.88-SNAPSHOT]
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to introspect Class [io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.spring.autoconfigure.OpenTelemetryAutoConfiguration$OpenTelemetrySdkConfig] from ClassLoader [org.springframework.boot.loader.launch.LaunchedClassLoader@a09ee92]
        at org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.getDeclaredMethods(ReflectionUtils.java:483) ~[spring-core-6.1.1.jar!/:6.1.1]
        at org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.doWithMethods(ReflectionUtils.java:360) ~[spring-core-6.1.1.jar!/:6.1.1]
        at org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.getUniqueDeclaredMethods(ReflectionUtils.java:417) ~[spring-core-6.1.1.jar!/:6.1.1]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.lambda$getTypeForFactoryMethod$1(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:751) ~[spring-beans-6.1.1.jar!/:6.1.1]
        at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap.computeIfAbsent(ConcurrentHashMap.java:1740) ~[na:na]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.getTypeForFactoryMethod(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:750) ~[spring-beans-6.1.1.jar!/:6.1.1]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.determineTargetType(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:683) ~[spring-beans-6.1.1.jar!/:6.1.1]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.predictBeanType(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:654) ~[spring-beans-6.1.1.jar!/:6.1.1]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.isFactoryBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:1636) ~[spring-beans-6.1.1.jar!/:6.1.1]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.doGetBeanNamesForType(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:560) ~[spring-beans-6.1.1.jar!/:6.1.1]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.getBeanNamesForType(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:532) ~[spring-beans-6.1.1.jar!/:6.1.1]
        at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.OnBeanCondition.collectBeanNamesForType(OnBeanCondition.java:247) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-3.2.5.jar!/:3.2.5]
        at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.OnBeanCondition.getBeanNamesForType(OnBeanCondition.java:240) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-3.2.5.jar!/:3.2.5]
        at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.OnBeanCondition.getBeanNamesForType(OnBeanCondition.java:230) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-3.2.5.jar!/:3.2.5]
        at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.OnBeanCondition.getMatchingBeans(OnBeanCondition.java:183) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-3.2.5.jar!/:3.2.5]
        at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.OnBeanCondition.getMatchOutcome(OnBeanCondition.java:120) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-3.2.5.jar!/:3.2.5]
        at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.SpringBootCondition.matches(SpringBootCondition.java:47) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-3.2.5.jar!/:3.2.5]
        ... 22 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/internal/ComponentLoader
        at java.base/java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods0(Native Method) ~[na:na]
        at java.base/java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredMethods(Class.java:3578) ~[na:na]
        at java.base/java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods(Class.java:2676) ~[na:na]
        at org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.getDeclaredMethods(ReflectionUtils.java:465) ~[spring-core-6.1.1.jar!/:6.1.1]
        ... 38 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.internal.ComponentLoader
        at java.base/java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:445) ~[na:na]
        at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:593) ~[na:na]
        at org.springframework.boot.loader.net.protocol.jar.JarUrlClassLoader.loadClass(JarUrlClassLoader.java:104) ~[server.jar:0.0.88-SNAPSHOT]
        at org.springframework.boot.loader.launch.LaunchedClassLoader.loadClass(LaunchedClassLoader.java:91) ~[server.jar:0.0.88-SNAPSHOT]
        at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:526) ~[na:na]
        ... 42 common frames omitted

That output isn't very helpful though, what am I missing?

[laurit]

You are using incompatible versions of otel spring boot starter and otel sdk. Examine the versions of your dependencies, importing the otel boms may help to get the versions right. Note that if you are using maven you should add otel boms before spring-boot-dependencies bom.

[rpgdev]

@laurit I said I already had those dependencies in the bom which the link I put there told me to add. Afterwards I realized the issue went beyond the sb starter and I found the issue was with a dependency we had in the project.. don't even know why it was there actually but once I removed it otel was working with the agent (not the starter).

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-context-support</artifactId>
</dependency>

Note that if you are using maven you should add otel boms before spring-boot-dependencies bom.

That might've been why the starter wasn't working. I'll try that, thanks.