# Default role loading failure after upgrade to version 3.84.0

**URL:** <https://community.sonatype.com/t/default-role-loading-failure-after-upgrade-to-version-3-84-0/15541>\
**Category:** Sonatype Nexus Repository\
**Tags:** nexus-repository, upgrade\
**Created:** [September 11, 2025, 5:27am UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/default-role-loading-failure-after-upgrade-to-version-3-84-0/15541 "2025-09-11T05:27:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Yakir\_Magriso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58956e/32.png) [@Yakir\_Magriso](https://community.sonatype.com/u/Yakir_Magriso)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 5:27am UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/default-role-loading-failure-after-upgrade-to-version-3-84-0/15541/1 "2025-09-11T05:27:05Z")

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We are getting the following error after upgrading Nexus from version 3.83.1 to version 3.84.0:

**(accessible by logging in as an admin user → Settings → System → Capabilities → Default Role)**

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex047/uploads/communitysonatype/optimized/2X/6/648f6f4e5b01ff91b84fcea496b797286b2bf717_2_690x21.png)

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex047/uploads/communitysonatype/original/2X/3/3f227638dbce2a39ef054f95e4fad98185888509.png)

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**Author:** ![mpiggott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@mpiggott](https://community.sonatype.com/u/mpiggott)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/default-role-loading-failure-after-upgrade-to-version-3-84-0/15541/2 "2025-09-11T13:16:27Z")

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If you scroll down is there a cause associated with the exception describing what the violated constraint is?

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**Author:** ![Yakir\_Magriso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58956e/32.png) [@Yakir\_Magriso](https://community.sonatype.com/u/Yakir_Magriso)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/default-role-loading-failure-after-upgrade-to-version-3-84-0/15541/3 "2025-09-11T13:31:21Z")

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Unfortunately, no.

Here is the full error stacktrace:

```auto
javax.validation.ConstraintViolationException: Validation failed; 1 constraints violated

javax.validation.ConstraintViolationException: Validation failed; 1 constraints violated
	at org.sonatype.nexus.validation.ConstraintViolations.maybePropagate(ConstraintViolations.java:67)
	at org.sonatype.nexus.capability.CapabilityDescriptorSupport.validate(CapabilityDescriptorSupport.java:171)
	at org.sonatype.nexus.capability.CapabilityDescriptorSupport.validateConfig(CapabilityDescriptorSupport.java:156)
	at org.sonatype.nexus.capability.CapabilityDescriptorSupport.validate(CapabilityDescriptorSupport.java:126)
	at org.sonatype.nexus.internal.capability.DefaultCapabilityRegistry.load(DefaultCapabilityRegistry.java:553)
	at org.sonatype.nexus.internal.capability.DefaultCapabilityRegistry.doStart(DefaultCapabilityRegistry.java:133)
	at org.sonatype.nexus.common.stateguard.StateGuardLifecycleSupport.start_aroundBody0(StateGuardLifecycleSupport.java:69)
	at org.sonatype.nexus.common.stateguard.StateGuardLifecycleSupport$AjcClosure1.run(StateGuardLifecycleSupport.java:1)
	at org.aspectj.runtime.reflect.JoinPointImpl.proceed(JoinPointImpl.java:164)
	at org.sonatype.nexus.common.stateguard.TransitionsAspect.lambda$0(TransitionsAspect.java:57)
	at org.sonatype.nexus.common.stateguard.StateGuard$TransitionImpl.run(StateGuard.java:217)
	at org.sonatype.nexus.common.stateguard.TransitionsAspect.aroundTransitionsMethod(TransitionsAspect.java:55)
	at org.sonatype.nexus.common.stateguard.StateGuardLifecycleSupport.start(StateGuardLifecycleSupport.java:68)
	at org.sonatype.nexus.extender.NexusLifecycleManager.startComponent(NexusLifecycleManager.java:154)
	at org.sonatype.nexus.extender.NexusLifecycleManager.to(NexusLifecycleManager.java:110)
	at org.sonatype.nexus.extender.internal.NexusServletContextListener.moveToPhase(NexusServletContextListener.java:113)
	at org.sonatype.nexus.extender.internal.NexusServletContextListener.contextInitialized(NexusServletContextListener.java:69)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.ee8.nested.ContextHandler.callContextInitialized(ContextHandler.java:786)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.ee8.servlet.ServletContextHandler.callContextInitialized(ServletContextHandler.java:516)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.ee8.nested.ContextHandler.contextInitialized(ContextHandler.java:735)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.ee8.servlet.ServletHandler.initialize(ServletHandler.java:629)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.ee8.servlet.ServletContextHandler.startContext(ServletContextHandler.java:311)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.ee8.webapp.WebAppContext.startWebapp(WebAppContext.java:1195)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.ee8.webapp.WebAppContext.startContext(WebAppContext.java:1165)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.ee8.nested.ContextHandler.doStartInContext(ContextHandler.java:626)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler$ScopedContext.call(ContextHandler.java:1450)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.ee8.nested.ContextHandler.doStart(ContextHandler.java:615)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.ee8.servlet.ServletContextHandler.doStart(ServletContextHandler.java:243)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.ee8.webapp.WebAppContext.doStart(WebAppContext.java:502)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:93)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.start(ContainerLifeCycle.java:169)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.doStart(ContainerLifeCycle.java:113)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Handler$Abstract.doStart(Handler.java:491)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.lambda$doStart$0(ContextHandler.java:757)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler$ScopedContext.call(ContextHandler.java:1456)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doStart(ContextHandler.java:757)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.ee8.nested.ContextHandler$CoreContextHandler.doStart(ContextHandler.java:2290)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:93)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.start(ContainerLifeCycle.java:169)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.doStart(ContainerLifeCycle.java:120)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Handler$Abstract.doStart(Handler.java:491)
	at io.dropwizard.metrics.jetty12.AbstractInstrumentedHandler.doStart(AbstractInstrumentedHandler.java:149)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:93)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.start(ContainerLifeCycle.java:169)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.start(Server.java:641)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.doStart(ContainerLifeCycle.java:120)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Handler$Abstract.doStart(Handler.java:491)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.doStart(Server.java:582)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:93)
	at org.sonatype.nexus.bootstrap.entrypoint.jetty.JettyServer$JettyMainThread.run(JettyServer.java:370)

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**Author:** ![mpiggott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@mpiggott](https://community.sonatype.com/u/mpiggott)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/default-role-loading-failure-after-upgrade-to-version-3-84-0/15541/4 "2025-09-12T15:46:42Z")

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Checking the code there should be a logged warning from `ConstraintViolations` in the nexus.log when this occurs that should have specifics about what the violation was.

I tried creating, enabling/disabling this capability without errors, the logged message may confirm it but given the only configuration option is the role name perhaps it was removed? If so maybe temporarily re-create a role with the same name which would allow you to update/remove the capability.

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**Author:** ![Yakir\_Magriso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58956e/32.png) [@Yakir\_Magriso](https://community.sonatype.com/u/Yakir_Magriso)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2025, 5:20am UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/default-role-loading-failure-after-upgrade-to-version-3-84-0/15541/5 "2025-09-14T05:20:20Z")

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@mpiggott  
Thanks!  
Deleting and re-creating the Default Role capability resolved the issue. 🙂  
The exception is no longer encountered.