Adom group issue after jenkins upgrade [JENKINS-71092]

We are facing ADOM group issue when adding it using the ‘Add group’ option. we upgraded Jenkins from 2.264.4 to 2.387.1 LTS The process of upgrade is

  1. Uninstalled java 8 and installed java 11
  2. Replaced Tomcat 9.0.50 with 9.0.70
  3. Under tomcat/webapps, deleted old Jenkins.war (2.264.4) and added new jenkins.war (2.387.1 LTS).
  4. We have a custom directory path for Jenkins file system which is untouched.
  5. Started tomcat service to start upgraded Jenkins and was loaded with all the pre existing data, jobs, plugins, and configs.
  6. In the pluginManager > updates, we updated selective plugins as per required.
  7. The Role-based Authorization Strategy Plugin in upgraded Jenkins is (587.588.v850a_20a_30162) and the old Jenkins is (3.1.1).

FYI - This is no plugin issue as we have another upgraded Jenkins running with the same set of plugins and running with no issue.

Authentication type enabled:

  1. Security Realm - SAML 2.0
  2. Project-based Matrix Authorization Strategy

After the ADOM group is added, we see a red exclamation, and when clicked on (show details) below is the error displayed…

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: A granted authority textual representation is required
	at org.springframework.util.Assert.hasText(Assert.java:289)
	at org.springframework.security.core.authority.SimpleGrantedAuthority.<init>(SimpleGrantedAuthority.java:39)
	at jenkins.security.LastGrantedAuthoritiesProperty.getAuthorities2(LastGrantedAuthoritiesProperty.java:68)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.saml.SamlGroupDetails.hasGroupOnAuthorities(SamlGroupDetails.java:65)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.saml.SamlGroupDetails.lambda$getMembers$0(SamlGroupDetails.java:55)
	at java.base/java.util.ArrayList.forEach(ArrayList.java:1541)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.saml.SamlGroupDetails.getMembers(SamlGroupDetails.java:53)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.saml.SamlSecurityRealm.loadGroupByGroupname2(SamlSecurityRealm.java:633)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.matrixauth.ValidationUtil.validateGroup(ValidationUtil.java:68)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.matrixauth.AuthorizationContainerDescriptor.doCheckName_(AuthorizationContainerDescriptor.java:190)
	at hudson.security.GlobalMatrixAuthorizationStrategy$DescriptorImpl.doCheckName(GlobalMatrixAuthorizationStrategy.java:222)
	at java.base/java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle.invokeWithArguments(MethodHandle.java:710)
	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function$MethodFunction.invoke(Function.java:397)
	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function$InstanceFunction.invoke(Function.java:409)
	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function.bindAndInvoke(Function.java:207)
	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function.bindAndInvokeAndServeResponse(Function.java:140)
	at org.kohsuke.stapler.MetaClass$11.doDispatch(MetaClass.java:558)
	at org.kohsuke.stapler.NameBasedDispatcher.dispatch(NameBasedDispatcher.java:59)
	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:770)
	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:900)
	at org.kohsuke.stapler.MetaClass$4.doDispatch(MetaClass.java:289)
	at org.kohsuke.stapler.NameBasedDispatcher.dispatch(NameBasedDispatcher.java:59)
	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:770)
	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:900)
	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:698)
	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.service(Stapler.java:248)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:779)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:227)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162)
	at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162)
	at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:157)
	at com.splunk.splunkjenkins.WebPostAccessLogger.doFilter(WebPostAccessLogger.java:39)
	at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:154)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.corsfilter.AccessControlsFilter.doFilter(AccessControlsFilter.java:79)
	at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:154)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.ssegateway.Endpoint$SSEListenChannelFilter.doFilter(Endpoint.java:248)
	at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:154)
	at jenkins.telemetry.impl.UserLanguages$AcceptLanguageFilter.doFilter(UserLanguages.java:129)
	at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:154)
	at jenkins.security.ResourceDomainFilter.doFilter(ResourceDomainFilter.java:81)
	at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:154)
	at io.jenkins.blueocean.auth.jwt.impl.JwtAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(JwtAuthenticationFilter.java:60)
	at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:154)
	at io.jenkins.blueocean.ResourceCacheControl.doFilter(ResourceCacheControl.java:134)
	at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:154)
	at net.bull.javamelody.MonitoringFilter.doFilter(MonitoringFilter.java:239)
	at net.bull.javamelody.MonitoringFilter.doFilter(MonitoringFilter.java:215)
	at net.bull.javamelody.PluginMonitoringFilter.doFilter(PluginMonitoringFilter.java:88)
	at org.jvnet.hudson.plugins.monitoring.HudsonMonitoringFilter.doFilter(HudsonMonitoringFilter.java:121)
	at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:154)
	at javax.servlet.FilterChain$doFilter.call(Unknown Source)
	at com.ceilfors.jenkins.plugins.jiratrigger.ExceptionLoggingFilter.doFilter(ExceptionLoggingFilter.groovy:29)
	at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:154)
	at hudson.plugins.greenballs.GreenBallFilter.doFilter(GreenBallFilter.java:64)
	at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:154)
	at jenkins.metrics.impl.MetricsFilter.doFilter(MetricsFilter.java:125)
	at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:154)
	at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:160)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162)
	at hudson.security.csrf.CrumbFilter.doFilter(CrumbFilter.java:160)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162)
	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:94)
	at jenkins.security.AcegiSecurityExceptionFilter.doFilter(AcegiSecurityExceptionFilter.java:52)
	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:99)
	at hudson.security.UnwrapSecurityExceptionFilter.doFilter(UnwrapSecurityExceptionFilter.java:54)
	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:99)
	at org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:126)
	at org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:120)
	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:99)
	at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.java:100)
	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:99)
	at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.rememberme.RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.java:110)
	at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.rememberme.RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.java:101)
	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:99)
	at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java:227)
	at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java:221)
	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:99)
	at jenkins.security.BasicHeaderProcessor.doFilter(BasicHeaderProcessor.java:97)
	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:99)
	at org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:117)
	at org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:87)
	at hudson.security.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter2.doFilter(HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter2.java:63)
	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:99)
	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:111)
	at hudson.security.HudsonFilter.doFilter(HudsonFilter.java:172)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162)
	at org.kohsuke.stapler.compression.CompressionFilter.doFilter(CompressionFilter.java:53)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162)
	at hudson.util.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:86)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162)
	at org.kohsuke.stapler.DiagnosticThreadNameFilter.doFilter(DiagnosticThreadNameFilter.java:30)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162)
	at jenkins.security.SuspiciousRequestFilter.doFilter(SuspiciousRequestFilter.java:38)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:177)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:97)
	at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:660)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:135)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:92)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:687)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:78)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:360)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:399)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:65)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:891)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1784)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1191)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:659)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:829)

Hey,

We tried clearing out everything under JENKINS_HOME/users/ directory and then the adom group error is no more. Now whenever users log in back their user profiles will be auto regenerated back via ldap, sso.
It’s all good now.