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[Bug]: shaded jackson databind expects jackson annotations > 2.12 on classpath

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Description

Module

Core

Testcontainers version

2.0.2

Using the latest Testcontainers version?

Yes

Host OS

Linux,Windows

Host Arch

x86

Docker version
Client: Docker Engine - Community
 Version:           29.0.2
 API version:       1.51 (downgraded from 1.52)
 Go version:        go1.25.4
 Git commit:        8108357
 Built:             Mon Nov 17 12:33:14 2025
 OS/Arch:           linux/amd64
 Context:           default

Server: Docker Desktop 4.49.0 (208700)
 Engine:
  Version:          28.5.1
  API version:      1.51 (minimum version 1.24)
  Go version:       go1.24.8
  Git commit:       f8215cc
  Built:            Wed Oct  8 12:17:24 2025
  OS/Arch:          linux/amd64
  Experimental:     false
 containerd:
  Version:          1.7.27
  GitCommit:        05044ec0a9a75232cad458027ca83437aae3f4da
 runc:
  Version:          1.2.5
  GitCommit:        v1.2.5-0-g59923ef
 docker-init:
  Version:          0.19.0
  GitCommit:        de40ad0
What happened?

We need to update testcontainers to version >=2 to be compliant with newest docker client API.
Our project has provided dependencies to com.fasterxml.jackson 2.12.7 that we cannot simply change as they are bound by our middleware.
The shaded jackson version expects a jackson-annotations version on the classpath > 2.12.

Relevant log output
java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: READ_UNKNOWN_ENUM_VALUES_USING_DEFAULT_VALUE

	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.EnumDeserializer.createContextual(EnumDeserializer.java:235)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext.handlePrimaryContextualization(DeserializationContext.java:851)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializerBase.resolve(BeanDeserializerBase.java:563)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.DelegatingDeserializer.resolve(DelegatingDeserializer.java:60)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.DeserializerCache._createAndCache2(DeserializerCache.java:347)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.DeserializerCache._createAndCacheValueDeserializer(DeserializerCache.java:284)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.DeserializerCache.findValueDeserializer(DeserializerCache.java:174)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext.findContextualValueDeserializer(DeserializationContext.java:636)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.CollectionDeserializer.createContextual(CollectionDeserializer.java:190)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.CollectionDeserializer.createContextual(CollectionDeserializer.java:30)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext.handlePrimaryContextualization(DeserializationContext.java:851)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializerBase.resolve(BeanDeserializerBase.java:563)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.DelegatingDeserializer.resolve(DelegatingDeserializer.java:60)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.DeserializerCache._createAndCache2(DeserializerCache.java:347)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.DeserializerCache._createAndCacheValueDeserializer(DeserializerCache.java:284)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.DeserializerCache.findValueDeserializer(DeserializerCache.java:174)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext.findNonContextualValueDeserializer(DeserializationContext.java:659)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializerBase.resolve(BeanDeserializerBase.java:552)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.DelegatingDeserializer.resolve(DelegatingDeserializer.java:60)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.DeserializerCache._createAndCache2(DeserializerCache.java:347)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.DeserializerCache._createAndCacheValueDeserializer(DeserializerCache.java:284)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.DeserializerCache.findValueDeserializer(DeserializerCache.java:174)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext.findNonContextualValueDeserializer(DeserializationContext.java:659)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializerBase.resolve(BeanDeserializerBase.java:552)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.DelegatingDeserializer.resolve(DelegatingDeserializer.java:60)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.DeserializerCache._createAndCache2(DeserializerCache.java:347)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.DeserializerCache._createAndCacheValueDeserializer(DeserializerCache.java:284)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.DeserializerCache.findValueDeserializer(DeserializerCache.java:174)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext.findNonContextualValueDeserializer(DeserializationContext.java:659)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializerBase.resolve(BeanDeserializerBase.java:552)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.DelegatingDeserializer.resolve(DelegatingDeserializer.java:60)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.DeserializerCache._createAndCache2(DeserializerCache.java:347)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.DeserializerCache._createAndCacheValueDeserializer(DeserializerCache.java:284)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.DeserializerCache.findValueDeserializer(DeserializerCache.java:174)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext.findNonContextualValueDeserializer(DeserializationContext.java:659)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializerBase.resolve(BeanDeserializerBase.java:552)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.DelegatingDeserializer.resolve(DelegatingDeserializer.java:60)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.DeserializerCache._createAndCache2(DeserializerCache.java:347)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.DeserializerCache._createAndCacheValueDeserializer(DeserializerCache.java:284)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.DeserializerCache.findValueDeserializer(DeserializerCache.java:174)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext.findRootValueDeserializer(DeserializationContext.java:669)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper._findRootDeserializer(ObjectMapper.java:5062)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper._readMapAndClose(ObjectMapper.java:4932)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper.readValue(ObjectMapper.java:3913)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.github.dockerjava.core.DefaultInvocationBuilder.get(DefaultInvocationBuilder.java:75)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.github.dockerjava.core.exec.InfoCmdExec.exec(InfoCmdExec.java:24)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.github.dockerjava.core.exec.InfoCmdExec.exec(InfoCmdExec.java:14)
	at org.testcontainers.shaded.com.github.dockerjava.core.command.AbstrDockerCmd.exec(AbstrDockerCmd.java:33)
	at org.testcontainers.dockerclient.DockerClientProviderStrategy.tryOutStrategy(DockerClientProviderStrategy.java:289)
	at org.testcontainers.dockerclient.DockerClientProviderStrategy.lambda$getFirstValidStrategy$5(DockerClientProviderStrategy.java:263)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$2$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:178)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$2$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:179)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$2$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:179)
	at java.base/java.util.ArrayList$ArrayListSpliterator.tryAdvance(ArrayList.java:1602)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.forEachWithCancel(ReferencePipeline.java:129)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyIntoWithCancel(AbstractPipeline.java:527)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:513)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:499)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.FindOps$FindOp.evaluateSequential(FindOps.java:150)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(AbstractPipeline.java:234)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.findFirst(ReferencePipeline.java:647)
	at org.testcontainers.dockerclient.DockerClientProviderStrategy.getFirstValidStrategy(DockerClientProviderStrategy.java:264)
	at org.testcontainers.DockerClientFactory.getOrInitializeStrategy(DockerClientFactory.java:154)
	at org.testcontainers.DockerClientFactory.client(DockerClientFactory.java:196)
	at org.testcontainers.DockerClientFactory$1.getDockerClient(DockerClientFactory.java:108)
	at com.github.dockerjava.api.DockerClientDelegate.authConfig(DockerClientDelegate.java:109)
	at org.testcontainers.containers.GenericContainer.start(GenericContainer.java:316)
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Research direction

Start at DockerClientProviderStrategy.tryOutStrategy and follow the failure through DefaultInvocationBuilder.get and the shaded Jackson classes in the stack trace. Reproduce the error with Testcontainers 2.0.2 and Jackson 2.12.7 on the classpath, then inspect the dependency-shading configuration. Done means Docker client discovery works without the NoSuchFieldError under the reported dependency constraints.

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Assessment

Tech stack
docker, java
Domain
devops, testing-qa
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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