zowe / zowe/api-layer

Discovery service debug mode breaks the ZAAS

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Description

Describe the bug

Discovery service debug mode somehow breaks the startup of ZAAS component so Zowe never starts completely
Seems to be introduced in Zowe 3.1, reproduced on 3.1, 3.2, not reproduced on 3.0.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Set components.discovery.debug: true
  2. Start Zowe

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Logs

Discovery keeps spamming debug message

2025-06-04 09:16:51.185 <ZWEADS1:https-jsse-nio-0.0.0.0-7553-exec-4:33950411> ZWESVUSR DEBUG ((j.e.security))  TLSHandshake: :65535, TLSv1.3, TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, 0
2025-06-04 09:16:51.186 <ZWEADS1:https-jsse-nio-0.0.0.0-7553-exec-5:33950411> ZWESVUSR DEB
UG ((o.a.t.u.n.j.JSSESupport)) Error trying to obtain a certificate from the client
javax.net.ssl.SSLPeerUnverifiedException: peer not authenticated
	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLSessionImpl.getPeerCertificates(SSLSessionImpl.java:1041)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.jsse.JSSESupport.getPeerCertificateChain(JSSESupport.java:107)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessor.populateSslRequestAttributes(AbstractProcessor.java:836)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessor.action(AbstractProcessor.java:497)
	at org.apache.coyote.Request.action(Request.java:523)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.Request.getAttribute(Request.java:852)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.Request.getAttributeNames(Request.java:926)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.RequestFacade.getAttributeNames(RequestFacade.java:257)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.HandlerMappingIntrospector$AttributesPreservingRequest.initAttributes(HandlerMappingIntrospector.java:489)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.HandlerMappingIntrospector$AttributesPreservingRequest.<init>(HandlerMappingIntrospector.java:483)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.HandlerMappingIntrospector.setCache(HandlerMappingIntrospector.java:216)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.HandlerMappingIntrospector.lambda$createCacheFilter$3(HandlerMappingIntrospector.java:193)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.CompositeFilter$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(CompositeFilter.java:113)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.CompositeFilter.doFilter(CompositeFilter.java:74)
	at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebMvcSecurityConfiguration$CompositeFilterChainProxy.doFilter(WebMvcSecurityConfiguration.java:230)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:362)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:278)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:164)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:140)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.RequestContextFilter.doFilterInternal(RequestContextFilter.java:100)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:116)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:164)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:140)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.FormContentFilter.doFilterInternal(FormContentFilter.java:93)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:116)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:164)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:140)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.ServerHttpObservationFilter.doFilterInternal(ServerHttpObservationFilter.java:113)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:116)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:164)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:140)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilterInternal(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:201)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:116)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:164)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:140)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:167)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:90)
	at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:483)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:115)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:93)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:74)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:344)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:397)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:63)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:905)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1741)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:52)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1190)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:659)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:63)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:857)

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Research direction

Reproduce the failure by setting components.discovery.debug to true and starting Zowe, comparing behavior with Zowe 3.0 and later versions. Use the reported Discovery TLS and Spring/Tomcat stack trace to locate the debug-mode interaction with ZAAS startup. Done means Zowe starts completely without repeated TLS debug errors.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, spring
Domain
api, backend, security
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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