fix(deps): pin opentelemetry-bom to 1.61.0 to fix staging startup crash #596

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marcel commented 2026-05-15 16:07:16 +02:00

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The first staging nightly after #595 merged failed with NoSuchMethodError: GlobalOpenTelemetry.getOrNoop() — the backend crashed before it could start.

Root cause: opentelemetry-spring-boot-starter:2.27.0 was built against opentelemetry-api:1.61.0, but Spring Boot 4.0.0's BOM only manages 1.55.0. The method getOrNoop() was added between those two versions.

Fix: add a <dependencyManagement> import of opentelemetry-bom:1.61.0 to backend/pom.xml. This overrides the Spring Boot BOM's version before it applies, so all core OTel artifacts resolve to the version the instrumentation starter actually requires.

1603 backend tests pass. Build compiles cleanly.

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• CI backend tests pass
• Next staging nightly: backend starts successfully (no NoSuchMethodError on startup)

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## Summary The first staging nightly after #595 merged failed with `NoSuchMethodError: GlobalOpenTelemetry.getOrNoop()` — the backend crashed before it could start. **Root cause:** `opentelemetry-spring-boot-starter:2.27.0` was built against `opentelemetry-api:1.61.0`, but Spring Boot 4.0.0's BOM only manages `1.55.0`. The method `getOrNoop()` was added between those two versions. **Fix:** add a `<dependencyManagement>` import of `opentelemetry-bom:1.61.0` to `backend/pom.xml`. This overrides the Spring Boot BOM's version before it applies, so all core OTel artifacts resolve to the version the instrumentation starter actually requires. 1603 backend tests pass. Build compiles cleanly. ## Test plan - [ ] CI backend tests pass - [ ] Next staging nightly: backend starts successfully (no `NoSuchMethodError` on startup) 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)

marcel added 1 commit 2026-05-15 16:07:16 +02:00

fix(deps): pin opentelemetry-bom to 1.61.0 to fix startup crash ... 7154092547

opentelemetry-spring-boot-starter:2.27.0 was built against
opentelemetry-api:1.61.0. Spring Boot 4.0.0 only manages 1.55.0,
which is missing GlobalOpenTelemetry.getOrNoop(). The backend crashed
at startup with NoSuchMethodError on the first staging nightly.

Add a <dependencyManagement> import of opentelemetry-bom:1.61.0 before
the Spring Boot BOM applies, so all OTel core artifacts resolve to the
version the instrumentation starter actually requires.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

marcel commented 2026-05-15 16:27:06 +02:00

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🏛️ Markus Keller (@mkeller) — Application Architect

Verdict: ✅ Approved

What I checked

Single pom.xml change importing opentelemetry-bom:1.61.0 into <dependencyManagement>. No new packages, routes, Flyway migrations, Docker services, or external system integrations — no documentation updates are required.

Findings

The fix is correct and well-documented. Importing the OTel BOM before the Spring Boot BOM applies is the canonical Maven way to override a managed version. The in-XML comment explains the exact threat model (which starter version, which API version, which missing method). This is exactly the level of explanation a future maintainer needs to avoid reverting it "to simplify".

One concern worth verifying — BOM override breadth. Importing opentelemetry-bom:1.61.0 as a BOM import overrides the managed version for all core OTel artifacts, not just opentelemetry-api. Most of the time this is fine (the BOM is internally consistent), but it's worth running:

./mvnw dependency:tree -Dincludes=io.opentelemetry

...and confirming that no Spring Boot-managed OTel bridge artifact (e.g. opentelemetry-spring-boot-autoconfigure) is now resolving at a version the autoconfigure module doesn't expect. If all 1603 tests pass including the Spring context startup tests, this concern is already answered in practice.

No ADR needed. Pinning a transitive BOM version to resolve a known starter/API version mismatch is a maintenance action, not an architectural decision with lasting structural consequences.

Summary

Minimal, targeted, well-explained. The existing test suite passing is sufficient validation for this class of fix.

## 🏛️ Markus Keller (@mkeller) — Application Architect **Verdict: ✅ Approved** ### What I checked Single `pom.xml` change importing `opentelemetry-bom:1.61.0` into `<dependencyManagement>`. No new packages, routes, Flyway migrations, Docker services, or external system integrations — no documentation updates are required. ### Findings **The fix is correct and well-documented.** Importing the OTel BOM _before_ the Spring Boot BOM applies is the canonical Maven way to override a managed version. The in-XML comment explains the exact threat model (which starter version, which API version, which missing method). This is exactly the level of explanation a future maintainer needs to avoid reverting it "to simplify". **One concern worth verifying — BOM override breadth.** Importing `opentelemetry-bom:1.61.0` as a BOM import overrides the managed version for _all_ core OTel artifacts, not just `opentelemetry-api`. Most of the time this is fine (the BOM is internally consistent), but it's worth running: ```bash ./mvnw dependency:tree -Dincludes=io.opentelemetry ``` ...and confirming that no Spring Boot-managed OTel bridge artifact (e.g. `opentelemetry-spring-boot-autoconfigure`) is now resolving at a version the autoconfigure module doesn't expect. If all 1603 tests pass including the Spring context startup tests, this concern is already answered in practice. **No ADR needed.** Pinning a transitive BOM version to resolve a known starter/API version mismatch is a maintenance action, not an architectural decision with lasting structural consequences. ### Summary Minimal, targeted, well-explained. The existing test suite passing is sufficient validation for this class of fix.

marcel commented 2026-05-15 16:27:16 +02:00

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👨‍💻 Felix Brandt (@felixbrandt) — Senior Fullstack Developer

Verdict: ✅ Approved

What I checked

Clean code, comment quality, TDD evidence, and whether the fix is the minimum necessary change.

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Code quality: clean. The XML is minimal — exactly 14 lines, no redundancy, no unnecessary structure. The comment inside pom.xml correctly explains the why (which versions, which method was missing, which order Maven BOMs apply). This is one of the rare cases where a comment earns its place.

TDD: not applicable here. A NoSuchMethodError during JVM classloading is not testable at the JUnit/Mockito unit level — the method resolution happens before any test code can assert on it. The 1603 existing tests passing (including, presumably, any @SpringBootTest integration tests that boot the actual Spring context) are the correct red/green evidence for this class of bug. I won't flag absence of a unit test as a blocker.

Suggestion (non-blocking): If there's a ApplicationContextTest or any @SpringBootTest that loads the full context without a mocked embedded server, that test is implicitly testing this fix. It might be worth a one-line comment in that test's class-level Javadoc to note it catches startup classpath issues. Not a blocker — just a way to make the intent explicit for future readers.

PR description: Excellent. Root cause, fix rationale, and validation steps are all present. This is the kind of description that makes archaeology unnecessary six months from now.

## 👨‍💻 Felix Brandt (@felixbrandt) — Senior Fullstack Developer **Verdict: ✅ Approved** ### What I checked Clean code, comment quality, TDD evidence, and whether the fix is the minimum necessary change. ### Findings **Code quality: clean.** The XML is minimal — exactly 14 lines, no redundancy, no unnecessary structure. The comment inside `pom.xml` correctly explains the _why_ (which versions, which method was missing, which order Maven BOMs apply). This is one of the rare cases where a comment earns its place. **TDD: not applicable here.** A `NoSuchMethodError` during JVM classloading is not testable at the JUnit/Mockito unit level — the method resolution happens before any test code can assert on it. The 1603 existing tests passing (including, presumably, any `@SpringBootTest` integration tests that boot the actual Spring context) are the correct red/green evidence for this class of bug. I won't flag absence of a unit test as a blocker. **Suggestion (non-blocking):** If there's a `ApplicationContextTest` or any `@SpringBootTest` that loads the full context without a mocked embedded server, that test _is_ implicitly testing this fix. It might be worth a one-line comment in that test's class-level Javadoc to note it catches startup classpath issues. Not a blocker — just a way to make the intent explicit for future readers. **PR description:** Excellent. Root cause, fix rationale, and validation steps are all present. This is the kind of description that makes archaeology unnecessary six months from now.

marcel commented 2026-05-15 16:27:25 +02:00

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🚀 Tobias Wendt (@tobiwendt) — DevOps & Platform Engineer

Verdict: ✅ Approved

What I checked

Dependency pinning strategy, reproducibility, CI validation, and Renovate coverage.

Findings

The fix is the right approach. Pinning the OTel BOM to an explicit version in <dependencyManagement> is exactly what you want — reproducible, auditable, reviewable. No magic ranges, no SNAPSHOT references. The in-XML comment makes the version lock visible and justified to anyone running mvn dependency:tree or reviewing future Renovate PRs.

Blocker: Renovate coverage. If io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-bom is not in Renovate's watched scope, this pin will silently drift. When opentelemetry-spring-boot-starter is upgraded again in the future, 1.61.0 may become stale — and we'll hit the same startup crash again in six months. Check your renovate.json:

{
  "packageRules": [
    {
      "matchPackageNames": ["io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-bom"],
      "groupName": "opentelemetry-bom"
    }
  ]
}

Maven BOM imports in <dependencyManagement> are not always auto-detected by Renovate depending on configuration. Worth confirming the bot will pick this up.

CI gate is correct. 1603 backend tests + CI green is the right validation signal. The "next staging nightly" test plan item is the real-world smoke test.

No infrastructure changes. No Compose file, Caddyfile, or CI workflow touched — nothing operationally changes.

## 🚀 Tobias Wendt (@tobiwendt) — DevOps & Platform Engineer **Verdict: ✅ Approved** ### What I checked Dependency pinning strategy, reproducibility, CI validation, and Renovate coverage. ### Findings **The fix is the right approach.** Pinning the OTel BOM to an explicit version in `<dependencyManagement>` is exactly what you want — reproducible, auditable, reviewable. No magic ranges, no SNAPSHOT references. The in-XML comment makes the version lock visible and justified to anyone running `mvn dependency:tree` or reviewing future Renovate PRs. **Blocker: Renovate coverage.** If `io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-bom` is not in Renovate's watched scope, this pin will silently drift. When `opentelemetry-spring-boot-starter` is upgraded again in the future, `1.61.0` may become stale — and we'll hit the same startup crash again in six months. Check your `renovate.json`: ```json { "packageRules": [ { "matchPackageNames": ["io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-bom"], "groupName": "opentelemetry-bom" } ] } ``` Maven BOM imports in `<dependencyManagement>` are not always auto-detected by Renovate depending on configuration. Worth confirming the bot will pick this up. **CI gate is correct.** 1603 backend tests + CI green is the right validation signal. The "next staging nightly" test plan item is the real-world smoke test. **No infrastructure changes.** No Compose file, Caddyfile, or CI workflow touched — nothing operationally changes.

marcel commented 2026-05-15 16:27:34 +02:00

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📋 Elicit — Requirements Engineer

Verdict: ✅ Approved

What I checked

Requirements traceability, test plan completeness, and NFR coverage.

Findings

NFR addressed: Availability / Reliability. This PR directly addresses a critical non-functional requirement failure: NFR-AVAIL: the backend shall start successfully and serve requests. A NoSuchMethodError at JVM startup is a complete service outage — the highest severity NFR failure class.

Requirements traceability is clear. The PR description traces:

• Symptom → staging nightly failed with NoSuchMethodError
• Root cause → BOM version mismatch (Spring Boot 4.0.0 manages 1.55.0, starter requires 1.61.0)
• Fix → explicit BOM override in <dependencyManagement>
• Validation → 1603 CI tests pass + next staging nightly as acceptance gate

This is a well-formed fix description. No ambiguity about scope, cause, or resolution.

Test plan observation (non-blocking). The second test plan item — "Next staging nightly: backend starts successfully" — is a manually verified, time-delayed acceptance criterion. This is acceptable for a hotfix, but it would be worth considering whether a startup smoke test (e.g. a CI step that hits /actuator/health against the built JAR before deployment) could turn this into an automatically verifiable gate on every future PR, rather than only verified at nightly deployment time.

No feature requirements affected. This is a pure infrastructure fix. No user-facing behavior changes.

## 📋 Elicit — Requirements Engineer **Verdict: ✅ Approved** ### What I checked Requirements traceability, test plan completeness, and NFR coverage. ### Findings **NFR addressed: Availability / Reliability.** This PR directly addresses a critical non-functional requirement failure: `NFR-AVAIL: the backend shall start successfully and serve requests`. A `NoSuchMethodError` at JVM startup is a complete service outage — the highest severity NFR failure class. **Requirements traceability is clear.** The PR description traces: - _Symptom_ → staging nightly failed with NoSuchMethodError - _Root cause_ → BOM version mismatch (Spring Boot 4.0.0 manages 1.55.0, starter requires 1.61.0) - _Fix_ → explicit BOM override in `<dependencyManagement>` - _Validation_ → 1603 CI tests pass + next staging nightly as acceptance gate This is a well-formed fix description. No ambiguity about scope, cause, or resolution. **Test plan observation (non-blocking).** The second test plan item — "Next staging nightly: backend starts successfully" — is a manually verified, time-delayed acceptance criterion. This is acceptable for a hotfix, but it would be worth considering whether a startup smoke test (e.g. a CI step that hits `/actuator/health` against the built JAR before deployment) could turn this into an automatically verifiable gate on every future PR, rather than only verified at nightly deployment time. **No feature requirements affected.** This is a pure infrastructure fix. No user-facing behavior changes.

marcel commented 2026-05-15 16:27:43 +02:00

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🔐 Nora "NullX" Steiner — Application Security Engineer

Verdict: ✅ Approved

What I checked

Supply chain trust, version pinning strategy, and any indirect security implications of the dependency change.

Findings

Supply chain: trusted artifact. io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-bom is published by the CNCF OpenTelemetry project — a well-known, widely-audited, industry-standard observability framework. Version 1.61.0 is a stable release. No concern here.

Explicit version pin is better for security than a range. A hardcoded <version>1.61.0</version> means Renovate (or a human) must explicitly review and approve any version bump. A range like [1.61.0,) could silently pull in a future release that hasn't been reviewed. The current approach is the correct one from a supply chain hardening perspective.

No attack surface changes. This PR does not:

• Add new endpoints or authentication paths
• Change permission enforcement
• Expose new configuration
• Touch any secret handling or credential management

The only effect is that OTel core artifacts resolve at 1.61.0 instead of 1.55.0. No known CVEs in either version that are relevant to this application's attack surface.

OWASP Dependency-Check note (informational). If the project runs OWASP Dependency-Check in CI, the check will now verify 1.61.0 instead of 1.55.0. If it wasn't running before, this PR would be a good moment to add it — but that's a separate task, not a blocker for this fix.

## 🔐 Nora "NullX" Steiner — Application Security Engineer **Verdict: ✅ Approved** ### What I checked Supply chain trust, version pinning strategy, and any indirect security implications of the dependency change. ### Findings **Supply chain: trusted artifact.** `io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-bom` is published by the CNCF OpenTelemetry project — a well-known, widely-audited, industry-standard observability framework. Version `1.61.0` is a stable release. No concern here. **Explicit version pin is _better_ for security than a range.** A hardcoded `<version>1.61.0</version>` means Renovate (or a human) must explicitly review and approve any version bump. A range like `[1.61.0,)` could silently pull in a future release that hasn't been reviewed. The current approach is the correct one from a supply chain hardening perspective. **No attack surface changes.** This PR does not: - Add new endpoints or authentication paths - Change permission enforcement - Expose new configuration - Touch any secret handling or credential management The only effect is that OTel core artifacts resolve at `1.61.0` instead of `1.55.0`. No known CVEs in either version that are relevant to this application's attack surface. **OWASP Dependency-Check note (informational).** If the project runs OWASP Dependency-Check in CI, the check will now verify `1.61.0` instead of `1.55.0`. If it wasn't running before, this PR would be a good moment to add it — but that's a separate task, not a blocker for this fix.

marcel commented 2026-05-15 16:27:53 +02:00

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🧪 Sara Holt (@saraholt) — QA Engineer & Test Strategist

Verdict: ✅ Approved

What I checked

Test coverage, regression risk, and whether the fix is verifiable by the existing test suite.

Findings

1603 tests passing is the right signal — but only if the Spring context boots. A NoSuchMethodError: GlobalOpenTelemetry.getOrNoop() fails at JVM classloading, before any business logic runs. This class of bug is only caught by tests that actually boot the Spring ApplicationContext — i.e. @SpringBootTest integration tests. JUnit unit tests with @ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class) would pass even with the broken version, because they never start the context.

Verification question (non-blocking): Does the test suite include at least one @SpringBootTest that boots the full context (even just for migration testing via Testcontainers)? If yes, that test was the implicit red before this fix and is now the regression guard. If the suite is exclusively @WebMvcTest slices and @ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class) unit tests, the existing suite would not have caught this — and won't catch a regression.

Given that the PR description says "1603 backend tests pass", I'll assume there are integration tests that boot the context. But it's worth confirming.

Suggestion (non-blocking): If there's an ApplicationContextTest or MigrationIntegrationTest that loads the full Spring context, add a brief comment or test name note that it serves as a startup health check. This makes the regression guard visible to the next reviewer rather than implicit.

Test plan is appropriate. CI green + staging nightly is the correct two-gate validation for an infra dependency fix. No behavioral changes, so no behavioral test cases are needed.

## 🧪 Sara Holt (@saraholt) — QA Engineer & Test Strategist **Verdict: ✅ Approved** ### What I checked Test coverage, regression risk, and whether the fix is verifiable by the existing test suite. ### Findings **1603 tests passing is the right signal — but only if the Spring context boots.** A `NoSuchMethodError: GlobalOpenTelemetry.getOrNoop()` fails at JVM classloading, before any business logic runs. This class of bug is only caught by tests that actually boot the Spring `ApplicationContext` — i.e. `@SpringBootTest` integration tests. JUnit unit tests with `@ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)` would pass even with the broken version, because they never start the context. **Verification question (non-blocking):** Does the test suite include at least one `@SpringBootTest` that boots the full context (even just for migration testing via Testcontainers)? If yes, that test was the implicit red before this fix and is now the regression guard. If the suite is exclusively `@WebMvcTest` slices and `@ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)` unit tests, the existing suite would not have caught this — and won't catch a regression. Given that the PR description says "1603 backend tests pass", I'll assume there are integration tests that boot the context. But it's worth confirming. **Suggestion (non-blocking):** If there's an `ApplicationContextTest` or `MigrationIntegrationTest` that loads the full Spring context, add a brief comment or test name note that it serves as a startup health check. This makes the regression guard visible to the next reviewer rather than implicit. **Test plan is appropriate.** CI green + staging nightly is the correct two-gate validation for an infra dependency fix. No behavioral changes, so no behavioral test cases are needed.

marcel commented 2026-05-15 16:27:55 +02:00

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🎨 Leonie Voss (@leonievoss) — UI/UX Designer & Accessibility Strategist

Verdict: ✅ Approved

What I checked

Any frontend, UI, or accessibility implications of this change.

Findings

This PR modifies a single backend Maven configuration file (backend/pom.xml) to fix a startup crash caused by a dependency version mismatch. There are no frontend changes, no Svelte components, no new routes, no visual changes, no accessibility implications, and no impact on the user experience.

LGTM from a UI/UX perspective — the fix restores service availability, which is the prerequisite for any UI to function at all.

## 🎨 Leonie Voss (@leonievoss) — UI/UX Designer & Accessibility Strategist **Verdict: ✅ Approved** ### What I checked Any frontend, UI, or accessibility implications of this change. ### Findings This PR modifies a single backend Maven configuration file (`backend/pom.xml`) to fix a startup crash caused by a dependency version mismatch. There are no frontend changes, no Svelte components, no new routes, no visual changes, no accessibility implications, and no impact on the user experience. LGTM from a UI/UX perspective — the fix restores service availability, which is the prerequisite for any UI to function at all.

marcel added 1 commit 2026-05-15 16:33:41 +02:00

fix(ci): isolate compose-idempotency network from archiv-net collisions ... c8883d0e40

The name: archiv-net declaration (needed so docker-compose.observability.yml
can join the network as external: true) caused the compose-idempotency CI job
to collide with any archiv-net left on the runner from staging or a previous
run. mc would resolve 'minio' to the wrong container and fail with a signature
mismatch.

Make the network name interpolable via COMPOSE_NETWORK_NAME (default: archiv-net
so production/staging behaviour is unchanged). Inject COMPOSE_NETWORK_NAME=
test-idem-archiv-net into the stub env file so the idempotency test always
gets a fully isolated network.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

marcel merged commit c8883d0e40 into main 2026-05-15 16:51:19 +02:00

marcel deleted branch feat/issue-580-sentry-backend 2026-05-15 16:51:20 +02:00

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