PCJ - StackOverflowError when there is a circular dependency in nested groups in Crowd

Owned by Velina Karnalova, created
Last updated: Oct 03, 2023 by Boyan Batchvarov
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 Problem

When trying to export a project, it fails with StackOverflowError. The reason is that the thread is stuck in an infinite loop while trying to resolve circular child groups. Nested groups are possible when using Crowd. There is a way to create circular references, e.g. 'group1' is a member of 'group2', 'group2' is a member of 'group3', and 'group3' is in turn a member of 'group1'.

 Solution

Identify and fix the circular group references in Crowd.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/crowd050/nested-groups-in-crowd-1130369661.html