I Upgraded from 1.174 to 1.175 and autodeployment failed. I switched back to
1.174 and everything was OK again.

Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 (build b58g.fcs)

log:
[#|2008-01-22T08:16:04.240+0000|WARNING|sun-appserver9.1|javax.enterprise.system.core.security|_ThreadID=202;_ThreadName=Timer-5;_RequestID=17e86683-cb30-4e9a-a9ca-2b1f34dde3b6;|No
Principals mapped to Role [admin].|#]

[#|2008-01-22T08:16:04.314+0000|INFO|sun-appserver9.1|javax.enterprise.system.tools.deployment|_ThreadID=202;_ThreadName=Timer-5;|deployed
with moduleid = hudson|#]

[#|2008-01-22T08:16:05.611+0000|INFO|sun-appserver9.1|javax.enterprise.system.stream.out|_ThreadID=202;_ThreadName=Timer-5;|
hudson home directory: /usr/share/hudson|#]

[#|2008-01-22T08:16:06.181+0000|INFO|sun-appserver9.1|hudson.PluginWrapper|_ThreadID=44923;_ThreadName=hudson
initialization thread;|Loading plugin: /usr/share/hudson/plugins/vmware.hpi|#]

[#|2008-01-22T08:16:06.193+0000|INFO|sun-appserver9.1|hudson.PluginWrapper|_ThreadID=44923;_ThreadName=hudson
initialization thread;|Plugin is disabled|#]

[#|2008-01-22T08:16:06.194+0000|INFO|sun-appserver9.1|hudson.PluginWrapper|_ThreadID=44923;_ThreadName=hudson
initialization thread;|Loading plugin: /usr/share/hudson/plugins/violations.hpi|#]

[#|2008-01-22T08:16:06.225+0000|INFO|sun-appserver9.1|hudson.PluginWrapper|_ThreadID=44923;_ThreadName=hudson
initialization thread;|Loading plugin: /usr/share/hudson/plugins/findbugs.hpi|#]

[#|2008-01-22T08:16:08.444+0000|INFO|sun-appserver9.1|hudson.TcpSlaveAgentListener|_ThreadID=44923;_ThreadName=hudson
initialization thread;|JNLP slave agent listener started on TCP port 48894|#]

[#|2008-01-22T08:16:09.796+0000|SEVERE|sun-appserver9.1|javax.enterprise.system.container.web|_ThreadID=202;_ThreadName=Timer-5;_RequestID=17e86683-cb30-4e9a-a9ca-2b1f34dde3b6;|WebModule[/hudson]PWC1270:
Exception starting filter authentication-filter
java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke method getSecretKey() on null object
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.NullObject.invokeMethod(NullObject.java:77)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.Invoker.invokePogoMethod(Invoker.java:102)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.Invoker.invokeMethod(Invoker.java:79)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper.invokeMethod(InvokerHelper.java:69)
at
org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ScriptBytecodeAdapter.invokeMethodN(ScriptBytecodeAdapter.java:170)
at
org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ScriptBytecodeAdapter.invokeMethod0(ScriptBytecodeAdapter.java:213)
at Script1$_run_closure1.doCall(Script1.groovy:39)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at
org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.ReflectionMetaMethod.invoke(ReflectionMetaMethod.java:56)
at
org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.MetaClassHelper.doMethodInvoke(MetaClassHelper.java:538)
at
org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.ClosureMetaClass.invokeMethod(ClosureMetaClass.java:243)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:643)
at groovy.lang.Closure.call(Closure.java:291)
at hudson.util.spring.BeanBuilder.invokeBeanDefiningMethod(BeanBuilder.java:484)
at hudson.util.spring.BeanBuilder.methodMissing(BeanBuilder.java:372)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at
org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.ReflectionMetaMethod.invoke(ReflectionMetaMethod.java:56)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMissingMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:602)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMissingMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:583)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:821)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:643)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:576)
at groovy.lang.GroovyObjectSupport.invokeMethod(GroovyObjectSupport.java:44)
at hudson.util.spring.ClosureScript.invokeMethod(ClosureScript.java:58)
at
org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ScriptBytecodeAdapter.invokeMethodOnCurrentN(ScriptBytecodeAdapter.java:83)
at Script1.run(Script1.groovy:37)
at hudson.util.spring.BeanBuilder.parse(BeanBuilder.java:135)
at hudson.security.HudsonFilter.init(HudsonFilter.java:58)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.getFilter(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:257)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.setFilterDef(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:369)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.<init>(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:103)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.filterStart(StandardContext.java:4381)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:5181)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.WebModule.start(WebModule.java:327)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:973)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:957)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:688)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.WebContainer.loadWebModule(WebContainer.java:1581)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.WebContainer.loadWebModule(WebContainer.java:1222)
at
com.sun.enterprise.server.WebModuleDeployEventListener.moduleDeployed(WebModuleDeployEventListener.java:182)
at
com.sun.enterprise.server.WebModuleDeployEventListener.moduleDeployed(WebModuleDeployEventListener.java:278)
at
com.sun.enterprise.admin.event.AdminEventMulticaster.invokeModuleDeployEventListener(AdminEventMulticaster.java:974)
at
com.sun.enterprise.admin.event.AdminEventMulticaster.handleModuleDeployEvent(AdminEventMulticaster.java:961)
at
com.sun.enterprise.admin.event.AdminEventMulticaster.processEvent(AdminEventMulticaster.java:464)
at
com.sun.enterprise.admin.event.AdminEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(AdminEventMulticaster.java:176)
at
com.sun.enterprise.admin.server.core.DeploymentNotificationHelper.multicastEvent(DeploymentNotificationHelper.java:308)
at
com.sun.enterprise.deployment.phasing.DeploymentServiceUtils.multicastEvent(DeploymentServiceUtils.java:226)
at
com.sun.enterprise.deployment.phasing.ServerDeploymentTarget.sendStartEvent(ServerDeploymentTarget.java:298)
at
com.sun.enterprise.deployment.phasing.ApplicationStartPhase.runPhase(ApplicationStartPhase.java:132)
at
com.sun.enterprise.deployment.phasing.DeploymentPhase.executePhase(DeploymentPhase.java:108)
at
com.sun.enterprise.deployment.phasing.PEDeploymentService.executePhases(PEDeploymentService.java:919)
at
com.sun.enterprise.deployment.phasing.PEDeploymentService.deploy(PEDeploymentService.java:276)
at
com.sun.enterprise.deployment.phasing.PEDeploymentService.deploy(PEDeploymentService.java:294)
at
com.sun.enterprise.admin.mbeans.ApplicationsConfigMBean.deploy(ApplicationsConfigMBean.java:555)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at com.sun.enterprise.admin.MBeanHelper.invokeOperationInBean(MBeanHelper.java:375)
at com.sun.enterprise.admin.MBeanHelper.invokeOperationInBean(MBeanHelper.java:358)
at com.sun.enterprise.admin.config.BaseConfigMBean.invoke(BaseConfigMBean.java:464)
at
com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.invoke(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:836)
at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.invoke(JmxMBeanServer.java:761)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor13.invoke(Unknown Source)
at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at com.sun.enterprise.admin.util.proxy.ProxyClass.invoke(ProxyClass.java:90)
at $Proxy1.invoke(Unknown Source)
at
com.sun.enterprise.admin.server.core.jmx.SunoneInterceptor.invoke(SunoneInterceptor.java:304)
at
com.sun.enterprise.interceptor.DynamicInterceptor.invoke(DynamicInterceptor.java:174)
at
com.sun.enterprise.deployment.autodeploy.AutoDeployer.invokeDeploymentService(AutoDeployer.java:564)
at
com.sun.enterprise.deployment.autodeploy.AutoDeployer.deployJavaEEArchive(AutoDeployer.java:545)
at
com.sun.enterprise.deployment.autodeploy.AutoDeployer.deploy(AutoDeployer.java:492)
at
com.sun.enterprise.deployment.autodeploy.AutoDeployer.deployAll(AutoDeployer.java:267)
at
com.sun.enterprise.deployment.autodeploy.AutoDeployControllerImpl$AutoDeployTask.run(AutoDeployControllerImpl.java:374)
at java.util.TimerThread.mainLoop(Timer.java:512)
at java.util.TimerThread.run(Timer.java:462)

[#|2008-01-22T08:16:09.805+0000|SEVERE|sun-appserver9.1|org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext|_ThreadID=202;_ThreadName=Timer-5;_RequestID=17e86683-cb30-4e9a-a9ca-2b1f34dde3b6;|PWC1306:
Startup of context /hudson failed due to previous errors|#]