Failed to exec spawn helper

Question

When running docker-compose up I get:

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executor failed running [/bin/sh -c gradle shadowJar]: exit code: 1
ERROR: Service 'slack_bot' failed to build : Build failed

Then I tried running Gradle with --info and it mentions an exception in Gradle:

#11 4.123 An attempt to start the daemon took 0.107 secs.
#11 4.144 
#11 4.144 FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
#11 4.145 
#11 4.145 * What went wrong:
#11 4.146 A problem occurred starting process 'Gradle build daemon'

Then I run it with --stacktrace to get the exception details:

#11 4.163 Starting a Gradle Daemon (subsequent builds will be faster)
#11 4.407 
#11 4.407 FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
#11 4.407 
#11 4.408 * What went wrong:
#11 4.408 A problem occurred starting process 'Gradle build daemon'
#11 4.408 
#11 4.408 * Try:
#11 4.408 > Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
#11 4.408 > Run with --scan to get full insights.
#11 4.409 
#11 4.409 * Exception is:
#11 4.409 org.gradle.process.internal.ExecException: A problem occurred starting process 'Gradle build daemon'
#11 4.410       at org.gradle.process.internal.DefaultExecHandle.execExceptionFor(DefaultExecHandle.java:241)
#11 4.410       at org.gradle.process.internal.DefaultExecHandle.setEndStateInfo(DefaultExecHandle.java:218)
#11 4.410       at org.gradle.process.internal.DefaultExecHandle.failed(DefaultExecHandle.java:369)
#11 4.411       at org.gradle.process.internal.ExecHandleRunner.run(ExecHandleRunner.java:87)
#11 4.411       at org.gradle.internal.operations.CurrentBuildOperationPreservingRunnable.run(CurrentBuildOperationPreservingRunnable.java:38)
#11 4.411       at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:64)
#11 4.411       at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ManagedExecutorImpl$1.run(ManagedExecutorImpl.java:48)
#11 4.412       at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1136)
#11 4.412       at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:635)
#11 4.412       at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833)
#11 4.413 Caused by: net.rubygrapefruit.platform.NativeException: Could not start '/opt/java/openjdk/bin/java'
#11 4.413       at net.rubygrapefruit.platform.internal.DefaultProcessLauncher.start(DefaultProcessLauncher.java:27)
#11 4.413       at net.rubygrapefruit.platform.internal.WrapperProcessLauncher.start(WrapperProcessLauncher.java:36)
#11 4.415       at org.gradle.process.internal.ExecHandleRunner.startProcess(ExecHandleRunner.java:98)
#11 4.416       at org.gradle.process.internal.ExecHandleRunner.run(ExecHandleRunner.java:71)
#11 4.416       ... 6 more
#11 4.416 Caused by: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "/opt/java/openjdk/bin/java" (in directory "/home/gradle/.gradle/daemon/7.4.2"): error=0, Failed to exec spawn helper: pid: 67, exit value: 1
#11 4.417       at java.base/java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1143)
#11 4.417       at java.base/java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1073)
#11 4.417       at net.rubygrapefruit.platform.internal.DefaultProcessLauncher.start(DefaultProcessLauncher.java:25)
#11 4.417       ... 9 more
#11 4.418 Caused by: java.io.IOException: error=0, Failed to exec spawn helper: pid: 67, exit value: 1
#11 4.418       at java.base/java.lang.ProcessImpl.forkAndExec(Native Method)
#11 4.418       at java.base/java.lang.ProcessImpl.<init>(ProcessImpl.java:314)
#11 4.418       at java.base/java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(ProcessImpl.java:244)
#11 4.418       at java.base/java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1110)
#11 4.419       ... 11 more
#11 4.419 
#11 4.419 
#11 4.420 * Get more help at https://help.gradle.org
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executor failed running [/bin/sh -c gradle shadowJar --stacktrace]: exit code: 1
ERROR: Service 'slack_bot' failed to build : Build failed

I don't know what else to try and the error details are not clear. Am I using the correct images?

Dockerfile:

FROM gradle:7.4.2-jdk17 as build
WORKDIR /usr/src/app
COPY . .
RUN gradle shadowJar

FROM adoptopenjdk:latest
WORKDIR /usr/src/app
COPY --from=build /usr/src/app/build/libs ./

docker-compose.yml:

version: "3.8"
services:
  slack_bot:
    container_name: slack_bot
    platform: linux/amd64
    build: .
    ports:
      - "8000:8000"
    environment:
      PORT: 8000
    command: java -jar build/libs/slack-bot-1.0-SNAPSHOT-all.jar

Using JDK11:

FROM gradle:7.4.2-jdk11 as build
WORKDIR /usr/src/app
COPY . .
RUN gradle shadowJar --info

FROM adoptopenjdk:latest
WORKDIR /usr/src/app
COPY --from=build /usr/src/app/build/libs ./

I get:

#11 27.96 Generating /home/gradle/.gradle/caches/7.4.2/generated-gradle-jars/gradle-api-7.4.2.jar
#11 27.96 ----- End of the daemon log -----
#11 27.96 
#11 27.96 JVM crash log found: file:///usr/src/app/hs_err_pid64.log
#11 28.00 
#11 28.00 FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
#11 28.00 
#11 28.00 * What went wrong:
#11 28.00 Gradle build daemon disappeared unexpectedly (it may have been killed or may have crashed)
#11 28.00 
#11 28.00 * Try:
#11 28.00 > Run with --debug option to get more log output.
#11 28.01 > Run with --scan to get full insights.
#11 28.01 
#11 28.01 * Exception is:
#11 28.01 org.gradle.launcher.daemon.client.DaemonDisappearedException: Gradle build daemon disappeared unexpectedly (it may have been killed or may have crashed)
#11 28.01       at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.client.DaemonClient.handleDaemonDisappearance(DaemonClient.java:269)
#11 28.01       at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.client.DaemonClient.monitorBuild(DaemonClient.java:242)
#11 28.01       at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.client.DaemonClient.executeBuild(DaemonClient.java:204)
#11 28.01       at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.client.DaemonClient.execute(DaemonClient.java:167)
#11 28.01       at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.client.DaemonClient.execute(DaemonClient.java:99)
#11 28.01       at org.gradle.launcher.cli.RunBuildAction.run(RunBuildAction.java:57)
#11 28.01       at org.gradle.internal.Actions$RunnableActionAdapter.execute(Actions.java:210)
#11 28.01       at org.gradle.launcher.cli.DefaultCommandLineActionFactory$ParseAndBuildAction.execute(DefaultCommandLineActionFactory.java:275)
#11 28.01       at org.gradle.launcher.cli.DefaultCommandLineActionFactory$ParseAndBuildAction.execute(DefaultCommandLineActionFactory.java:247)
#11 28.01       at org.gradle.launcher.cli.DebugLoggerWarningAction.execute(DebugLoggerWarningAction.java:82)
#11 28.01       at org.gradle.launcher.cli.DebugLoggerWarningAction.execute(DebugLoggerWarningAction.java:30)
#11 28.01       at org.gradle.launcher.cli.WelcomeMessageAction.execute(WelcomeMessageAction.java:92)
#11 28.01       at org.gradle.launcher.cli.WelcomeMessageAction.execute(WelcomeMessageAction.java:38)
#11 28.01       at org.gradle.launcher.cli.NativeServicesInitializingAction.execute(NativeServicesInitializingAction.java:44)
#11 28.01       at org.gradle.launcher.cli.NativeServicesInitializingAction.execute(NativeServicesInitializingAction.java:26)
#11 28.01       at org.gradle.launcher.cli.ExceptionReportingAction.execute(ExceptionReportingAction.java:41)
#11 28.01       at org.gradle.launcher.cli.ExceptionReportingAction.execute(ExceptionReportingAction.java:26)
#11 28.01       at org.gradle.launcher.cli.DefaultCommandLineActionFactory$WithLogging.execute(DefaultCommandLineActionFactory.java:240)
#11 28.01       at org.gradle.launcher.Main.doAction(Main.java:35)
#11 28.01       at org.gradle.launcher.bootstrap.EntryPoint.run(EntryPoint.java:50)
#11 28.01       at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
#11 28.01       at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
#11 28.01       at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
#11 28.01       at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566)
#11 28.01       at org.gradle.launcher.bootstrap.ProcessBootstrap.runNoExit(ProcessBootstrap.java:60)
#11 28.01       at org.gradle.launcher.bootstrap.ProcessBootstrap.run(ProcessBootstrap.java:37)
#11 28.01       at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
#11 28.01       at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
#11 28.01       at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
#11 28.01       at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566)
#11 28.01       at org.gradle.launcher.GradleMain.main(GradleMain.java:34)
#11 28.01 
#11 28.01 
#11 28.01 * Get more help at https://help.gradle.org
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executor failed running [/bin/sh -c gradle shadowJar --info --stacktrace]: exit code: 1
ERROR: Service 'slack_bot' failed to build : Build failed

Answer 1

In my case, killing the existing gradle daemon fixed this. (A new one is automatically started with the next build op).

./gradlew --stop

What caused the issue in the first place was an upgrade of the IDE (Android Studio), which (I guess) wasn't able to reuse the daemon which the previous (old) instance started.

Answer 2

The error is resolved by adding the below flag to File | Settings | Build, Execution, Deployment | Compiler | * build process VM options text field in Intellij

-Djdk.lang.Process.launchMechanism=vfork

Reference:

https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-304440/Cannot-run-program-java-failed-to-exec-spawn-helper-exit-value-1#focus=Comments-27-6736675.0-0