java.lang.RuntimeException: ERROR: Failed to recover corrupt cache entry

Question

I just had this error message from one of my users. (IE8, Java 1.6.20 ). It is from an applet which receives instructions from Javascript and executes certain processes on the client.

RangeError
java.lang.RuntimeException: ERROR: Failed to recover corrupt cache entry
at com.sun.deploy.cache.CacheEntry.recover
at com.sun.deploy.cache.CacheEntry.getSignerMap
at com.sun.deploy.cache.CachedJarFile.getSignerMap
at com.sun.deploy.cache.CachedJarFile.access$100
....

Any iddeas what could be causing this?

Answer 1

It might be this bug. If so the workaround would appear to be to clear the java cache and try again.