Application deployment failed: Exception while deploying the app [__admingui]

[Serj-C]

Environment Details

• GlassFish Version (and build number): 7.0.0-M8, M9
• JDK version: OpenJDK 19
• OS: Windows 11
• Database: N/A (GlassFish Default DB)

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Problem Description

Today I tried to install and run GlassFish 7.0.0-M9 but unfortunately ran into a problem (same happened with M8 build).
Issue appears when accessing the admin console: https://localhost:4848 after starting domain1 with command:

asadmin.bat start-domain --verbose

Admin Console loads forever with following status: "Status: The Admin Console application is loaded.".
If page is refreshed, it becomes blank.

Logged stack trace in terminal:
[#|2022-10-05T21:54:12.915167+03:00|SEVERE|GlassFish 7.0|jakarta.enterprise.system.core|_ThreadID=170;_ThreadName=Thread-23;_LevelValue=1000;|
Exception while deploying the app [__admingui]|#]

[#|2022-10-05T21:54:12.916167+03:00|SEVERE|GlassFish 7.0|jakarta.enterprise.system.core|_ThreadID=170;_ThreadName=Thread-23;_LevelValue=1000;_MessageID=NCLS-CORE-00026;|
Exception during lifecycle processing
com.sun.enterprise.module.ResolveError: Not able to locate a unique module by name org.glassfish.jakarta.el
at com.sun.enterprise.v3.server.ClassLoaderHierarchyImpl.createApplicationParentCL(ClassLoaderHierarchyImpl.java:149)
at org.glassfish.deployment.common.DeploymentContextImpl.createClassLoader(DeploymentContextImpl.java:229)
at org.glassfish.deployment.common.DeploymentContextImpl.createDeploymentClassLoader(DeploymentContextImpl.java:213)
at com.sun.enterprise.v3.server.ApplicationLifecycle.deploy(ApplicationLifecycle.java:401)
at com.sun.enterprise.v3.server.ApplicationLoaderService.processApplication(ApplicationLoaderService.java:382)
at com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.adapter.InstallerThread.load(InstallerThread.java:188)
at com.sun.enterprise.v3.admin.adapter.InstallerThread.run(InstallerThread.java:77)
|#]

[#|2022-10-05T21:54:12.921166+03:00|SEVERE|GlassFish 7.0|jakarta.enterprise.system.core|_ThreadID=170;_ThreadName=Thread-23;_LevelValue=1000;_MessageID=NCLS-CORE-00041;|
Application deployment failed: Exception while deploying the app [__admingui]|#]

Steps to reproduce

1. Start domain1 with: asadmin.bat start-domain --verbose
2. Access Admin Console in the browser: https://localhost:4848

Impact of Issue

Couldn't load the admin console and use the GUI features.

[dmatej]

Hi, we know about this, see #23782
Fixing admin UI is still on the todo list, unfortunatellty.