Unable to start ServletWebServerApplicationContext due to missing ServletWebServerFactory bean #47702
Description
When running a native image built with Spring Boot and GraalVM, the application fails at startup with:
org.springframework.boot.web.context.MissingWebServerFactoryBeanException:
No qualifying bean of type 'org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.server.ServletWebServerFactory' available
Despite having the proper dependencies (spring-boot-starter-web) declared in pom.xml
i am using the following versions
Spring boot 3.4.10 & java 21
openjdk 21.0.2 2024-01-16
OpenJDK Runtime Environment GraalVM CE 21.0.2+13.1 (build 21.0.2+13-jvmci-23.1-b30)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM GraalVM CE 21.0.2+13.1 (build 21.0.2+13-jvmci-23.1-b30, mixed mode, sharing)
My application type servlet based so i am giving property as --spring.main.web-application-type=servlet
Getting below exception.
2025-10-19 15:34:10:920 org.springframework.ui.context.support.UiApplicationContextUtils [main] DEBUG - Unable to locate ThemeSource with name 'themeSource': using default [org.springframework.ui.context.support.ResourceBundleThemeSource@7b47f669]
2025-10-19 15:34:10:920 org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext [main] WARN - Exception encountered during context initialization - cancelling refresh attempt: org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException: Unable to start web server
2025-10-19 15:34:10:920 org.springframework.boot.diagnostics.LoggingFailureAnalysisReporter [main] DEBUG - Application failed to start due to an exception
org.springframework.boot.web.context.MissingWebServerFactoryBeanException: No qualifying bean of type 'org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.server.ServletWebServerFactory' available: Unable to start ServletWebServerApplicationContext due to missing ServletWebServerFactory bean
at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.context.ServletWebServerApplicationContext.getWebServerFactory(ServletWebServerApplicationContext.java:221)
at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.context.ServletWebServerApplicationContext.createWebServer(ServletWebServerApplicationContext.java:191)
at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.context.ServletWebServerApplicationContext.onRefresh(ServletWebServerApplicationContext.java:167)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:621)
at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.context.ServletWebServerApplicationContext.refresh(ServletWebServerApplicationContext.java:146)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:752)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refreshContext(SpringApplication.java:439)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:318)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1361)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1350)
at com.amc.AMCApplication.main(AMCApplication.java:26)
at java.base@21.0.2/java.lang.invoke.LambdaForm$DMH/sa346b79c.invokeStaticInit(LambdaForm$DMH)
2025-10-19 15:34:10:920 org.springframework.boot.diagnostics.LoggingFailureAnalysisReporter [main] ERROR -
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APPLICATION FAILED TO START
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Description:
Web application could not be started as there was no org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.server.ServletWebServerFactory bean defined in the context.
Action:
Check your application's dependencies for a supported servlet web server.
Check the configured web application type.