Error when retrieving message with SqsListener: Unable to convert to JSON

[stormxa-i8c]

Type: Bug

Component: SQS

Describe the bug
Spring Cloud AWS version: 3.2.0

I am testing a simple Spring Integration flow with SQS. In this test, we create mock SQS queues in Docker with LocalStack, send a message to one queue, let the flow send the message to the second queue, and then pick up the message from there. I am receiving an error when the test tries to retrieve the message from the second queue.

[2024-12-02 15:43:51.206] - 27528 ERROR [sdk-async-response-1-9] --- i.a.c.s.l.s.AbstractMessageConvertingMessageSource: Error converting message Message(MessageId=a180ab3b-2278-409c-a42c-0ef150fae893, ReceiptHandle=Y2NjM2U2MzktN2MzOS00YjQ2LWExZDAtY2FlNDdkZTJlNzNmIGFybjphd3M6c3FzOnVzLWVhc3QtMTowMDAwMDAwMDAwMDA6c3Rvcm14YS1yZXN1bHQtcXVldWUgYTE4MGFiM2ItMjI3OC00MDljLWE0MmMtMGVmMTUwZmFlODkzIDE3MzMxNTA2MzEuMTU2MjEyMw==, MD5OfBody=0f5fd36ebc7671562a7b91e47681cc8c, Body={"payload":"error: this is an error","headers":{"replyChannel":"nullChannel","errorChannel":"","id":"0f4fb9c9-c017-a0cb-89a1-61c9d9c6d4fd","timestamp":1733150631035}}, Attributes={ApproximateReceiveCount=1, SentTimestamp=1733150631155, SenderId=000000000000, ApproximateFirstReceiveTimestamp=1733150631156}, MD5OfMessageAttributes=3b4c2e873b0438e910219a49e49df6bc, MessageAttributes={JavaType=MessageAttributeValue(StringValue=org.springframework.messaging.support.GenericMessage, DataType=String), contentType=MessageAttributeValue(StringValue=application/json, DataType=String)}), ignoring.
org.springframework.messaging.converter.MessageConversionException: Could not read JSON: Cannot construct instance of `org.springframework.messaging.support.GenericMessage` (no Creators, like default constructor, exist): cannot deserialize from Object value (no delegate- or property-based Creator)
 at [Source: REDACTED (`StreamReadFeature.INCLUDE_SOURCE_IN_LOCATION` disabled); line: 1, column: 2]
	at org.springframework.messaging.converter.MappingJackson2MessageConverter.convertFromInternal(MappingJackson2MessageConverter.java:256)
	at org.springframework.messaging.converter.AbstractMessageConverter.fromMessage(AbstractMessageConverter.java:183)
	at org.springframework.messaging.converter.AbstractMessageConverter.fromMessage(AbstractMessageConverter.java:174)
	at org.springframework.messaging.converter.CompositeMessageConverter.fromMessage(CompositeMessageConverter.java:57)
	at io.awspring.cloud.sqs.support.converter.AbstractMessagingMessageConverter.convertPayload(AbstractMessagingMessageConverter.java:182)
	at io.awspring.cloud.sqs.support.converter.AbstractMessagingMessageConverter.toMessagingMessage(AbstractMessagingMessageConverter.java:163)
	at io.awspring.cloud.sqs.listener.source.AbstractMessageConvertingMessageSource.convertMessage(AbstractMessageConvertingMessageSource.java:99)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:197)
	at java.base/java.util.ArrayList$ArrayListSpliterator.forEachRemaining(ArrayList.java:1625)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:509)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:499)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.ReduceOps$ReduceOp.evaluateSequential(ReduceOps.java:921)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(AbstractPipeline.java:234)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.collect(ReferencePipeline.java:682)
	at io.awspring.cloud.sqs.listener.source.AbstractMessageConvertingMessageSource.convertMessages(AbstractMessageConvertingMessageSource.java:90)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$UniApply.tryFire(CompletableFuture.java:646)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.postComplete(CompletableFuture.java:510)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.complete(CompletableFuture.java:2147)
	at software.amazon.awssdk.core.internal.http.pipeline.stages.AsyncApiCallMetricCollectionStage.lambda$execute$0(AsyncApiCallMetricCollectionStage.java:58)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.uniWhenComplete(CompletableFuture.java:863)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$UniWhenComplete.tryFire(CompletableFuture.java:841)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.postComplete(CompletableFuture.java:510)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.complete(CompletableFuture.java:2147)
	at software.amazon.awssdk.core.internal.http.pipeline.stages.AsyncApiCallTimeoutTrackingStage.lambda$execute$2(AsyncApiCallTimeoutTrackingStage.java:69)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.uniWhenComplete(CompletableFuture.java:863)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$UniWhenComplete.tryFire(CompletableFuture.java:841)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.postComplete(CompletableFuture.java:510)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.complete(CompletableFuture.java:2147)
	at software.amazon.awssdk.core.internal.http.pipeline.stages.AsyncRetryableStage$RetryingExecutor.lambda$attemptExecute$1(AsyncRetryableStage.java:177)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.uniWhenComplete(CompletableFuture.java:863)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$UniWhenComplete.tryFire(CompletableFuture.java:841)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.postComplete(CompletableFuture.java:510)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.complete(CompletableFuture.java:2147)
	at software.amazon.awssdk.core.internal.http.pipeline.stages.MakeAsyncHttpRequestStage.lambda$execute$0(MakeAsyncHttpRequestStage.java:110)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.uniWhenComplete(CompletableFuture.java:863)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$UniWhenComplete.tryFire(CompletableFuture.java:841)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.postComplete(CompletableFuture.java:510)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.complete(CompletableFuture.java:2147)
	at software.amazon.awssdk.core.internal.http.pipeline.stages.MakeAsyncHttpRequestStage.completeResponseFuture(MakeAsyncHttpRequestStage.java:253)
	at software.amazon.awssdk.core.internal.http.pipeline.stages.MakeAsyncHttpRequestStage.lambda$executeHttpRequest$3(MakeAsyncHttpRequestStage.java:167)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.uniHandle(CompletableFuture.java:934)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$UniHandle.tryFire(CompletableFuture.java:911)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$Completion.run(CompletableFuture.java:482)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1136)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:635)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:840)
Caused by: com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.InvalidDefinitionException: Cannot construct instance of `org.springframework.messaging.support.GenericMessage` (no Creators, like default constructor, exist): cannot deserialize from Object value (no delegate- or property-based Creator)
 at [Source: REDACTED (`StreamReadFeature.INCLUDE_SOURCE_IN_LOCATION` disabled); line: 1, column: 2]
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.InvalidDefinitionException.from(InvalidDefinitionException.java:67)
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext.reportBadDefinition(DeserializationContext.java:1887)
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DatabindContext.reportBadDefinition(DatabindContext.java:414)
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext.handleMissingInstantiator(DeserializationContext.java:1375)
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializerBase.deserializeFromObjectUsingNonDefault(BeanDeserializerBase.java:1508)
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializer.deserializeFromObject(BeanDeserializer.java:348)
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializer.deserialize(BeanDeserializer.java:185)
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.DefaultDeserializationContext.readRootValue(DefaultDeserializationContext.java:342)
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper._readMapAndClose(ObjectMapper.java:4905)
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper.readValue(ObjectMapper.java:3848)
	at org.springframework.messaging.converter.MappingJackson2MessageConverter.convertFromInternal(MappingJackson2MessageConverter.java:251)
	... 45 common frames omitted

Sample
The main application is as follows:

@SpringBootApplication
public class SampleIntegrationApplication {

    @MessagingGateway(name = "QueueGateway")
    public interface QueueGateway {
	    @Gateway(requestChannel = "mainChannel")
	    void sendToQueue(String message);
    }

    @Autowired
    QueueGateway gateway;

    @Autowired
    SqsTemplate template;

    @SqsListener("input-queue")
    public void listenTestQueue(String message) {
	    gateway.sendToQueue(message);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
	    SpringApplication.run(SampleIntegrationApplication.class, args);
    }

    @Bean
    public IntegrationFlow sqsFlow() {
	    return IntegrationFlow
			    .from("mainChannel")
			    .filter((String message) -> message.toLowerCase().contains("error"))
			    .log(LoggingHandler.Level.WARN, "routing", m -> m)
			    .handle(m -> template.send(to -> to.queue("output-queue").payload(m)))
			    .get();
    }
}

In the test, the messages are sent to the queue as follows:

    sqsTemplate.send(to -> to.queue("input-queue").payload("error: this is an error"));
    sqsTemplate.send(to -> to.queue("input-queue").payload("This is okay"));

And the test includes the following listener:

@SqsListener("output-queue")
public void receiveStringMessage(String logMessage) {
    messageReceivedLatch.countDown();
    lastLogMessage = logMessage;
    logger.info("Received message: {}", logMessage);
}

In other discussions, I saw that the use of DevTools may have something to do with this, but the above application does not have DevTools as a dependency.

[maciejwalkowiak]

Could you please publish this example as a full project I can run locally?

[stormxa-i8c]

Hi, I've uploaded the code to: spring-integration-test

[tomazfernandes]

@stormxa-i8c, this seems more like an issue in Spring Integration side - would you be able to reproduce this error without Spring Integration?

Did you reach out to them already?

Thanks.