Error when using latest JDK on java 1.8 on Windows

[PierreAdam]

When trying to use sbt-js-engine with the latest JDK from oracle (SE 8u231) or the openJDK (1.8.0_232-2), an error occur at the compilation.

Here are my logs.

[ERROR] [01/08/2020 18:17:15.236] [sbt-web-akka.actor.default-dispatcher-25] [akka://sbt-web/user/$p/process] Cannot run program "node": Malformed argument has embedded quote: [[\"C:\\Users\\Pierre\\Project\\X\\Y\\app\\assets\\js\\console\\node\\article\\form-article.coffee\",\"js\\console\\node\\article\\form-article.coffee\"],[\"C:\\Users\\Pierre\\Project\\X\\Y\\app\\assets\\js\\console\\node\\article\\metadata.coffee\",\"js\\console\\node\\article\\metadata.coffee\"],[\"C:\\Users\\Pierre\\Project\\X\\Y\\app\\assets\\js\\console\\node\\menu\\form-menu.coffee\",\"js\\console\\node\\menu\\form-menu.coffee\"],[\"C:\\Users\\Pierre\\Project\\X\\Y\\app\\assets\\js\\console\\node\\node-legal-informations.coffee\",\"js\\console\\node\\node-legal-informations.coffee\"],[\"C:\\Users\\Pierre\\Project\\X\\Y\\app\\assets\\js\\console\\node\\receipt\\form-receipt.coffee\",\"js\\console\\node\\receipt\\form-receipt.coffee\"],[\"C:\\Users\\Pierre\\Project\\X\\Y\\app\\assets\\js\\console\\payout-request-log.coffee\",\"js\\console\\payout-request-log.coffee\"],[\"C:\\Users\\Pierre\\Project\\X\\Y\\app\\assets\\js\\console\\qrcode-generator.coffee\",\"js\\console\\qrcode-generator.coffee\"]]
akka.actor.ActorInitializationException: akka://sbt-web/user/$p/process: exception during creation
        at akka.actor.ActorInitializationException$.apply(Actor.scala:193)
        at akka.actor.ActorCell.create(ActorCell.scala:669)
        at akka.actor.ActorCell.invokeAll$1(ActorCell.scala:523)
        at akka.actor.ActorCell.systemInvoke(ActorCell.scala:545)
        at akka.dispatch.Mailbox.processAllSystemMessages(Mailbox.scala:283)
        at akka.dispatch.Mailbox.run(Mailbox.scala:224)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
        at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
        at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
        at akka.util.Reflect$.instantiate(Reflect.scala:66)
        at akka.actor.ArgsReflectConstructor.produce(IndirectActorProducer.scala:96)
        at akka.actor.Props.newActor(Props.scala:212)
        at akka.actor.ActorCell.newActor(ActorCell.scala:624)
        at akka.actor.ActorCell.create(ActorCell.scala:650)
        ... 7 more
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "node": Malformed argument has embedded quote: [[\"C:\\Users\\Pierre\\Project\\X\\Y\\app\\assets\\js\\console\\node\\article\\form-article.coffee\",\"js\\console\\node\\article\\form-article.coffee\"],[\"C:\\Users\\Pierre\\Project\\X\\Y\\app\\assets\\js\\console\\node\\article\\metadata.coffee\",\"js\\console\\node\\article\\metadata.coffee\"],[\"C:\\Users\\Pierre\\Project\\X\\Y\\app\\assets\\js\\console\\node\\menu\\form-menu.coffee\",\"js\\console\\node\\menu\\form-menu.coffee\"],[\"C:\\Users\\Pierre\\Project\\X\\Y\\app\\assets\\js\\console\\node\\node-legal-informations.coffee\",\"js\\console\\node\\node-legal-informations.coffee\"],[\"C:\\Users\\Pierre\\Project\\X\\Y\\app\\assets\\js\\console\\node\\receipt\\form-receipt.coffee\",\"js\\console\\node\\receipt\\form-receipt.coffee\"],[\"C:\\Users\\Pierre\\Project\\X\\Y\\app\\assets\\js\\console\\payout-request-log.coffee\",\"js\\console\\payout-request-log.coffee\"],[\"C:\\Users\\Pierre\\Project\\X\\Y\\app\\assets\\js\\console\\qrcode-generator.coffee\",\"js\\console\\qrcode-generator.coffee\"]]
        at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1048)
        at akka.contrib.process.BlockingProcess.<init>(BlockingProcess.scala:55)
        ... 16 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Malformed argument has embedded quote: [[\"C:\\Users\\Pierre\\Project\\X\\Y\\app\\assets\\js\\console\\node\\article\\form-article.coffee\",\"js\\console\\node\\article\\form-article.coffee\"],[\"C:\\Users\\Pierre\\Project\\X\\Y\\app\\assets\\js\\console\\node\\article\\metadata.coffee\",\"js\\console\\node\\article\\metadata.coffee\"],[\"C:\\Users\\Pierre\\Project\\X\\Y\\app\\assets\\js\\console\\node\\menu\\form-menu.coffee\",\"js\\console\\node\\menu\\form-menu.coffee\"],[\"C:\\Users\\Pierre\\Project\\X\\Y\\app\\assets\\js\\console\\node\\node-legal-informations.coffee\",\"js\\console\\node\\node-legal-informations.coffee\"],[\"C:\\Users\\Pierre\\Project\\X\\Y\\app\\assets\\js\\console\\node\\receipt\\form-receipt.coffee\",\"js\\console\\node\\receipt\\form-receipt.coffee\"],[\"C:\\Users\\Pierre\\Project\\X\\Y\\app\\assets\\js\\console\\payout-request-log.coffee\",\"js\\console\\payout-request-log.coffee\"],[\"C:\\Users\\Pierre\\Project\\X\\Y\\app\\assets\\js\\console\\qrcode-generator.coffee\",\"js\\console\\qrcode-generator.coffee\"]]
        at java.lang.ProcessImpl.needsEscaping(ProcessImpl.java:278)
        at java.lang.ProcessImpl.createCommandLine(ProcessImpl.java:201)
        at java.lang.ProcessImpl.<init>(ProcessImpl.java:436)
        at java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(ProcessImpl.java:139)
        at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1029)
        ... 17 more

[ERROR] [01/08/2020 18:17:15.239] [sbt-web-akka.actor.default-dispatcher-5] [akka://sbt-web/user/$g/process] Cannot run program "node": Malformed argument has embedded quote: [[\"C:\\Users\\Pierre\\Project\\X\\Y\\app\\assets\\css\\tokens-print.less\",\"css\\tokens-print.less\"]]
akka.actor.ActorInitializationException: akka://sbt-web/user/$g/process: exception during creation
        at akka.actor.ActorInitializationException$.apply(Actor.scala:193)
        at akka.actor.ActorCell.create(ActorCell.scala:669)
        at akka.actor.ActorCell.invokeAll$1(ActorCell.scala:523)
        at akka.actor.ActorCell.systemInvoke(ActorCell.scala:545)
        at akka.dispatch.Mailbox.processAllSystemMessages(Mailbox.scala:283)
        at akka.dispatch.Mailbox.run(Mailbox.scala:224)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
        at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
        at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
        at akka.util.Reflect$.instantiate(Reflect.scala:66)
        at akka.actor.ArgsReflectConstructor.produce(IndirectActorProducer.scala:96)
        at akka.actor.Props.newActor(Props.scala:212)
        at akka.actor.ActorCell.newActor(ActorCell.scala:624)
        at akka.actor.ActorCell.create(ActorCell.scala:650)
        ... 7 more
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "node": Malformed argument has embedded quote: [[\"C:\\Users\\Pierre\\Project\\X\\Y\\app\\assets\\css\\tokens-print.less\",\"css\\tokens-print.less\"]]
        at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1048)
        at akka.contrib.process.BlockingProcess.<init>(BlockingProcess.scala:55)
        ... 16 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Malformed argument has embedded quote: [[\"C:\\Users\\Pierre\\Project\\X\\Y\\app\\assets\\css\\tokens-print.less\",\"css\\tokens-print.less\"]]
        at java.lang.ProcessImpl.needsEscaping(ProcessImpl.java:278)
        at java.lang.ProcessImpl.createCommandLine(ProcessImpl.java:201)
        at java.lang.ProcessImpl.<init>(ProcessImpl.java:436)
        at java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(ProcessImpl.java:139)
        at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1029)
        ... 17 more

I have not tested it with java 11 or java 12. But by downgrading the JDK to openJDK 1.8.0_212-1 it does compile perfectly again.

[PierreAdam]

To give some context, i'm compiling a play framework project that have assets in CoffeeScript that needs to be compiled in JavaScript and some Less files that needs to be compiled in CSS.
To do that I'm using the following sbt plugins :

addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt" % "sbt-coffeescript" % "1.0.2")
addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt" % "sbt-less" % "1.1.2")

Looks like both are using sbt-js-engine and both are giving errors at compilation with the new JDK versions.

[hertg]

I can also confirm that the error occurs when compiling with jdk1.8.0_232. Downgrading temporarily to jdk1.8.0_222 allowed me to compile my project.

I am using Amazon Corretto.

[Norskel]

It still doesn't work with jdk1.8.0_241

[porchy13]

According to https://stackoverflow.com/a/58484737, setting javaOptions ++= Seq("<your runtime args>", "-Djdk.lang.Process.allowAmbiguousCommands=true") in Build.sbt fixes the problem.

See Runtime.exec and ProcessBuilder Argument Restrictions in https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/8u231-relnotes-5592812.html.

I'm not a security expert but this workaround can lead to security problems.

[istibekesi]

For some reason, editing javaOptions in build.sbt did not work for me.
However (in windows), adding the following environment variable did the trick:
JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS=-Djdk.lang.Process.allowAmbiguousCommands=true

[manishbansal8843]

I was facing the same problem when i was trying to run my play 2.2.3 application via sbt start command with jdk-8.0.282.8-openj9. Then, I added -Djdk.lang.Process.allowAmbiguousCommands=true inside SBT_HOME\conf\sbtconfig.txt. And it worked.