Hi Guys,
I am seeing below error during startup. Any thing I need to change in vanilla ??
NOTE: Picked up JDK_JAVA_OPTIONS: --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.lang.invoke=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.lang.reflect=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.net=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/sun.util.calendar=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.rmi/sun.rmi.transport=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=jdk.zipfs/jdk.nio.zipfs=ALL-UNNAMED
04-Dec-2025 06:05:06.720 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load Server initialization in [270] milliseconds
Loading jar:file:/Applications/VG/Liferay_Bundles/liferay-dxp-Q4/tomcat/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/shielded-container-lib/portal-impl.jar!/system.properties
Loading jar:file:/Applications/VG/Liferay_Bundles/liferay-dxp-Q4/tomcat/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/shielded-container-lib/portal-impl.jar!/portal.properties
WARNING: sun.reflect.Reflection.getCallerClass is not supported. This will impact performance.
2025-12-04 06:05:07.471 INFO [main][PortalContextLoaderListener:524] JVM arguments: --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.lang.invoke=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.lang.reflect=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.net=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/sun.util.calendar=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.rmi/sun.rmi.transport=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=jdk.zipfs/jdk.nio.zipfs=ALL-UNNAMED -Djava.util.logging.config.file=/Applications/VG/Liferay_Bundles/liferay-dxp-Q4/tomcat/conf/logging.properties -Djava.util.logging.manager=org.apache.juli.ClassLoaderLogManager -Djdk.tls.ephemeralDHKeySize=2048 -Djava.protocol.handler.pkgs=org.apache.catalina.webresources -Dsun.io.useCanonCaches=false -Dorg.apache.catalina.security.SecurityListener.UMASK=0027 --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.lang.reflect=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util.concurrent=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.rmi/sun.rmi.transport=ALL-UNNAMED -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Duser.timezone=GMT -Xms2560m -Xmx2560m -XX:MaxNewSize=1536m -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=768m -XX:MetaspaceSize=768m -XX:NewSize=1536m -XX:SurvivorRatio=7 -Dcatalina.base=/Applications/VG/Liferay_Bundles/liferay-dxp-Q4/tomcat -Dcatalina.home=/Applications/VG/Liferay_Bundles/liferay-dxp-Q4/tomcat -Djava.io.tmpdir=/Applications/VG/Liferay_Bundles/liferay-dxp-Q4/tomcat/temp
2025-12-04 06:05:13.063 WARN [SystemExecutorServiceUtil-1][DialectDetector:73] Liferay is configured to use Hypersonic as its database. Do NOT use Hypersonic in production. Hypersonic is an embedded database useful for development and demonstration purposes. The database settings can be changed in portal-ext.properties.
2025-12-04 06:05:13.065 INFO [SystemExecutorServiceUtil-1][DialectDetector:134] Using dialect com.liferay.portal.dao.orm.hibernate.HSQLDialect for HSQL Database Engine 2.7
2025-12-04 06:05:13.708 INFO [main][ModuleFrameworkImpl:1354] Starting initial bundles
2025-12-04 06:05:14.654 INFO [main][InterpolationConfigurationPlugin:109] Configured directory for secrets: /Applications/VG/Liferay_Bundles/liferay-dxp-Q4/osgi/configs
2025-12-04 06:05:14.965 INFO [main][ModuleFrameworkImpl:1644] Started initial bundles
2025-12-04 06:05:14.965 INFO [main][ModuleFrameworkImpl:1683] Starting dynamic bundles
2025-12-04 06:05:19.820 WARN [Start Level: Equinox Container: e74588c5-720d-4ea3-880d-3b759f61c60f][SidecarManager:79] Liferay automatically starts a child process of Elasticsearch named sidecar for convenient development and demonstration purposes. Do NOT use sidecar in production. Refer to the documentation for details on the limitations of sidecar and instructions on configuring a remote Elasticsearch connection in the Control Panel.
2025-12-04 06:05:19.905 INFO [main][ModuleFrameworkImpl:1706] Started dynamic bundles
2025-12-04 06:05:19.906 INFO [main][ModuleFrameworkImpl:1713] Starting web bundles
2025-12-04 06:05:21.479 INFO [main][ModuleFrameworkImpl:1767] Started web bundles
2025-12-04 06:05:21.479 INFO [main][ModuleFrameworkImpl:282] Navigate to Control Panel > System > Gogo Shell and enter “lb” to see all bundles
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Starting Liferay Digital Experience Platform 2025.Q4.0 (November 21, 2025)
2025-12-04 06:05:22.269 INFO [main][StartupHelperUtil:105] There are no patches installed
2025-12-04 06:05:22.361 INFO [main][LicenseManager:-1] Failed to find directory /Applications/VG/Liferay_Bundles/liferay-dxp-Q4/data/license
2025-12-04 06:05:22.362 INFO [main][LicenseManager:-1] No binary licenses found
2025-12-04 06:05:22.604 INFO [main][AutoDeployDir:152] Auto deploy scanner started for /Applications/VG/Liferay_Bundles/liferay-dxp-Q4/deploy
2025-12-04 06:05:24.846 INFO [SystemExecutorServiceUtil-7][Sidecar:214] Sidecar Elasticsearch 8.18.8 liferay_sidecar started at 127.0.0.1:9201
04-Dec-2025 06:05:27.718 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start Server startup in [20996] milliseconds
2025-12-04 06:05:28.583 ERROR [http-nio-8080-exec-1][MainServlet:1132] java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke “com.liferay.portal.kernel.model.Group.getGroupId()” because “liveGroup” is null
com.liferay.portal.kernel.events.ActionException: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke “com.liferay.portal.kernel.model.Group.getGroupId()” because “liveGroup” is null
at com.liferay.portal.events.ServicePreAction.run(ServicePreAction.java:153) ~[portal-impl.jar:?]
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.events.Action.processLifecycleEvent(Action.java:25) ~[portal-kernel.jar:?]
at com.liferay.portal.events.EventsProcessorUtil.process(EventsProcessorUtil.java:71) ~[portal-impl.jar:?]
at com.liferay.portal.events.EventsProcessorUtil.process(EventsProcessorUtil.java:43) ~[portal-impl.jar:?]
at com.liferay.portal.internal.servlet.MainServlet._processServicePre(MainServlet.java:1110) ~[portal-impl.jar:?]
at com.liferay.portal.internal.servlet.MainServlet.service(MainServlet.java:537) ~[portal-impl.jar:?]
at jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:658) ~[servlet-api.jar:6.0]
at com.liferay.shielded.container.internal.proxy.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:103) ~[com.liferay.shielded.container.impl.jar:?]
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) ~[catalina.jar:10.1.48]
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