Issues on upgrade to 4.3.3

Empty events.log in openhab 4.3.3-1

I have openhab 4.3.3 installed (not sure whether it was a fresh install or an upgrade), via apt on a raspberry pi 4, 64 bit Bookworm.

I noticed:

  1. events.log is empty
  2. my mqtt events are not sent to my mqtt broker.

On my other installation (version 4.1.1) it works. I have backup-restored the config with openhab-cli.

In the openhab.log I saw this:

2025-03-17 19:45:39.675 [INFO ] [org.eclipse.jetty.util.log          ] - Logging initialized @18577ms to org.eclipse.jetty.util.log.Slf4jLog
2025-03-17 19:45:39.531 [ERROR] [internal.service.FeaturesServiceImpl] - Error notifying listener about the current state
java.lang.RuntimeException: Error resolving artifact org.apache.karaf.features:framework:xml:features:4.4.4: [Could not find artifact org.apache.karaf.features:framework:xml:features:4.4.4 in openhab (https://openhab.jfrog.io/openhab/libs-release/), Could not find artifact org.apache.karaf.features:framework:xml:features:4.4.4 in openhab (https://openhab.jfrog.io/openhab/libs-release/)] : mvn:org.apache.karaf.features/framework/4.4.4/xml/features
        at org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.RepositoryImpl.load(RepositoryImpl.java:121) ~[?:?]
        at org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.RepositoryImpl.<init>(RepositoryImpl.java:51) ~[?:?]
        at org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.RepositoryCacheImpl.create(RepositoryCacheImpl.java:51) ~[?:?]
        at org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.FeaturesServiceImpl.registerListener(FeaturesServiceImpl.java:274) ~[?:?]
        at org.apache.karaf.features.internal.osgi.Activator.doStart(Activator.java:195) ~[?:?]
        at org.apache.karaf.util.tracker.BaseActivator.run(BaseActivator.java:312) ~[?:?]
        at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:572) ~[?:?]
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:317) ~[?:?]
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1144) ~[?:?]
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:642) ~[?:?]
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1583) [?:?]
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Error resolving artifact org.apache.karaf.features:framework:xml:features:4.4.4: [Could not find artifact org.apache.karaf.features:framework:xml:features:4.4.4 in openhab (https://openhab.jfrog.io/openhab/libs-release/), Could not find artifact org.apache.karaf.features:framework:xml:features:4.4.4 in openhab (https://openhab.jfrog.io/openhab/libs-release/)]
        at org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.internal.AetherBasedResolver.configureIOException(AetherBasedResolver.java:803) ~[?:?]
        at org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.internal.AetherBasedResolver.resolve(AetherBasedResolver.java:774) ~[?:?]

I did a reboot, but the issues remain.

Problem resolved.
Cause: I restored an openhab version 4.1.1 backup file into an openhab version 4.3.3.
Solution:

sudo -s
systemctl stop openhab
apt remove openhab
apt purge openhab
apt install openhab=4.1.1-1
openhab-cli restore <the original backup file from version 4.1.1>
apt update
apt upgrade