Spring Tools 4
Spring Tools 4 is the next generation of Spring tooling for your favorite coding enrivonment. Largely rebuilt from scratch, it provides world-class support for developing Spring-Boot-based enterprise applications, whether you prefer Eclipse, Visual Studio Code, or Atom IDE.
Getting Started
Spring Tool Suite 4 makes it easy to get started. A direct and easy-to-use integration of the Spring Initializr and the famous Spring Guides allows you to go from nothing to a running Spring Boot app in seconds.
Navigate your Spring code at the speed of light
Understanding and quickly navigating source code is essential for coding. The new Spring Tools 4 understands your Spring-Boot-based source code and allows you to quickly get an overview and navigate to the important pieces of your Spring apps. Finding Spring elements and navigating to them has never been easier.
Smart Code Editing
Code completion is a critical part of working with source code. The all-new Spring Tools 4 provides smart code completions for the Spring elements in your app.
Runtime Information In Your Editor
Spring Tools 4 now bridges the gap between your source code and running Spring Boot applications. By taking advantage of the Spring Boot Actuators, we enriched the source code with detailed information from the running app (e.g., exact bean wiring information, conditional reports, configuration, details, and more).
Not working with Spring Boot yet and looking for the old Spring Tool Suite 3?
Not yet working with Spring Boot, but looking for tooling for your regular Spring projects? As long as the all-new Spring Tools 4 do not support non-boot Spring projects, please refer to the previous generation of Spring Tools for Eclipse, also known as Spring Tool Suite 3 or Spring IDE, you should look at the "Spring Tools 3 Add-On" entry in the marketplace here: https://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/spring-tools-3-add-aka-spring-tool-suite-3
Spring Tools 4 (aka Spring Tool Suite 4)
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Can't create a project
Submitted by Pascal Houde on Thu, 2019-10-31 13:00
I have installed STS 4.4.1 from the Eclipse (4.13 64bit) marketplace and don't see the create new project option after restarting the IDE. There were no error during installation. I have tried with JDK 11 and 13 without success.
Have problem with PKIX path
Submitted by Alex Rubin on Tue, 2019-09-17 13:22
Have problem with PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException.
Can I download ZIP to local and install ?
Re: Have problem with PKIX path
Submitted by Martin Lippert on Thu, 2019-09-19 03:45
You can download a ready-to-use distribution of Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse from: https://spring.io/tools
Not compatible Error for Eclipse 4.8
Submitted by Nagaraja Thangavelu on Wed, 2019-08-28 21:43
I am using Eclipse 4.8 Photon and I want to install Spring Tools Suite. The least support version for Spring Tools Suite is 4.9 and predecessor Spring IDE max support is till 4.5 only.
How to install the STS for the eclipse versions 4.6,4.7, and 4.8?
Re: Not compatible Error for Eclipse 4.8
Submitted by Martin Lippert on Thu, 2019-08-29 08:13
The latest version of the Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse require Eclipse 2019-03 as the base platform. If you want to instal the old Spring Tool Suite 3 package instead into an Eclipse 4.8 platform, you could use this update site using the "Install New Software" dialog: https://download.springsource.com/release/TOOLS/update/e4.8/ - it serves the STS 3.9.7 release, which is the last one compatible with Eclipse 4.8.
Not able to install in Eclipse Version: 2019-06 (4.12.0)
Submitted by Rajkiran M on Thu, 2019-07-18 03:44
Below logs captured during install. Unable to read repository at download.springsource.com/release/TOOLS/sts4/update/e4.12/content.xml. sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
Re: Not able to install in Eclipse Version: 2019-06 (4.12.0)
Submitted by Martin Lippert on Tue, 2019-07-30 03:50
Probably related to this? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21076179/pkix-path-building-failed-a... ?
Problem with Making new project related to STS or Spring
Submitted by BEOMKWAN KIM on Mon, 2019-07-08 22:16
I've tried to make new spring project after installing eclipse-jee-2019-06-R-win32-x86_64 and STS plug-in.
But I could not see any spring project option when I tried to make it
Re: Problem with Making new project related to STS or Spring
Submitted by Martin Lippert on Wed, 2019-07-10 09:32
This is a known issue when running Eclipse on a JDK 1.8 and we are working on it. For a quick solution, run Eclipse itself using a JDK11, that should make the entries appear.
Re: Re: Problem with Making new project related to STS or Spring
Submitted by László Bereczki on Thu, 2019-08-08 04:23
Hi Martin!
Any update on the mentioned bug? Im still experiencing this issue...
, Laci
Re: Re: Re: Problem with Making new project related to STS or...
Submitted by Martin Lippert on Thu, 2019-08-08 10:11
This is fixed and will be available as part of the next update release, coming out probably next week. If you want to try a nightly update site, you could install STS4 manually from https://dist.springsource.com/snapshot/TOOLS/sts4/nightly/e4.12 into your Eclipse 4.12 install. I haven't tried that yet, but maybe even updating your existing install with STS4 included (but broken) by adding this nightly CI p2 repo to your available update sites preferences might work - although I haven't tried this myself yet.
Spring Tools 4 Not working in Eclipse 2019-06 New version
Submitted by Ravi Bansode on Mon, 2019-07-08 09:10
I had installed Spring Tools 4 in eclipse new version 2019-06, but it is not showing me Spring Starter Project. I had uninstalled and install it again still not working. Please provide a proper suggestion on it. I don't want to use "Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse" which is provided on "start.spring.io/" here. I want to use an independent eclipse.
Re: Spring Tools 4 Not working in Eclipse 2019-06 New version
Submitted by Martin Lippert on Wed, 2019-07-10 09:33
This is a known issue when running Eclipse on a JDK 1.8 and we are working on it. For a quick solution, run Eclipse itself using a JDK11, that should make the entries appear.
Can't create new spring project
Submitted by Tan TASTAN on Sat, 2019-07-06 07:45
I have same problem. After installed eclipse 2019-06 (withour any error). and installed Spring via eclipse market. But, I could not create a New Spring project. This problem should be solved as soons as possible.
Re: Can't create new spring project
Submitted by Martin Lippert on Wed, 2019-07-10 09:33
This is a known issue when running Eclipse on a JDK 1.8 and we are working on it. For a quick solution, run Eclipse itself using a JDK11, that should make the entries appear.
Can't create spring project
Submitted by Georhii Prystupa on Thu, 2019-07-04 11:16
Hello. I've installed this plugin on Eclipse 2019-06 and nothing changed in IDE at all. I didn't have any errors or anything. Just there isn't any Spring option in "New" menu.
Re: Can't create spring project
Submitted by Martin Lippert on Mon, 2019-07-08 03:23
This might be related to an issue that I am investigating at the moment again. Are you running your Eclipse 2019-06 on JDK8? If so, could you try to run your Eclipse install with a JDK11 and a "-clean" option at least once to see if that changes anything? Another option to dianose the issue would be to open the "Console" view, switch to the "Host OSGi Console" and type "ss" for "short status". If there are certain STS bundles in the "INSTALLED" state, it might indeed be the issue that I am looking at right now and running with JDK11 should solve the issue. Another workaround would be to download a ready-to-use STS4 distribution from https://spring.io/tools, it works on JDK8 and JDK11 and comes on top of Eclipse 2019-06 with pre-installed STS4 components.
Eclipse 2019-3 version not able to update from HTTPS urls
Submitted by Rajnish Singh on Fri, 2019-03-29 04:23
When I try to update from eclipse market place ,following error for STS is coming.
It is not connecting to any HTTPS url.
Unknown Host: https -- download.springsource.com/release/TOOLS/sts4/update/e4.11/content.xml
Re: Eclipse 2019-3 version not able to update from HTTPS urls
Submitted by Martin Lippert on Fri, 2019-03-29 15:47
The URL that you mention (wih the "context.xml") doesn't exist indeed, but usually the update mechanism tries to access that and then tries the next variant, like the "compositeContent.xml" one. Maybe there is a proxy server in between that causes p2 not to recognize that this URL doesn't exist? What happens if you try "https://download.springsource.com/release/TOOLS/sts4/update/e4.11/" from the "Install New Software" dialog? Anything showing up?
In case the https protocol causes trouble (due to some network restrictions), you could also try the http variant (even though we don't recommend that), but maybe it helps in your situation at least.
Certificate for <download.springsource.com> doesn't match any of
Submitted by James Kiryakoza on Mon, 2019-03-04 12:54
When I try to install in version 2018-12 (4.10.0) I get the following error:
Unable to read repository at https download.springsource.com/release/TOOLS/sts4/update/e4.10/compositeContent.xml.
Certificate for <download.springsource.com> doesn't match any of the subject alternative names: [cloudfront.net, *.cloudfront.net]
What is wrong?
Re: Certificate for <download.springsource.com> doesn't match...
Submitted by Martin Lippert on Tue, 2019-03-05 09:42
We tried to switch the repo URLs to https instead of http, but there seems to be some hurdles along they way. We are on it. For the meantime, I switched the marketplace entries back to use http. Caches might take a while to update to that, but after that, you should be able to install again. You can also download a ready-to-use distribution from https://spring.io/tools, which is Eclipse 2018-12 with Spring Tools 4 pre-installed.
Unble to install on Eclipse 2018-12
Submitted by Karl Roth on Fri, 2019-03-01 13:04
Unable to read repository at (https) download.springsource.com/release/TOOLS/sts4/update/e4.10/compositeContent.xml.
peer not authenticated
Re: Unble to install on Eclipse 2018-12
Submitted by Martin Lippert on Tue, 2019-03-05 09:45
Yes, our switch to https caused some hiccups, I am sorry for that. I updated the marketplace entries, they should use the http p2 repo URLs again for installs, but you might have to wait a bit before caches are being updated. Another option would be to install the ready-to-use distribution from https://spring.io/tools.
Eclipse 2018-12 bouncy castle issues with STS4
Submitted by Sasi Peri on Thu, 2019-02-07 15:00
Version: 2018-12 (4.10.0)
Build id: 20181214-0600
This version of Eclipse prompts the user to choose one of the bouncy castle distribution (Sun or Oracle), during STS Installations. Earlier versions used work if we choose Sun for example. Latest version unless we choose both does nothing. Throws no error at all, but quietly does nothing. After restarting eclipse we will find STS is not installed. It completes the installation only if we choose both.
Re: Eclipse 2018-12 bouncy castle issues with STS4
Submitted by Martin Lippert on Tue, 2019-03-05 09:47
We updated the bouncycastle bundles that we use for the Spring Tools 4 to the same versions that are shipped in Orbit (and the main Eclipse distribution), so this should be fixed with the recent version 4.1.2.
2018-12 does not have SpringConfig Editor(Spring integration)
Submitted by Sasi Peri on Thu, 2019-02-07 14:55
Earlier versions of Eclipse with STS4 nicely used to have "Srping Config Editor" to open spring integration xmls, so that we could have the graphical view of Integration Graph and more. No longer that's the case with latest Eclipse version. Details as follows.
Version: 2018-12 (4.10.0)
Build id: 20181214-0600
Re: 2018-12 does not have SpringConfig Editor(Spring integra...
Submitted by Martin Lippert on Tue, 2019-03-05 09:49
Yes, that is correct, the Spring Tools 4 don't ship the old Spring Config Editor for Spring XML Config files anymore. More details can be found here: https://github.com/spring-projects/sts4/issues/108
You are installing unsigned content
Submitted by Sinza Dentu on Mon, 2018-12-10 08:57
Warning: You are installing software that contains unsigned content. The authenticity or validity of this software cannot be established. Do you want to continue with the installation?
/Users/francesco/.p2/pool/plugins/org.eclipse.lsp4j_0.6.0.v20181119-0912.jar
/Users/francesco/.p2/pool/plugins/org.eclipse.lsp4j.jsonrpc_0.6.0.v20181119-0912.jar
Can I proceed?
Re: You are installing unsigned content
Submitted by Martin Lippert on Wed, 2018-12-12 09:12
Yes, you can proceed. We are grabbing an unsigned snapshot version of those plugins for the latest version of the Spring Tools 4 and hope to be able to go back to signed versions for the next version. Until then, you can proceed and install those unsigned bundles.
You are installing unsigned content
Submitted by Sinza Dentu on Mon, 2018-12-10 08:53
Warning: You are installing software that contains unsigned content. The authenticity or validity of this software cannot be established. Do you want to continue with the installation?
.p2/pool/plugins/org.eclipse.lsp4j_0.6.0.v20181119-0912.jar
.p2/pool/plugins/org.eclipse.lsp4j.jsonrpc_0.6.0.v20181119-0912.jar
I haven't found any mention to this error: can I proceed or not?
Re: You are installing unsigned content
Submitted by Martin Lippert on Wed, 2018-12-12 09:13
Yes, you can proceed. We are grabbing an unsigned snapshot version of those plugins for the latest version of the Spring Tools 4 and hope to be able to go back to signed versions for the next version. Until then, you can proceed and install those unsigned bundles.
Cloudflare, No repository fond...
Submitted by Ilarion Ishkulov on Thu, 2018-11-15 06:28
Unable to install from market place. Getting message "No repository found at .../download.springsource.com/release/TOOLS/sts4/update/e4.9/."
The problem is that ulr leads me to cloudflare and asks to enter CAPTURE.
Re: Cloudflare, No repository fond...
Submitted by Martin Lippert on Tue, 2018-11-20 12:39
Yeah, Cloudflare caches the content for us, so that is fine, but the capture is strange and should not happen. But the URL is not meant to be used in a browser, so not sure where the capture appears...?!?
I would recommend to remove the update site URL from the preferences, restart STS, and try again. If that doesn't help, you could also try to go to "Install New Software" yourself (in your Eclipse installation) and select the update site there to see if that works. You could also try to use a slightly different one (http://download.springsource.com/release/TOOLS/sts4/update/latest/ or http://dist.springsource.com/release/TOOLS/sts4/update/e4.9/) - as a third option to try.
Re: Re: Cloudflare, No repository fond...
Submitted by Alex K on Tue, 2018-12-04 04:53
Tried the third option and finally worked !!!!!!!!!!!! WHAAAA so happy :)
No Repository Found Error
Submitted by Steven Edmunds on Tue, 2018-11-13 14:58
I just get the message "No repository found at .../download.springsource.com/release/TOOLS/sts4/update/e4.9/." when I try to install with Eclipse Marketplace.
Re: No Repository Found Error
Submitted by Martin Lippert on Thu, 2018-11-15 03:46
This is usually caused by a network glitch and stale cached data afterwards. Please go to the "Preferences -> Install/Update -> Available Update Sites" and remove to corresponding update site from that list (not disable it but remove it completely). Then restart and retry. That should solve the issue.
Another option would be to go to https://spring.io/tools and download a ready-to-use distribution of Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse, it is based on the latest Eclipse 2018-09 release and comes with the Spring Tools 4 pre-installed.
Spring Perspective not showing up (Spring Tool Suite 4 on Mac)
Submitted by Martin Schoepf on Wed, 2018-10-03 12:22
I just installed a fresh download of Spring Tool Suite 4 for Eclipse from spring.io on my mac (highSierra) but cannot open the Spring perspective (a small red square appears in front of Spring selection element).
No change after manually deinstalling/installing Spring Tools 4 (aka Spring Tool Suite 4) and running -clean.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Re: Spring Perspective not showing up (Spring Tool Suite 4...
Submitted by Martin Lippert on Thu, 2018-10-04 09:05
Spring Tools 4 don't contain any Spring perspective anymore, the major elements got added to the regular Java perspective, since that is what most people use for daily Spring Boot app development. So if you open an existing workspace that had the Spring perspective open from STS3 with STS4, you should close that perspective and continue with the Java one instead.
Downloading org.springframework.tooling.cloudfoundry.manifest.ls
Submitted by Phil Cogbill on Thu, 2018-08-30 11:10
Using Photon on Windows 10, downloading org.springframework.tooling.cloudfoundry.manifest.ls is failing because it is not available via HTTP and only HTTPS. I have changed the location in Prefences > Install/Update > Available Software Sites to use HTTPS, but it gets switched back to HTTP and duplicates the listing. I have tried reloading and it does not work either. Any ideas? Can I manually download the manifest and put it someplace?
Re: Downloading org.springframework.tooling.cloudfoundry...
Submitted by Martin Lippert on Tue, 2018-09-11 04:29
Downloading an individual bundle is possible, but it doesn't really help much, since you can't easily install that into your Eclipse. What happens if you go to "Install New Software" and put the HTTPS version of the URL in there? Does that work?
I am not aware of any mechanism that replaces the HTTPS automatically with the HTTP one and I am sure that the P2 repository that contains this bundle is available via the HTTP as well as tne HTTPS version of the URL. So maybe some network specific settings/proxies in your environment?
You could also try and download the whole STS 3.9.5 update site for Eclipse 4.8 from here: https://spring.io/tools/sts/all - and add that as a local update site to your installation (just an additional option to try).
Not able to install STS on eclipse oxygen for mac
Submitted by Sameer Saurav on Tue, 2018-04-24 08:36
I am trying to install STS quick search on Eclipse Oxygen for MAC. I am getting the error
No repository found at http:/download.springsource.com/release/TOOLS/update/e4.7/.
Is location of repository changed. How can I install?
Re: Not able to install STS on eclipse oxygen for mac
Submitted by Martin Lippert on Tue, 2018-04-24 09:22
The repository location hasn't changed, I guess there is an issue with stale data in the cache somewhere. You can go to the preferences, select the update location, and press "Reload", that usually helps. If not, remove the update site from the preferences, restart Eclipse, and add it back again (Preferences -> Install/Update -> Available Update Sites).
error while installing STS
Submitted by Manish Raj on Thu, 2018-03-01 04:02
An error occurred while collecting items to be installed
session context was:(profile=_home_manish_eclipse_jee-neon_eclipse, phase=org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.engine.phases.Collect, operand=, action=).
Unable to read repository at dist.springsource.com/release/TOOLS/update/3.9.2.RELEASE/e4.6/plugins/javax.jms_1.1.0.v201205091237.jar.
Connection reset
Re: error while installing STS
Submitted by Martin Lippert on Tue, 2018-03-06 03:06
This looks like a typical network or repository caching issue. I would recommend to go to the Preferences -> Install/Update -> Available Updtae Sites, select the one that is used ("dist.springsource.com/release/TOOLS/update/e4.6" and/or "dist.springsource.com/release/TOOLS/update/3.9.2.RELEASE/e4.6/") and press "reload". That refreshes the internal repository caches. Then try again the install. You could also delete all those STS-related update sites from that preference and try again the marketplace entry. That should solve the issue.
Error installing Sprint IDE Roo
Submitted by Paul D on Sun, 2018-01-28 11:51
I'm an admitted n00b; error is below. If there is a better place to be posting/seeking help with this please advise!
Cannot complete the install because of a conflicting dependency.
Software being installed: Spring IDE Roo Support 3.7.3.201602250914-RELEASE (org.springframework.ide.eclipse.roo.feature.feature.group 3.7.3.201602250914-RELEASE)
Software currently installed: Eclipse Platform 4.7.2.v20171130-0510 (org.eclipse.platform.feature.group 4.7.2.v20171130-0510)
Only one of the following can be installed at once:
Browser Support 3.6.100.v20170418-1342 (org.eclipse.ui.browser 3.6.100.v20170418-1342)
Browser Support 3.4.200.v20131003-1453 (org.eclipse.ui.browser 3.4.200.v20131003-1453)
Cannot satisfy dependency:
From: AspectJ Development Tools 2.2.4.e44x-20150610-1600 (org.eclipse.ajdt.feature.group 2.2.4.e44x-20150610-1600)
To: org.eclipse.contribution.weaving.jdt 0.0.0
Cannot satisfy dependency:
From: JDT Weaving 2.2.4.e44x-20150610-1600 (org.eclipse.contribution.weaving.jdt 2.2.4.e44x-20150610-1600)
To: bundle org.eclipse.ui.browser [3.4.0,3.6.0)
Cannot satisfy dependency:
From: Eclipse Platform 4.7.2.v20171130-0510 (org.eclipse.platform.feature.group 4.7.2.v20171130-0510)
To: org.eclipse.ui.browser [3.6.100.v20170418-1342]
Cannot satisfy dependency:
From: Spring IDE Roo Support 3.7.3.201602250914-RELEASE (org.springframework.ide.eclipse.roo.feature.feature.group 3.7.3.201602250914-RELEASE)
To: org.eclipse.ajdt.feature.group 2.0.1
Re: Error installing Sprint IDE Roo
Submitted by Martin Lippert on Tue, 2018-01-30 07:07
Not sure how exactly you are trying to install the Spring Roo support (and why) and from which update site, but using the STS product update site from here (http://dist.springsource.com/release/TOOLS/update/e4.7/) should work. Otherwise I would recommend to download a ready-to-use STS distribution from that site and use the Dashboard to install the Spring IDE Roo extension from there.
Getting following error when installing STS from market place
Submitted by VENKATESH BANDLAMUDI on Fri, 2018-01-19 10:51
An error occurred during the org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.engine.phases.CheckTrust phase.
session context was:(profile=C__eclipse_eclipse, phase=org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.engine.phases.CheckTrust, operand=, action=).
Error reading signed content.
Exception in opening zip file: C:\Users\Venkatesh\.p2\pool\plugins\org.aspectj.ajde_1.8.13.201710301818.jar
Re: Getting following error when installing STS from market...
Submitted by Martin Lippert on Mon, 2018-01-22 12:33
MIght be a corrupted download or stale cache data in the p2 pool. I would suggest to delete the file, open Eclipse again, check the preferences if the STS update site already landed there and if so, select it and press "reload", just to make sure caches are invalidated. Then try again. Another option would be to use the update site directly or download a ready-to-use Eclipse distribution with the STS tools pre-installed via https://spring.io/tools.
Gradle 2.0 not found in Oxygen.2 4.7.2
Submitted by Adrian Degenhardt on Sat, 2018-01-13 08:09
When I select Gradle in new proyect, plugin show this error:
Can not import using Gradle (Buildship 1.x) because Buildship Gradle Tooling version 1.x is not installed.
Re: Gradle 2.0 not found in Oxygen.2 4.7.2
Submitted by Martin Lippert on Wed, 2018-01-17 04:42
In case you select Gradle as the build environment when importing or creating new Spring projects, you need to have some kind of Gradle support installed in your Eclipse environment. We strongly recommend to use Buildship 2 for this. The error message indicates that you probably don't have that support installed.
You can get Buildship from the Eclipse Marketplace (right from within Eclipse using the Help menu). Once you have that installed and select Gradle in the import wizard, the error should not appear anymore.