title: [Jmeter]exception in phase 'semantic analysis' in source unit 'Script1.groovy' Unsupported class file major version 61
body: <p>i have installed the latest version of jmeter using brew install jmeter</p>
  <p>and i have installed the jmeter plugin manager too.</p>
  <p>When i start to run the test i get the following errors.</p>
  <pre><code>2021-09-29 20:09:47,167 INFO o.a.j.u.JMeterUtils: Setting Locale to en_EN
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  2021-09-29 20:09:47,191 INFO o.a.j.JMeter: Version 5.3
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  2021-09-29 20:09:47,201 INFO o.a.j.JMeter: JMeterHome=/Users/pradheep.shrinivasan/Downloads/apache-jmeter-5.3
  2021-09-29 20:09:47,201 INFO o.a.j.JMeter: user.dir  =/Users/pradheep.shrinivasan/Downloads/apache-jmeter-5.3/bin
  2021-09-29 20:09:47,201 INFO o.a.j.JMeter: PWD       =/Users/pradheep.shrinivasan/Downloads/apache-jmeter-5.3/bin
  2021-09-29 20:09:47,202 INFO o.a.j.JMeter: IP: 192.168.0.18 Name: TD-C02DM3USMD6T FullName: 192.168.0.18
  2021-09-29 20:09:47,507 INFO o.a.j.JMeter: Setting LAF to: laf:com.apple.laf.AquaLookAndFeel
  2021-09-29 20:09:48,100 INFO o.a.j.JMeter: Loaded icon properties from org/apache/jmeter/images/icon.properties
  2021-09-29 20:09:48,740 INFO o.j.r.JARSourceHTTP: Found cached repo
  2021-09-29 20:09:48,851 INFO o.j.r.PluginManager: Plugins Status: [bzm-parallel=0.11, jpgc-plugins-manager=1.6, jmeter-core=5.3, jmeter-ftp=5.3, jmeter-http=5.3, jmeter-jdbc=5.3, jmeter-jms=5.3, jmeter-junit=5.3, jmeter-java=5.3, jmeter-ldap=5.3, jmeter-mail=5.3, jmeter-mongodb=5.3, jmeter-native=5.3, jmeter-tcp=5.3, jmeter-components=5.3]
  2021-09-29 20:09:48,963 INFO o.a.j.JMeter: Loading file: /Users/pradheep.shrinivasan/code/vantage-streams/streams-performance-tests/streams-test-data-preloaded.jmx
  2021-09-29 20:09:48,965 INFO o.a.j.s.FileServer: Default base='/Users/pradheep.shrinivasan/Downloads/apache-jmeter-5.3/bin'
  2021-09-29 20:09:48,965 INFO o.a.j.s.FileServer: Set new base='/Users/pradheep.shrinivasan/code/vantage-streams/streams-performance-tests'
  2021-09-29 20:09:49,106 INFO o.a.j.s.SaveService: Testplan (JMX) version: 2.2. Testlog (JTL) version: 2.2
  2021-09-29 20:09:49,113 INFO o.a.j.s.SaveService: Using SaveService properties version 5.0
  2021-09-29 20:09:49,115 INFO o.a.j.s.SaveService: Using SaveService properties file encoding UTF-8
  2021-09-29 20:09:49,116 INFO o.a.j.s.SaveService: Loading file: /Users/pradheep.shrinivasan/code/vantage-streams/streams-performance-tests/streams-test-data-preloaded.jmx
  2021-09-29 20:09:49,245 INFO o.a.j.p.h.s.HTTPSamplerBase: Parser for text/html is org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.parser.LagartoBasedHtmlParser
  2021-09-29 20:09:49,246 INFO o.a.j.p.h.s.HTTPSamplerBase: Parser for application/xhtml+xml is org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.parser.LagartoBasedHtmlParser
  2021-09-29 20:09:49,246 INFO o.a.j.p.h.s.HTTPSamplerBase: Parser for application/xml is org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.parser.LagartoBasedHtmlParser
  2021-09-29 20:09:49,246 INFO o.a.j.p.h.s.HTTPSamplerBase: Parser for text/xml is org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.parser.LagartoBasedHtmlParser
  2021-09-29 20:09:49,246 INFO o.a.j.p.h.s.HTTPSamplerBase: Parser for text/vnd.wap.wml is org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.parser.RegexpHTMLParser
  2021-09-29 20:09:49,246 INFO o.a.j.p.h.s.HTTPSamplerBase: Parser for text/css is org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.parser.CssParser
  2021-09-29 20:09:49,401 INFO o.a.j.s.SampleResult: Note: Sample TimeStamps are START times
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  2021-09-29 20:09:49,401 INFO o.a.j.s.SampleResult: sampleresult.useNanoTime=true
  2021-09-29 20:09:49,402 INFO o.a.j.s.SampleResult: sampleresult.nanoThreadSleep=5000
  2021-09-29 20:09:49,481 INFO o.a.j.s.FileServer: Set new base='/Users/pradheep.shrinivasan/code/vantage-streams/streams-performance-tests'
  2021-09-29 20:09:50,512 INFO o.a.j.v.ViewResultsFullVisualizer: Add JavaFX to your Java installation if you want to use renderer: org.apache.jmeter.visualizers.RenderInBrowser
  2021-09-29 20:10:01,410 INFO o.a.j.e.StandardJMeterEngine: Running the test!
  2021-09-29 20:10:01,410 INFO o.a.j.s.SampleEvent: List of sample_variables: []
  2021-09-29 20:10:01,411 INFO o.a.j.s.SampleEvent: List of sample_variables: []
  2021-09-29 20:10:01,411 INFO o.a.j.e.u.CompoundVariable: Note: Function class names must contain the string: '.functions.'
  2021-09-29 20:10:01,411 INFO o.a.j.e.u.CompoundVariable: Note: Function class names must not contain the string: '.gui.'
  2021-09-29 20:10:01,441 INFO o.a.j.g.u.JMeterMenuBar: setRunning(true, *local*)
  2021-09-29 20:10:01,442 INFO o.a.j.e.StandardJMeterEngine: Starting setUp thread groups
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  2021-09-29 20:10:01,443 INFO o.a.j.e.StandardJMeterEngine: Starting 1 threads for group setUp streaming.
  2021-09-29 20:10:01,443 INFO o.a.j.e.StandardJMeterEngine: Thread will continue on error
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  2021-09-29 20:10:01,458 INFO o.a.j.e.StandardJMeterEngine: Waiting for all setup thread groups to exit
  2021-09-29 20:10:01,458 INFO o.a.j.t.JMeterThread: Thread started: setUp streaming 1-1
  2021-09-29 20:10:01,463 INFO o.a.j.p.h.s.HTTPHCAbstractImpl: Local host = TD-C02DM3USMD6T
  2021-09-29 20:10:01,466 INFO o.a.j.p.h.s.HTTPHC4Impl: HTTP request retry count = 0
  2021-09-29 20:10:01,731 INFO o.a.j.p.h.s.h.LazyLayeredConnectionSocketFactory: Setting up HTTPS TrustAll Socket Factory
  2021-09-29 20:10:01,733 INFO o.a.j.u.JsseSSLManager: Using default SSL protocol: TLS
  2021-09-29 20:10:01,733 INFO o.a.j.u.JsseSSLManager: SSL session context: per-thread
  2021-09-29 20:10:01,736 INFO o.a.j.u.SSLManager: JmeterKeyStore Location:  type JKS
  2021-09-29 20:10:01,736 INFO o.a.j.u.SSLManager: KeyStore created OK
  2021-09-29 20:10:01,736 WARN o.a.j.u.SSLManager: Keystore file not found, loading empty keystore
  2021-09-29 20:10:04,217 INFO o.a.j.t.JMeterThread: Thread finished: setUp streaming 1-1
  2021-09-29 20:10:04,218 ERROR o.a.j.JMeter: Uncaught exception in thread Thread[setUp streaming 1-1,6,main]
  org.codehaus.groovy.GroovyBugError: BUG! exception in phase 'semantic analysis' in source unit 'Script1.groovy' Unsupported class file major version 61
      at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit$ISourceUnitOperation.doPhaseOperation(CompilationUnit.java:884) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.compile(CompilationUnit.java:623) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at groovy.lang.GroovyClassLoader.doParseClass(GroovyClassLoader.java:389) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at groovy.lang.GroovyClassLoader.lambda$parseClass$3(GroovyClassLoader.java:332) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.memoize.StampedCommonCache.compute(StampedCommonCache.java:163) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.memoize.StampedCommonCache.getAndPut(StampedCommonCache.java:154) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at groovy.lang.GroovyClassLoader.parseClass(GroovyClassLoader.java:330) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at groovy.lang.GroovyClassLoader.parseClass(GroovyClassLoader.java:314) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at groovy.lang.GroovyClassLoader.parseClass(GroovyClassLoader.java:257) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.jsr223.GroovyScriptEngineImpl.getScriptClass(GroovyScriptEngineImpl.java:336) ~[groovy-jsr223-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.jsr223.GroovyScriptEngineImpl.compile(GroovyScriptEngineImpl.java:181) ~[groovy-jsr223-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.apache.jmeter.util.JSR223TestElement.processFileOrScript(JSR223TestElement.java:216) ~[ApacheJMeter_core.jar:5.3]
      at org.apache.jmeter.extractor.JSR223PostProcessor.process(JSR223PostProcessor.java:45) ~[ApacheJMeter_components.jar:5.3]
      at org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread.runPostProcessors(JMeterThread.java:940) ~[ApacheJMeter_core.jar:?]
      at org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread.executeSamplePackage(JMeterThread.java:572) ~[ApacheJMeter_core.jar:?]
      at org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread.processSampler(JMeterThread.java:489) ~[ApacheJMeter_core.jar:?]
      at org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread.run(JMeterThread.java:256) ~[ApacheJMeter_core.jar:?]
      at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833) [?:?]
  Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unsupported class file major version 61
      at groovyjarjarasm.asm.ClassReader.&lt;init&gt;(ClassReader.java:196) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at groovyjarjarasm.asm.ClassReader.&lt;init&gt;(ClassReader.java:177) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at groovyjarjarasm.asm.ClassReader.&lt;init&gt;(ClassReader.java:163) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at groovyjarjarasm.asm.ClassReader.&lt;init&gt;(ClassReader.java:284) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.decompiled.AsmDecompiler.parseClass(AsmDecompiler.java:81) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ClassNodeResolver.findDecompiled(ClassNodeResolver.java:251) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ClassNodeResolver.tryAsLoaderClassOrScript(ClassNodeResolver.java:189) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ClassNodeResolver.findClassNode(ClassNodeResolver.java:169) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ClassNodeResolver.resolveName(ClassNodeResolver.java:125) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.resolveToOuter(ResolveVisitor.java:874) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.resolve(ResolveVisitor.java:499) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.resolveFromDefaultImports(ResolveVisitor.java:656) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.resolveFromDefaultImports(ResolveVisitor.java:619) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.resolve(ResolveVisitor.java:498) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.resolve(ResolveVisitor.java:461) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.transformVariableExpression(ResolveVisitor.java:1135) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.transform(ResolveVisitor.java:893) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.transformPropertyExpression(ResolveVisitor.java:1019) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.transform(ResolveVisitor.java:895) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.transformMethodCallExpression(ResolveVisitor.java:1280) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.transform(ResolveVisitor.java:901) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeExpressionTransformer.visitExpressionStatement(ClassCodeExpressionTransformer.java:108) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.stmt.ExpressionStatement.visit(ExpressionStatement.java:40) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.CodeVisitorSupport.visitBlockStatement(CodeVisitorSupport.java:86) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeVisitorSupport.visitBlockStatement(ClassCodeVisitorSupport.java:164) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.visitBlockStatement(ResolveVisitor.java:1569) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.stmt.BlockStatement.visit(BlockStatement.java:69) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeExpressionTransformer.visitIfElse(ClassCodeExpressionTransformer.java:120) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.stmt.IfStatement.visit(IfStatement.java:41) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.CodeVisitorSupport.visitBlockStatement(CodeVisitorSupport.java:86) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeVisitorSupport.visitBlockStatement(ClassCodeVisitorSupport.java:164) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.visitBlockStatement(ResolveVisitor.java:1569) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.stmt.BlockStatement.visit(BlockStatement.java:69) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeVisitorSupport.visitClassCodeContainer(ClassCodeVisitorSupport.java:138) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeVisitorSupport.visitConstructorOrMethod(ClassCodeVisitorSupport.java:111) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeExpressionTransformer.visitConstructorOrMethod(ClassCodeExpressionTransformer.java:66) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.visitConstructorOrMethod(ResolveVisitor.java:294) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeVisitorSupport.visitMethod(ClassCodeVisitorSupport.java:106) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassNode.visitMethods(ClassNode.java:1100) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassNode.visitContents(ClassNode.java:1093) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeVisitorSupport.visitClass(ClassCodeVisitorSupport.java:52) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.visitClass(ResolveVisitor.java:1478) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.startResolving(ResolveVisitor.java:262) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.lambda$new$16(CompilationUnit.java:717) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit$ISourceUnitOperation.doPhaseOperation(CompilationUnit.java:880) ~[groovy-3.0.3.jar:3.0.3]
      ... 17 more
  2021-09-29 20:10:04,222 INFO o.a.j.e.StandardJMeterEngine: All Setup Threads have ended
  2021-09-29 20:10:04,259 INFO o.a.j.e.StandardJMeterEngine: No enabled thread groups found
  2021-09-29 20:10:04,259 INFO o.a.j.e.StandardJMeterEngine: Notifying test listeners of end of test
  2021-09-29 20:10:04,260 INFO o.a.j.g.u.JMeterMenuBar: setRunning(false, *local*)
  </code></pre>
  <p>I tried with jmeter 5.3 and also java 11 and java 17 but i still keep getting same error.</p>