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failed to create burp project: cannot parse null string.

The | Last updated: Sep 14, 2023 03:47AM UTC

os : windows version: burp suite community edition v2023.9.4 error : an error occurred when starting a project with the selected options failed to create burp project: cannot parse null string. i don't have any idea why is this error occurs. i tried java 17 and java 20 also. idont think java version is the problem. need a quick rply . cuz im working on a project

Michelle, PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: Sep 14, 2023 08:09AM UTC

Hi When did this issue first occur? If this was after an update, do you remember which version of Burp you used previously? Do you use the installed version of Burp, or do you launch the Burp JAR file from the CLI? If you use the installed version, if you install an older version such as 2023.7.3 does the issue still occur? If you then allow this earlier version to upgrade to the latest version, does the issue still occur?

Ioannis | Last updated: Sep 18, 2023 09:25AM UTC

Hi, Not sure if this is going to help, but I was getting the same error even when I was trying to create a temporary project. I was running Burp on my host and had removed JRE from my host. Burp was using the embedded JRE environment from the downloaded version every time. I tried installing previous versions back to 2022.12 but it didn't work. Then suddenly installing 2022.05 magically fixed something in registry I believe. Then I was able to update up to 2023.10.1.1. Forgot to mention that I was running Burp from CLI using --use-defaults and --diagnostics.

Michelle, PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: Sep 18, 2023 10:44AM UTC

Thanks for the update. It's good to hear you've been able to upgrade now. If it happens again, can you please let us know?

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