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Asked: May 10, 20262026-05-10T19:02:47+00:00 2026-05-10T19:02:47+00:00

Our team has been experiencing a recurring problem with velocity templates. Upon rendering, some

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Our team has been experiencing a recurring problem with velocity templates. Upon rendering, some throw a RuntimeException with the message ‘Template.merge() failure – Unable to render Velocity Template, ‘/template.vm”. We have not been able to reproduce the problem and the documentation on the web is pretty insufficient. The problem is not consistently reproducible – the same templates whose rendering sometimes causes the error also manage to display without problems at other times. The Template class source code is also of little help. Thank you in advance.


Edit: Based on Nathan Bubna’s response I need to clarify that we are using Velocity version 1.4.


Edit: Since it was pointed out that a stack trace would be beneficial, here it is:

2008-09-15 11:07:57,336 ERROR velocity – Template.merge() failure. The document is null, most likely due to parsing error. 2008-09-15 11:07:57,336 ERROR VelocityResult – Unable to render Velocity Template, ‘/search/[template-redacted].vm’ java.lang.Exception: Template.merge() failure. The document is null, most likely due to parsing error. at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:277) at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.VelocityResult.doExecute(VelocityResult.java:91) at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.WebWorkResultSupport.execute(WebWorkResultSupport.java:109) at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.executeResult(DefaultActionInvocation.java:258) at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:182) at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35) at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164) at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35) at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164) at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35) at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164) at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35) at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164) at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35) at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164) at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35) at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164) at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionProxy.execute(DefaultActionProxy.java:116) at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcher.serviceAction(ServletDispatcher.java:272) at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcher.service(ServletDispatcher.java:237) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(PageFilter.java:39) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.nanocontainer.nanowar.webwork2.PicoObjectFactoryFilter.doFilter(PicoObjectFactoryFilter.java:46) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.nanocontainer.nanowar.ServletRequestContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletRequestContainerFilter.java:44) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at com.bostoncapital.stuyvesant.RememberUserNameFilter.doFilter(RememberUserNameFilter.java:30) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:214) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:482) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:526) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:825) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:738) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:526) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

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  1. 2026-05-10T19:02:47+00:00Added an answer on May 10, 2026 at 7:02 pm

    What version of Velocity are you using? There were some race conditions in old versions that caused this. Most were squashed in the Velocity 1.5 release. Though i would personally recommend using Velocity 1.6-beta1. It has vastly improved performance (memory and speed) and a lot of minor bug fixes that didn’t make it into 1.5.

    Edit: Since you say you are using 1.4, then, yes, i’m sure this is the race condition we fixed. Please consider upgrading. 1.6 is definitely your best bet, as it has the fix for your bug and improved performance. 1.6 final should be out very soon.

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