QlikView Distribute to cloud fails: The type initializer for System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt.JsonExtensions threw an exception.

Damien_V — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 17:53:53 GMT

QlikView fails to distribute QVW files to Qlik Cloud. When turning on the QlikView Distribution debug logging, the following error is output in the task log:

Error failure. GetJWT failed. Message = the type initializer for System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt.JsonExtensions threw an exception.

or error while attempting to Distribute:

QDSMain.Exceptions.DistributeToResourcesFailedException: Distribute to resource failed. ---> System.Exception: Distribute to cloud exception failed

Environments:

12.50 and later

Resolution:

Check the following points:

Make sure that all required DLLs are present in the C:\Program Files\QlikView\Distribution Service (Newtonsoft.Json.dll, Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.dll, PIX.dll) on the server hosting the QlikView Distribution Service.
Open C:\Program Files\QlikView\Distribution Service \QVDistributionService.exe.config in a text editor and make sure the following block is present in the assemblyBinding section:
<assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1"> <dependentAssembly> <assemblyIdentity name="Newtonsoft.Json" publicKeyToken="30ad4fe6b2a6aeed" culture="neutral" /> <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-11.0.0.0" newVersion="11.0.0.0" /> </dependentAssembly> </assemblyBinding>
Restart the QlikView Distribution service.
Repeat the steps on all available Distribution Services.

NOTE: For 12.70 SR1 and later the version is 13:

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QlikView Distribute to cloud fails: The type initializer for System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt.JsonExtensions threw an exception.

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