sonar-scanner: Unable to load component interface org.sonar.scanner.scan.branch.BranchConfiguration - sonarqube

Question

I am using sonar-scanner to analyze C++ code, and this did work, but it no longer works after upgrading from 7.0 to 7.1. I even made sure to upgrade sonar-scanner itself, but to no avail. It seems to having problems loading the branch configuration, but I don't understand what it is having problem with. I am also setting the -Dsonar.branch.name= setting, but even if I remove it I get the same error. Any ideas?
INFO: Load project branches
INFO: Load project branches (done) | time=79ms
INFO: Load branch configuration
INFO: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
INFO: EXECUTION FAILURE
INFO: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
INFO: Total time: 2.868s
INFO: Final Memory: 26M/196M
INFO: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
ERROR: Error during SonarQube Scanner execution
ERROR: Unable to load component class org.sonar.scanner.scan.ProjectLock
ERROR: Caused by: Unable to load component class org.sonar.scanner.scan.DefaultInputModuleHierarchy
ERROR: Caused by: Unable to load component class org.sonar.scanner.scan.ProjectBuildersExecutor
ERROR: Caused by: Unable to load component class com.talanlabs.sonar.plugins.gitlab.CommitProjectBuilder
ERROR: Caused by: Unable to load component class com.talanlabs.sonar.plugins.gitlab.GitLabPluginConfiguration
ERROR: Caused by: Unable to load component class org.sonar.scanner.scan.MutableProjectSettings
ERROR: Caused by: Unable to load component class org.sonar.scanner.repository.ProjectRepositories
ERROR: Caused by: Unable to load component interface org.sonar.scanner.scan.branch.BranchConfiguration
ERROR: Caused by: com.sonarsource.branch.A.load(Ljava/util/Map;Ljava/util/function/Supplier;Lorg/sonar/scanner/scan/branch/ProjectBranches;Lorg/sonar/scanner/scan/branch/ProjectPullRequests;)Lorg/sonar/scanner/scan/branch/BranchConfiguration;
Extended debug:
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to load component interface org.sonar.scanner.scan.branch.BranchConfiguration
at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer$ExtendedDefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(ComponentContainer.java:64)
at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(DefaultPicoContainer.java:632)
at org.picocontainer.parameters.BasicComponentParameter$1.resolveInstance(BasicComponentParameter.java:118)
at org.picocontainer.parameters.ComponentParameter$1.resolveInstance(ComponentParameter.java:136)
at org.picocontainer.injectors.SingleMemberInjector.getParameter(SingleMemberInjector.java:78)
at org.picocontainer.injectors.SingleMemberInjector.getMemberArguments(SingleMemberInjector.java:61)
at org.picocontainer.injectors.MethodInjector.getMemberArguments(MethodInjector.java:100)
at org.picocontainer.injectors.MethodInjector$2.run(MethodInjector.java:112)
at org.picocontainer.injectors.AbstractInjector$ThreadLocalCyclicDependencyGuard.observe(AbstractInjector.java:270)
at org.picocontainer.injectors.MethodInjector.decorateComponentInstance(MethodInjector.java:120)
at org.picocontainer.injectors.CompositeInjector.decorateComponentInstance(CompositeInjector.java:58)
at org.picocontainer.injectors.Reinjector.reinject(Reinjector.java:142)
at org.picocontainer.injectors.ProviderAdapter.getComponentInstance(ProviderAdapter.java:96)
at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.getInstance(DefaultPicoContainer.java:699)
at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(DefaultPicoContainer.java:647)
at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer$ExtendedDefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(ComponentContainer.java:62)
... 111 more
Caused by: java.lang.AbstractMethodError: com.sonarsource.branch.A.load(Ljava/util/Map;Ljava/util/function/Supplier;Lorg/sonar/scanner/scan/branch/ProjectBranches;Lorg/sonar/scanner/scan/branch/ProjectPullRequests;)Lorg/sonar/scanner/scan/branch/BranchConfiguration;
at org.sonar.scanner.scan.branch.BranchConfigurationProvider.provide(BranchConfigurationProvider.java:51)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.picocontainer.injectors.MethodInjector.invokeMethod(MethodInjector.java:129)
at org.picocontainer.injectors.MethodInjector.access$000(MethodInjector.java:39)
at org.picocontainer.injectors.MethodInjector$2.run(MethodInjector.java:113)
at org.picocontainer.injectors.AbstractInjector$ThreadLocalCyclicDependencyGuard.observe(AbstractInjector.java:270)
at org.picocontainer.injectors.MethodInjector.decorateComponentInstance(MethodInjector.java:120)
at org.picocontainer.injectors.CompositeInjector.decorateComponentInstance(CompositeInjector.java:58)
at org.picocontainer.injectors.Reinjector.reinject(Reinjector.java:142)
at org.picocontainer.injectors.ProviderAdapter.getComponentInstance(ProviderAdapter.java:96)
at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.getInstance(DefaultPicoContainer.java:699)
at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(DefaultPicoContainer.java:647)
at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer$ExtendedDefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(ComponentContainer.java:62)

Answer 1

You have to upgrade the Branch plugin to at least 7.1:
+------------------------+---------+-----------+
| SonarQube Version | 6.7 LTS | 7.0 | 7.1 |
|------------------------|---------|-----------|
| Branch minimal version | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.1 |
+------------------------+---------+-----------+
Read plugin version compatibility matrix here.

Answer 2

Update sonar-gitlab-plugin for new release (Version 4.1.0-SNAPSHOT):
https://github.com/gabrie-allaigre/sonar-gitlab-plugin/releases