Grails 6.1.2 - Application fails to render default page when started with java -Dgrails.env=dev -jar myapp-0.1.war about grails-core HOT 3 CLOSED

Add -Dgrails.gsp.view.dir=views (the value does not matter if you don't have any GSP:s that are not already part of the application. This will trigger the Grails app to use another GroovyPageResourceLoader that will find and use the pre-compiled views.

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@klassek65 Thanks for your report.

I'd just like to let you know that this specific scenario has never worked for any Grails versions, and currently there's no short-term plan to add support for it. However, you can try the approach suggested by @matrei to work around this limitation.

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Hi guillermocalvo and matrei,

Thank you for the work around. I tested the -Dgrails.gsp.view.dir=views with the steps I posted as well as with the addition of a Book domain class and both cases work as you would expect in dev, test, and prod environments.

I am not sure I understand why setting the gps view dir is necessary for running the war file in the dev and test environments but not the prod environment... but I am happy to have a way forward.

Thanks again for looking into this,

klassek65

PS. You might want to consider changing application.yml to include:

grails:
    gsp:
      view:
        dir: views

as a way of fixing this grails limitation :-)

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