CF 2023 REST service registration fails

[rez0n8]

We're in the process of migrating from CF2021 to CF2023, and so far everything has been going well except for getting a REST service registered.

Using the same path and service mapping as we did in CF2021 we are getting the following error:

Error registering REST service. Please ensure that you have entered a proper mapping and path.
Application Calendar could not be initialized.
Reason: Cannot invoke "java.lang.Boolean.booleanValue()" because "skip" is null
Cannot invoke "java.lang.Boolean.booleanValue()" because "skip" is null

In trying to research this, I came across what appeared to be an identical case on the bug tracker (CF-4220013 | Tracker (adobe.com)), which was withdrawn as a duplicate of another issue. However, that other issue (CF-4219459 | Tracker (adobe.com)) loads with a page that says "No issue found."

I can't seem to find anything else that helps. Is this an actual bug? Has anyone else run into this? Has anyone else solved it?

[BKBK]

That may indeed be a bug. However, apart from the ColdFusion Administrator, there is an alternative way to register a REST service. Use restInitApplication.

Let's assume that you have created an Application.cfc file especially for the REST service, which is highly recommended. Its logical location is: within the same directory as the REST CFC. Then you can register the REST service by including code similar to the following in the Application.cfc file:

public boolean function onRequestStart()
    {   
    	restInitApplication(getDirectoryFromPath(getCurrentTemplatePath()), "name_of_REST_service");
        return true;
    }