Vaadin 14.3.4 + spring boot 2.x + maven issue: Unable to read webpack stats file

I use "spring boot 2.2 + maven + vaadin 14.3.4" and when I launch my web application via spring plugin the system returns the following error:

    This application has no explicit mapping for /error, so you are seeing this as a fallback.
Thu Sep 03 18:13:50 CEST 2020
There was an unexpected error (type=Internal Server Error, status=500).
com.vaadin.flow.server.BootstrapException: Unable to read webpack stats file.
com.vaadin.flow.server.ServiceException: com.vaadin.flow.server.BootstrapException: Unable to read webpack stats file.
	at com.vaadin.flow.server.VaadinService.handleExceptionDuringRequest(VaadinService.java:1594)
	at com.vaadin.flow.server.VaadinService.handleRequest(VaadinService.java:1557)
	at com.vaadin.flow.server.VaadinServlet.service(VaadinServlet.java:247)
	at com.vaadin.flow.spring.SpringServlet.service(SpringServlet.java:108)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:741)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:231)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:712)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:459)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:352)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:312)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.ServletForwardingController.handleRequestInternal(ServletForwardingController.java:141)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.AbstractController.handleRequest(AbstractController.java:177)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.SimpleControllerHandlerAdapter.handle(SimpleControllerHandlerAdapter.java:52)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:1040)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:943)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:1006)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:898)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:634)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:883)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:741)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:231)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.RequestContextFilter.doFilterInternal(RequestContextFilter.java:100)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:119)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.FormContentFilter.doFilterInternal(FormContentFilter.java:93)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:119)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilterInternal(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:201)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:119)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:202)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:96)
	at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:541)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:139)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:92)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:74)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:343)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:367)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:65)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:860)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1598)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834)
Caused by: com.vaadin.flow.server.BootstrapException: Unable to read webpack stats file.
	at com.vaadin.flow.server.BootstrapHandler$BootstrapPageBuilder.setupFrameworkLibraries(BootstrapHandler.java:893)
	at com.vaadin.flow.server.BootstrapHandler$BootstrapPageBuilder.setupDocumentHead(BootstrapHandler.java:770)
	at com.vaadin.flow.server.BootstrapHandler$BootstrapPageBuilder.getBootstrapPage(BootstrapHandler.java:539)
	at com.vaadin.flow.server.BootstrapHandler.synchronizedHandleRequest(BootstrapHandler.java:480)
	at com.vaadin.flow.server.SynchronizedRequestHandler.handleRequest(SynchronizedRequestHandler.java:40)
	at com.vaadin.flow.server.VaadinService.handleRequest(VaadinService.java:1545)
	... 52 more
Caused by: java.io.IOException: The stats file from webpack (stats.json) was not found.
The application is running in production mode.Verify that build-frontend task has executed successfully and that stats.json is on the classpath.Or switch application to development mode.
	at com.vaadin.flow.server.BootstrapHandler$BootstrapPageBuilder.appendNpmBundle(BootstrapHandler.java:925)
	at com.vaadin.flow.server.BootstrapHandler$BootstrapPageBuilder.setupFrameworkLibraries(BootstrapHandler.java:891)
	... 57 more

this is my pom.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>org.vaadin.spring</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-xml-reader</artifactId>
<name>Spring Xml Reader</name>
<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>2.2.4.RELEASE</version>
</parent>
<properties>
<vaadin.version>14.3.4</vaadin.version>
<!--        <vaadin.version>14.0.0.rc7</vaadin.version>-->
</properties>
<pluginRepositories>
<pluginRepository>
<id>vaadin-prereleases</id>
<url>https://maven.vaadin.com/vaadin-prereleases</url>
</pluginRepository>
</pluginRepositories>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>vaadin-prereleases</id>
<url>https://maven.vaadin.com/vaadin-prereleases</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
<dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.xmlbeans</groupId>
<artifactId>xmlbeans</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
<artifactId>vaadin-bom</artifactId>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>import</scope>
<version>${vaadin.version}</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
<artifactId>vaadin-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
<optional>true</optional>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.xmlbeans</groupId>
<artifactId>xmlbeans</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>productionMode</id>
<activation>
<property>
<name>vaadin.productionMode</name>
</property>
</activation>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
<artifactId>flow-server-production-mode</artifactId>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
<artifactId>flow-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${flow.maven.plugin.version}</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>copy-production-files</goal>
<goal>package-for-production</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<transpileOutputDirectory>${webapp.directory}</transpileOutputDirectory>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<jvmArguments>-Dvaadin.productionMode</jvmArguments>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>xmlbeans-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3.3</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>generate-sources</phase>
<goals>
<goal>xmlbeans</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<inherited>true</inherited>
<configuration>
<javaSource>11</javaSource>
<download>true</download>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.10</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>copy</id>
<phase>process-resources</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<artifactItems>
<artifactItem>
<groupId>org.apache.openejb</groupId>
<artifactId>openejb-javaagent</artifactId>
<version>3.0-beta-2</version>
<outputDirectory>src/main/xsd</outputDirectory>
</artifactItem>
</artifactItems>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</profile>
</profiles>
</project>

if I use the version of vaadin 14.0.0.rc7 it works well... but then I have other kind of problems that I would not want to bore you with...

"Unable to read webpack stats file" - does anyone understand?

It's an issue with node 17. I downgraded to node 16 and now my vaadin 14 app is running again.

GREAT! thanks to @Simon Martinelli. I was not aware of the existance of start.vaadin.com. comparing the pom.xml generated on start.vaadin.com I understood that some repositories were wrong; I have completely changed the pom in according with the new generated on the site start.vaadin.com

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.example.application</groupId>
<artifactId>my-project</artifactId>
<name>My Project</name>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<properties>
<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
<vaadin.version>14.3.6</vaadin.version>
</properties>
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>2.3.3.RELEASE</version>
</parent>
<repositories>
<!-- The order of definitions matters. Explicitly defining central here to make sure it has the highest priority. -->
<!-- Main Maven repository -->
<repository>
<id>central</id>
<url>https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2</url>
<snapshots>
<enabled>false</enabled>
</snapshots>
</repository>
<!-- Repository used by many Vaadin add-ons -->
<repository>
<id>Vaadin Directory</id>
<url>https://maven.vaadin.com/vaadin-addons</url>
<snapshots>
<enabled>false</enabled>
</snapshots>
</repository>
</repositories>
<pluginRepositories>
<!-- Main Maven repository -->
<pluginRepository>
<id>central</id>
<url>https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2</url>
<snapshots>
<enabled>false</enabled>
</snapshots>
</pluginRepository>
</pluginRepositories>
<dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
<artifactId>vaadin-bom</artifactId>
<version>${vaadin.version}</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>import</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
<!-- Replace artifactId with vaadin-core to use only free components -->
<artifactId>vaadin</artifactId>
<exclusions>
<!-- Webjars are only needed when running in Vaadin 13 compatibility mode -->
<exclusion>
<groupId>com.vaadin.webjar</groupId>
<artifactId>*</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.webjars.bowergithub.insites</groupId>
<artifactId>*</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.webjars.bowergithub.polymer</groupId>
<artifactId>*</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.webjars.bowergithub.polymerelements</groupId>
<artifactId>*</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.webjars.bowergithub.vaadin</groupId>
<artifactId>*</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.webjars.bowergithub.webcomponents</groupId>
<artifactId>*</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
<artifactId>vaadin-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
<exclusions>
<!-- Excluding so that webjars are not included. -->
<exclusion>
<groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
<artifactId>vaadin-core</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.vaadin.artur</groupId>
<artifactId>a-vaadin-helper</artifactId>
<version>1.4.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
<optional>true</optional>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
<artifactId>vaadin-testbench</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>io.github.bonigarcia</groupId>
<artifactId>webdrivermanager</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.xmlbeans</groupId>
<artifactId>xmlbeans</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<defaultGoal>spring-boot:run</defaultGoal>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<!-- Clean build and startup time for Vaadin apps sometimes may exceed
the default Spring Boot's 30sec timeout.  -->
<configuration>
<wait>500</wait>
<maxAttempts>240</maxAttempts>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<!--
Take care of synchronizing java dependencies and imports in
package.json and main.js files.
It also creates webpack.config.js if not exists yet.
-->
<plugin>
<groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
<artifactId>vaadin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${vaadin.version}</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>prepare-frontend</goal>
<goal>build-frontend</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<profiles>
<profile>
<!-- Production mode is activated using -Pproduction -->
<id>production</id>
<properties>
<vaadin.productionMode>true</vaadin.productionMode>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
<artifactId>flow-server-production-mode</artifactId>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<jvmArguments>-Dvaadin.productionMode</jvmArguments>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
<artifactId>vaadin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${vaadin.version}</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>build-frontend</goal>
</goals>
<phase>compile</phase>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</profile>
<profile>
<id>it</id>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>start-spring-boot</id>
<phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>start</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>stop-spring-boot</id>
<phase>post-integration-test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>stop</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<!-- Runs the integration tests (*IT) after the server is started -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>integration-test</goal>
<goal>verify</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<trimStackTrace>false</trimStackTrace>
<enableAssertions>true</enableAssertions>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>xmlbeans-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3.3</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>generate-sources</phase>
<goals>
<goal>xmlbeans</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<inherited>true</inherited>
<configuration>
<javaSource>11</javaSource>
<download>true</download>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.1</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>copy</id>
<phase>process-resources</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<artifactItems>
<artifactItem>
<groupId>org.apache.openejb</groupId>
<artifactId>openejb-javaagent</artifactId>
<version>3.0-beta-2</version>
<outputDirectory>src/main/xsd</outputDirectory>
</artifactItem>
</artifactItems>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</profile>
</profiles>
</project>