Fix for the above issue, start the AEM instance with this command -Djdk.xml.xpathExprGrpLimit=100 -Djdk.xml.xpathExprOpLimit=2000 For Ex with debug mode: java -Djdk.xml.xpathExprGrpLimit=100 -Djdk.xml.xpathExprOpLimit=2000 -agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=8082 -jar aem-a...