The legacy standalone.xml config does not set skip-group-loading="true" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: WFCORE-3823 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/WFCORE-3823 Project: WildFly Core Issue Type: Bug Components: Management Reporter: Brian Stansberry Assignee: Brian Stansberry Priority: Minor All the other configs include skip-group-loading="true" in the local auth config. The standalone-loadbalancer.xml not having is therefore probably wrong, plus it forces the galleon packs to try to match an incorrect legacy which adds unnecessary complexity.