JMeter Error: jmeter.threads.JMeterThread: Test failed! java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: INSTANCE
<p>I am trying to get some junit tests to run on jenkins through jmeter for some GAE cost testing. It has been a real headache to say the least. As far as what is going on right now, I have fought my way up to getting this issue, which I hope will be the last. Some key points:</p>

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<li>I have no issues what-so-ever when running it locally through the GUI</li>
<li>The follow stack trace error is taken from the log via running it on Jenkins through a shell script that calls a java program that runs it</li>
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<p>Here is the stack trace: </p>

<pre><code>2016/07/12 08:53:13 ERROR - jmeter.threads.JMeterThread: Test failed! java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: INSTANCE
    at org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.sampler.HTTPHC4Impl.setupClient(HTTPHC4Impl.java:774)
    at org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.sampler.HTTPHC4Impl.sample(HTTPHC4Impl.java:327)
    at org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.sampler.HTTPSamplerProxy.sample(HTTPSamplerProxy.java:74)
    at org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.sampler.HTTPSamplerBase.sample(HTTPSamplerBase.java:1146)
    at org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.sampler.HTTPSamplerBase.sample(HTTPSamplerBase.java:1135)
    at org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread.executeSamplePackage(JMeterThread.java:465)
    at org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread.processSampler(JMeterThread.java:410)
    at org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread.run(JMeterThread.java:241)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

2016/07/12 08:53:13 INFO  - jmeter.threads.JMeterThread: Thread finished: jp@gc - Ultimate Thread Group 1-1 
2016/07/12 08:53:13 INFO  - jmeter.engine.StandardJMeterEngine: Notifying test listeners of end of test 
2016/07/12 08:53:13 INFO  - jmeter.reporters.Summariser: summary =      0 in 00:00:00 = ******/s Avg:     0 Min: 9223372036854775807 Max: -9223372036854775808 Err:     0 (0.00%) 
2016/07/12 08:53:23 ERROR - jmeter.JMeter: Uncaught exception:  java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "******"
    at sun.misc.FloatingDecimal.readJavaFormatString(FloatingDecimal.java:2043)
    at sun.misc.FloatingDecimal.parseDouble(FloatingDecimal.java:110)
    at java.lang.Double.parseDouble(Double.java:538)
    at AutoTest.AutoTestUtil.CheckStats(AutoTestUtil.java:219)
    at AutoTest.AutoTestUtil.main(AutoTestUtil.java:68)
</code></pre>