bitbucket-leading-whitespace missing eve causes source view to not render

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Symptoms

When viewing the source of a file, no content is rendered and the following appears in the JavaScript console:

1 Uncaught Error: plugin.bitbucket-leading-whitespace missing eve
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Cause

This is caused by the Leading Whitespace Stats add-on not being supported by Bitbucket Server 3.0+.

Resolution

  • Disable or uninstall the Leading Whitespace Stats add-on.

Updated on April 8, 2025

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