Rest API returns unexpected response code in Bitbucket Server.
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Summary
The API endpoint /api/latest/projects/{projectKey}/repos/{repositorySlug}/raw/{path} is returning an unexpected 500 error. This endpoint is designed to fetch the raw content of a file path for a particular revision. According to the API documentation, the anticipated output response codes include:
200 OK
400 Bad Request
401 Unauthorized
404 Not Found
there's no mention of a 500 response code in the documentation.
Environment
7.17.13, It can occur on other versions as well.
Diagnosis
During the execution of the call, the client-side output is generating a 500 error code.
The curl command used is as follows:
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curl -I -u admin:myPassword --request GET \
--url 'http://10.224.203.9:7990/rest/api/latest/projects/test/repos/myrepo/raw/5rus4f3mjzu?at=testbranch' \
--header 'Accept: application/json'
HTTP/1.1 500
X-AREQUESTID: @2NAUT6x534x139x0This identical error is also visible in the atlassian-bitbucket.log. The log information is as follows:
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DEBUG [http-nio-7990-exec-2] admin @2NAUT6x534x139x0 172.29.xxx.xxx "GET /rest/api/latest/projects/test/repos/myrepo/raw/5rus4f3mjzu HTTP/1.1" c.a.s.i.r.e.ServiceExceptionMapper Mapping ServiceException to REST response 500
com.atlassian.bitbucket.scm.CommandFailedException: '/usr/bin/git cat-file -p testbranch:5rus4f3mjzu' exited with code 128 saying: fatal: path '5rus4f3mjzu' does not exist in 'testbranch'
at com.atlassian.bitbucket.scm.DefaultCommandExitHandler.onError(DefaultCommandExitHandler.java:47)
at com.atlassian.bitbucket.scm.git.command.GitCommandExitHandler.evaluateThrowable(GitCommandExitHandler.java:111)
at com.atlassian.bitbucket.scm.git.command.GitCommandExitHandler.onError(GitCommandExitHandler.java:208)
at com.atlassian.bitbucket.scm.DefaultCommandExitHandler.onExit(DefaultCommandExitHandler.java:32)
at com.atlassian.bitbucket.internal.process.nu.NioNuProcessHandler.callExitHandler(NioNuProcessHandler.java:340)
at com.atlassian.bitbucket.internal.process.nu.NioNuProcessHandler.finish(NioNuProcessHandler.java:381)
at com.atlassian.bitbucket.internal.process.nu.NioNuProcessHandler.onExit(NioNuProcessHandler.java:136)
at com.zaxxer.nuprocess.internal.BasePosixProcess.onExit(BasePosixProcess.java:317)
at com.zaxxer.nuprocess.linux.ProcessEpoll.handleExit(ProcessEpoll.java:356)
at com.zaxxer.nuprocess.linux.ProcessEpoll.checkDeadPool(ProcessEpoll.java:344)
at com.zaxxer.nuprocess.linux.ProcessEpoll.waitForDeadPool(ProcessEpoll.java:390)
at com.zaxxer.nuprocess.linux.ProcessEpoll.run(ProcessEpoll.java:168)
at com.zaxxer.nuprocess.linux.LinuxProcess.run(LinuxProcess.java:111)
at com.zaxxer.nuprocess.linux.LinProcessFactory.runProcess(LinProcessFactory.java:50)
at com.zaxxer.nuprocess.NuProcessBuilder.run(NuProcessBuilder.java:275)
at com.atlassian.bitbucket.internal.process.nu.NuNioProcessHelper.run(NuNioProcessHelper.java:75)
at com.atlassian.bitbucket.internal.process.NioCommand.call(NioCommand.java:46)
at com.atlassian.stash.internal.content.DefaultContentService.streamFile(DefaultContentService.java:265)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor202.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at com.atlassian.plugin.util.ContextClassLoaderSettingInvocationHandler.invoke(ContextClassLoaderSettingInvocationHandler.java:26)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at org.eclipse.gemini.blueprint.service.importer.support.internal.aop.ServiceInvoker.doInvoke(ServiceInvoker.java:56)
at org.eclipse.gemini.blueprint.service.importer.support.internal.aop.ServiceInvoker.invoke(ServiceInvoker.java:60)
at org.eclipse.gemini.blueprint.service.util.internal.aop.ServiceTCCLInterceptor.invokeUnprivileged(ServiceTCCLInterceptor.java:70)
at org.eclipse.gemini.blueprint.service.util.internal.aop.ServiceTCCLInterceptor.invoke(ServiceTCCLInterceptor.java:53)
at org.eclipse.gemini.blueprint.service.importer.support.LocalBundleContextAdvice.invoke(LocalBundleContextAdvice.java:57)
at com.atlassian.stash.internal.rest.content.DefaultRestContentHelper.lambda$streamBytes$1(DefaultRestContentHelper.java:110)
at com.atlassian.stash.internal.rest.filter.StreamingResponseFilter$ExceptionMappingStreamingResponse.lambda$write$0(StreamingResponseFilter.java:99)
at com.atlassian.stash.internal.rest.filter.StreamingResponseFilter$AbstractStreamingExceptionMapper.stream(StreamingResponseFilter.java:50)
at com.atlassian.stash.internal.rest.filter.StreamingResponseFilter$ExceptionMappingStreamingResponse.write(StreamingResponseFilter.java:99)
at com.atlassian.stash.internal.rest.util.StreamingResponseProvider.writeTo(StreamingResponseProvider.java:58)
at com.atlassian.stash.internal.rest.util.StreamingResponseProvider.writeTo(StreamingResponseProvider.java:39)
at com.atlassian.applinks.core.rest.context.ContextFilter.doFilter(ContextFilter.java:24)
at com.atlassian.applinks.core.rest.context.ContextFilter.doFilter(ContextFilter.java:24)
at com.atlassian.applinks.core.rest.context.ContextFilter.doFilter(ContextFilter.java:24)
at com.atlassian.applinks.core.rest.context.ContextFilter.doFilter(ContextFilter.java:24)
at com.atlassian.applinks.core.rest.context.ContextFilter.doFilter(ContextFilter.java:24)
at com.atlassian.analytics.client.filter.UniversalAnalyticsFilter.doFilter(UniversalAnalyticsFilter.java:75)
at com.atlassian.analytics.client.filter.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:33)
at com.atlassian.bitbucket.internal.xcode.web.XcodeUserAgentFilter.doFilter(XcodeUserAgentFilter.java:36)
at com.atlassian.stash.internal.spring.lifecycle.LifecycleJohnsonServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(LifecycleJohnsonServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:42)
at com.atlassian.bitbucket.internal.ratelimit.servlet.filter.RateLimitFilter.doFilter(RateLimitFilter.java:75)
at com.atlassian.plugin.connect.plugin.auth.scope.ApiScopingFilter.doFilter(ApiScopingFilter.java:81)
at com.atlassian.troubleshooting.thready.filter.AbstractThreadNamingFilter.doFilter(AbstractThreadNamingFilter.java:46)
at com.atlassian.stash.internal.spring.lifecycle.LifecycleJohnsonServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(LifecycleJohnsonServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:42)
at com.atlassian.stash.internal.web.auth.AuthorizationFailureInterceptor.doFilterInternal(AuthorizationFailureInterceptor.java:39)
at com.atlassian.stash.internal.spring.security.StashAuthenticationFilter.onSuccess(StashAuthenticationFilter.java:219)
at com.atlassian.stash.internal.spring.security.StashAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(StashAuthenticationFilter.java:100)
at com.atlassian.stash.internal.web.auth.BeforeLoginPluginAuthenticationFilter.doInsideSpringSecurityChain(BeforeLoginPluginAuthenticationFilter.java:112)
at com.atlassian.stash.internal.web.auth.BeforeLoginPluginAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(BeforeLoginPluginAuthenticationFilter.java:75)
at com.atlassian.security.auth.trustedapps.filter.TrustedApplicationsFilter.doFilter(TrustedApplicationsFilter.java:94)
at com.atlassian.oauth.serviceprovider.internal.servlet.OAuthFilter.doFilter(OAuthFilter.java:67)
at com.atlassian.stash.internal.spring.lifecycle.LifecycleJohnsonServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(LifecycleJohnsonServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:42)
at com.atlassian.plugin.connect.plugin.auth.oauth2.DefaultSalAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(DefaultSalAuthenticationFilter.java:69)
at com.atlassian.plugin.connect.plugin.auth.user.ThreeLeggedAuthFilter.doFilter(ThreeLeggedAuthFilter.java:109)
at com.atlassian.plugins.authentication.impl.basicauth.filter.DisableBasicAuthFilter.doFilter(DisableBasicAuthFilter.java:70)
at com.atlassian.jwt.internal.servlet.JwtAuthFilter.doFilter(JwtAuthFilter.java:37)
at com.atlassian.analytics.client.filter.DefaultAnalyticsFilter.doFilter(DefaultAnalyticsFilter.java:26)
at com.atlassian.analytics.client.filter.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:33)
at com.atlassian.troubleshooting.thready.filter.AbstractThreadNamingFilter.doFilter(AbstractThreadNamingFilter.java:46)
at com.atlassian.stash.internal.spring.lifecycle.LifecycleJohnsonServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(LifecycleJohnsonServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:42)
at com.atlassian.stash.internal.web.auth.BeforeLoginPluginAuthenticationFilter.doBeforeBeforeLoginFilters(BeforeLoginPluginAuthenticationFilter.java:90)
at com.atlassian.stash.internal.web.auth.BeforeLoginPluginAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(BeforeLoginPluginAuthenticationFilter.java:73)
at com.atlassian.stash.internal.request.DefaultRequestManager.doAsRequest(DefaultRequestManager.java:84)
at com.atlassian.stash.internal.hazelcast.ConfigurableWebFilter.doFilter(ConfigurableWebFilter.java:38)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:829)
... 298 frames trimmed
Caused by: com.atlassian.utils.process.ProcessException: Non-zero exit code: 128
at com.atlassian.bitbucket.internal.process.nu.NioNuProcessHandler.callExitHandler(NioNuProcessHandler.java:332)
... 74 common frames omittedCause
The occurrence of this issue is a result of having an incompatible version of git installed. Specifically in this instance, git version 2.39.3 was utilized with Bitbucket Server version 7.17.3, a combination that is not compatible.
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<git>
<binary>/usr/bin/git</binary>
<version>2.39.3</version>
</git>
<bitbucket-information>
<base-url>https://stash.s-mxs.net</base-url>
<build-version>7.17.13</build-version>
<cpus>8</cpus>
</bitbucket-information>Solution
Install a compatible version of Git. Refer to Bitbucket Server Supported platforms for more information.
Updated on March 19, 2025
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