ADD-ONS menu missing after updating UPM

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Problem

After updating Confluence UPM they unable to access ADD-ONS page

The following appears in the Atlassian.log

2015-08-20 11:47:30,992 WARN [http-bio-8090-exec-7] [confluence.plugins.soy.VelocityFriendlySoyTemplateRenderer] getRenderedTemplateHtml Error while rendering the template com.atlassian.plugins.atlassian-nav-links-plugin:rotp-menu:navlinks.templates.appswitcher.switcher.soy com.atlassian.confluence.renderer.template.TemplateRenderingException: Unable to compile Soy templates at: com.atlassian.plugins.atlassian-nav-links-plugin:rotp-menuDiagnosis

Cause

Plugin cache is corrupted

Resolution

Clear Plugin cache:

  1. Shutdown Confluence

  2. Ensure the user running Confluence has full read/write privileges to the confluence-home directory.

  3. Remove the following directories

    ⚠️ This will remove the plugin cache files only and will not permanently remove any plugins. These directories will be recreated during the next Confluence startup. However, some third-party plugins may store metadata in these directories, so we recommend creating a temporary backup of the directories.

    • <confluence-home>/bundled-plugins

    • <confluence-home>/plugins-cache

    • <confluence-home>/plugins-osgi-cache

    • <confluence-home>/plugins-temp

    • <confluence-home>/bundled-plugins_language

  4. Start Confluence

Updated on May 22, 2025

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