Cannot Enable Applinks Plugin in Confluence Due to Shared Access Layer

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*Except Fisheye and Crucible

Symptoms

The AppLinks plugin is disabled. Clicking on Enable does not work and produces the following error in the atlassian-confluence.log file:

1 2 3 2009-12-04 15:22:30,153 ERROR [TP-Processor3] [plugin.osgi.factory.OsgiPlugin] logAndClearOustandingDependencies Never resolved service '&requestFactory' for plugin 'com.atlassian.applinks.confluence' with filter (objectClass=com.atlassian.sal.api.net.RequestFactory) -- referer: ... | url: /confluence/admin/enableplugin.action | userName: admin | action: enableplugin 2009-12-04 15:22:30,153 ERROR [TP-Processor3] [plugin.osgi.factory.OsgiPlugin] logAndClearOustandingDependencies Never resolved service '&projectManager' for plugin 'com.atlassian.applinks.confluence' with filter (objectClass=com.atlassian.sal.api.project.ProjectManager)

Cause

The AppLinks plugin requires Shared Application Access Layer Confluence Plugin and Shared Application Access Layer API to work. If either of these plugins is disabled, this problem will occur.

Resolution

Make sure that Shared Application Access Layer Confluence Plugin and Shared Application Access Layer API are enabled.

See also Unable to Enable Applinks Plugin Due to Invalid State.

Updated on April 8, 2025

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