Cannot Revert to Previous Page Version when Scaffolding Plugin is Installed
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This problem is related to a third party plugin, and therefore not supported by Atlassian. See Atlassian Supported Plugins for more information.
Symptoms
When the Scaffolding plugin is installed, reverting to the previous version of a page fails with an error like:
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Cause
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: com.atlassian.confluence.pages.actions.RevertPageBackToVersionAction.doRevertBack()Ljava/lang/String;
at net.customware.confluence.plugin.scaffolding.actions.RevertMetadataBackToVersionAction.doRevertBack(RevertMetadataBackToVersionAction.java:48)
Cause
This problem is caused by a know issue (SCAFF-254) with the Scaffolding plugin, a third party plugin.
Resolution
The solution to the problem is to either upgrade or disable the Scaffolding plugin. If upgrading doesn't help, please report an issue with our partner, Adaptavist.
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