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:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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.

Updated on April 8, 2025

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