Error in rendering Blog Posts macro after restoring Confluence from backup

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Symptoms

The following appears in the atlassian-confluence.log:

1 2 3 4 2012-11-12 22:56:19,064 ERROR [http-8092-3] [xhtml.view.macro.ViewMacroMarshaller] marshal Exception executing macro: blog-posts, with message: com.atlassian.renderer.v2.macro.MacroException – url: /display/test/Home | page: 3342414 | userName: xxxxx | referer: https://localhost/display/test/some-page | action: viewpage 2012-11-12 22:59:21,111 ERROR [http-8092-1] [xhtml.view.macro.ViewMacroMarshaller] marshal Exception executing macro: blog-posts, with message: com.atlassian.renderer.v2.macro.MacroException – url: /display/test/News | page: 6389861 | userName: xxxxx | referer: https://localhost/display/test/Home | action: viewpage

Cause

Confluence index is corrupted.

Resolution

Rebuild the Content Indices from Scratch

Updated on April 8, 2025

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