Getting "Could not load child pages" Error when Trying to View Child Pages
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*Except Fisheye and Crucible
Symptoms
When you are tring to view child pages of a page, there is none displayed but an error:
Could not load child pages

Cause
This is caused by either a corrupted index or an ancestor table.
Resolution
Updated on April 11, 2025
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