Notification workbox is empty when clicked on
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Summary
Problem
Looking at the workbox in the top right-hand corner, there are a number of notifications, but the workbox renders blank when clicked on
An example of the issue:

When the workbox is clicked on:

Diagnosis
Environment
This will happen for all users in any browser
You have Nginx configured on your instance
If you look in the developer tools of the browser, after clicking on the workbox you will see the following error:
Cause
Your nginx.conf
file is currently configured to:
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add_header X-Frame-Options DENY
Solution
Resolution
Update your nginx.conf
file configuration to:
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add_header X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN
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