Workbox notifications throws 500 response error

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Symptoms

The following appears in the atlassian-confluence.log:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2014-06-23 23:32:16,415 ERROR [ajp-bio-8002-exec-243] [mywork.host.rest.ExceptionLogger] toResponse Exception thrown from resource -- url: /rest/mywork/latest/notification/nested | userName: <UserName> | referer: https://<URL>/plugins/servlet/notifications-miniview java.lang.NullPointerException at com.atlassian.mywork.host.service.AppLinkHelper.stripBaseUrl(AppLinkHelper.java:128) at com.atlassian.mywork.host.service.AppLinkHelper.createNotification(AppLinkHelper.java:99) at com.atlassian.mywork.host.service.ClientServiceImpl$2.apply(ClientServiceImpl.java:162) at com.atlassian.mywork.host.service.ClientServiceImpl$2.apply(ClientServiceImpl.java:148) at com.atlassian.mywork.host.service.AppLinkHelper$1.handle(AppLinkHelper.java:77) at com.atlassian.applinks.core.auth.oauth.OAuthApplinksResponseHandler.handle(OAuthApplinksResponseHandler.java:61) at com.atlassian.applinks.core.auth.ApplicationLinkRequestAdaptor$1.handle(ApplicationLinkRequestAdaptor.java:87) at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.module.jersey.JerseyRequest$2.handle(JerseyRequest.java:166)

Cause

The error thrown in the Confluence log is related to the configuration of your application links.

Resolution

Double check the configuration of your application link (from Confluence Admin > Application Links ) to ensure that your application link is configured with a valid URL and that both Incoming and Outgoing authentication is configured.

Updated on April 8, 2025

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