Failed Requests on Fisheye Crucible Instance Behind Proxy: 'Additional XSRF Checks Failed' WARN messages

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Summary

Performing actions like creating Application links, downloading Support Zips or even creating reviews fails with "Additional XSRF checks failed for request" messages logged on a Fisheye Crucible instance behind proxy.

Environment

All

Diagnosis

  • Check if user is accessing the Fisheye Crucible instance from behind a Proxy.

  • When doing any of the actions like Downloading Support Zips or creating Application Links, the request fails and "Additional XSRF checks failed" WARN message is logged in Server logs.

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    Server logs:

    1 2 2023-11-05 10:47:18,700 WARN [qtp2031951755-3011 url: /rest/analytics/1.0/publish/bulk; user: ******* ] com.atlassian.plugins.rest.common.security.jersey.XsrfResourceFilter XsrfResourceFilter-passesAdditionalBrowserChecks - Additional XSRF checks failed for request: http://instenv-**************.atl-test.space/rest/analytics/1.0/publish/bulk , origin: https://http://instenv-**************.atl-test.space , referrer: https://ihttp://instenv-**************.atl-test.space/plugins/servlet/troubleshooting/view/ , credentials in request: true , allowed via CORS: false 2023-11-05 10:47:41,486 WARN [qtp2031951755-3011 url: /rest/troubleshooting/latest/support-zip/local; user: ******* ] com.atlassian.plugins.rest.common.security.jersey.XsrfResourceFilter XsrfResourceFilter-passesAdditionalBrowserChecks - Additional XSRF checks failed for request: http://instenv-**************.atl-test.space/rest/troubleshooting/latest/support-zip/local , origin: https://http://instenv-**************.atl-test.space , referrer: https://http://instenv-**************.atl-test.space/plugins/servlet/troubleshooting/view/ , credentials in request: true , allowed via CORS: false

Cause

  • This happens when the Proxy Settings are not properly configured on the Fisheye Crucible instance.

Solution

  • Configure the correct Proxy Settings on your Fisheye Crucible instance from "Admin → Global Settings → Server" as shown in below example.

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    Kindly update the values as per your own environment.

  • Restart your Fisheye Crucible instance for the configuration to take effect.

  • After the restart the <web-server> directive in your config.yml should be updated to reflect the changes as shown in the below example.

    1 2 3 <web-server site-url="https://{{SiteURL}}"> <http bind=":8060" proxy-host="{{proxy_url}}" proxy-port="443" proxy-scheme="https"/> </web-server>

Updated on March 17, 2025

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