Add-on is installed successfully via UPM but there's an error occurred

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Summary

Problem

After clicking to install an add-on via JIRA Administration > Add-ons > Find add-ons, an error message :

1 An unexpected error occurred. Refer to the logs for more information

in a red box, despite the add-on is actually installed successfully.

Diagnosis

Environment

  • The user is accessing JIRA with Apache integrated.

Diagnostic Steps

  • Upload add-on file manually will install the add-on without any errors

  • Install an add-on with proxy bypassed will also install the add-on without any errors

The following appears in the Apache log

1 [<date>] [evasive20:error] [pid xxxxx] [client ip_address:xxxxx] client denied by server configuration: proxy: http://proxy.com, referer: http://proxy.com/something

Cause

The access to the marketplace was denied by an Apache configuration.

Solution

Workaround

Add JIRA base URL in a list of whitelisted IP Addresses in the proxy configuration file

References:

Updated on April 1, 2025

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