Application links fail with error : java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
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Symptoms
Application links configured in JIRA are not working.
The following appears in the atlassian-jira.log:
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2014-04-29 09:25:44,992 com.atlassian.mywork.client.reliability.DefaultUnreliableWorker:thread-3 WARN jan aaaa 497x4667x1 y387w0 10.0.4.23,127.0.0.1 /secure/CommentAssignIssue.jspa [mywork.client.reliability.DefaultReliabilityService] Failed task "{"username":"jan aaaa","type":"POST","json":"{\"globalId\":\"appId=7ba165f7-7bea-375a-83f2-1124c99f9d91&entity=issue&id=423301\",\
"condition\":{},\"metadata\":{\"watching\":true}}","path":"/rest/mywork/1/notification/metadata"}"
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal character in query at index 94: http://confluence.abc-pqr.de/rest/mywork/1/notification/metadata?xoauth_requestor_id=jan aaaa
at java.net.URI.create(Unknown Source)
at com.atlassian.sal.core.net.HttpClientProtocolConfig.changeHostConfigurationProtocol(HttpClientProtocolConfig.java:43)
at com.atlassian.sal.core.net.HttpClientProtocolConfig.configureProtocol(HttpClientProtocolConfig.java:20)
at com.atlassian.sal.core.net.HttpClientRequest.configureProtocol(HttpClientRequest.java:532)
at com.atlassian.sal.core.net.HttpClientRequest.setUrl(HttpClientRequest.java:135)Cause
The username used to configure application links has spaces in their username.
Resolution
JIRA does not normally Support usernames with spaces. Please replace the user used to configure Application link with another username that does not have spaces.
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