Drag and drop is not working due to plugin reloadibility problem

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Summary

Symptoms

Sometime, the drag and drop is not working after upgrading Greenhopper plugins. Whenever you try to drag, you can monitor a javascript exception in the background:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 TypeError: C is null [Stop with this error] ...e:$F("searchType")})}if(!B){Boards.closePopups();Boards.working()}else{GH.Util.s... com.py...mmon.js (Line 6) TypeError: C is null [Stop with this error] ...e:$F("searchType")})}if(!B){Boards.closePopups();Boards.working()}else{GH.Util.s... com.py...mmon.js (Line 6) TypeError: C is null [Stop with this error] ...e:$F("searchType")})}if(!B){Boards.closePopups();Boards.working()}else{GH.Util.s... com.py...mmon.js (Line 6) TypeError: C is null

Diagnosis

The upgrade process is succeeded from the atlassian-greenhopper.log. You can verify it by looking for the following trace

1 2 3 ********************************************************************************* Atlassian GreenHopper v6.x #cc4371e11036 built 2013-04-18T11:44:43.987+08:00 - plugin started. Get Agile! *********************************************************************************

Cause

The plugin is unable to load after the ugprade process. The following error appear in atlassian-jira.log:

1 2 3 4 5 6 2013-03-06 11:44:52,904 http-8080-42 ERROR xxx.xxxx.xxxx 704x1193865x1 h0997g 95.89.218.204,10.10.10.11 /secure/IssueAction.jspa [jira.event.issue.IssueEventListenerHandler] Exception thrown from listener [com.pyxis.greenhopper.jira.listeners.CacheEvictionListener] : It appears that a call has been made to BridgeServiceLocator when it is not initialised. This may indicate a plugin reloadability problem?? java.lang.IllegalStateException: It appears that a call has been made to BridgeServiceLocator when it is not initialised. This may indicate a plugin reloadability problem?? at com.atlassian.greenhopper.service.BridgeServiceLocator.getInstance(BridgeServiceLocator.java:147) at com.pyxis.greenhopper.jira.listeners.CacheEvictionListener.evict(CacheEvictionListener.java:88) at com.pyxis.greenhopper.jira.listeners.CacheEvictionListener.issueUpdated(CacheEvictionListener.java:32) at com.atlassian.jira.event.issue.AbstractIssueEventListener.workflowEvent(AbstractIssueEventListener.java:94

Solution

Resolution

Perform a full Search Indexing to make sure the plugins upgraded completely.

Updated on April 2, 2025

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