getLinksForSection error at the top of the page
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Note that this KB was created for the Data Center version of the product. Data Center KBs for non-Data-Center-specific features may also work for Server versions of the product, however they have not been tested. Support for Server* products ended on February 15th 2024. If you are running a Server product, you can visit the Atlassian Server end of support announcement to review your migration options.
*Except Fisheye and Crucible
Symptoms
After plugin modifications or system upgrade the JIRA instance may get an error at the top of the page.
The following appears at the top of the page:
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An error occurred whilst rendering this message. Please contact the administrators, and inform them of this bug. Details:-------org.apache.velocity.exception.MethodInvocationException: Invocation of method 'getLinksForSection' in class com.atlassian.jira.plugin.webfragment.DefaultSimpleLinkManager threw exception class java.lang.IllegalStateException : Method invoked on module descriptor after it was destroyed. This is only legal for some methods on AbstractModuleDescriptor. at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:251) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:175) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.value(ASTReference.java:327) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTExpression.value(ASTExpression.java:51) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTSetDirective.render(ASTSetDirective.java:95) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:230) at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:256) at org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine.mergeTemplate(VelocityEngine.java:422) at com.atlassian.velocity.DefaultVelocityManager.getEncodedBody(DefaultVelocityManager.java:77) at com.atlassian.velocity.DefaultVelocityManager.getEncodedBody(DefaultVelocityManager.java:61) at com.atlassian.velocity.DefaultVelocityManager.getEncodedBody(DefaultVelocityManager.java:56) at com.atlassian.jira.web.component.AbstractWebComponent.getHtml(AbstractWebComponent.java:33) at com.atlassian.jira.web.component.webfragment.WebFragmentWebComponent.getHtml(WebFragmentWebComponent.java:48) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor6314.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:234) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:203) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:175) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.render(ASTReference.java:220) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:55) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:230) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:89) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:230) at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:256) at org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine.mergeTemplate(VelocityEngine.java:422) at
...Cause
JIRA has cached data which is causing inconsistencies within the JIRA instance.
Resolution
Restart JIRA.
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