Getting "Unknown error loading feed from" when subscribe Fisheye Gadget in Jira

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Symptoms

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The following appears in the atlassian-jira.log:

1 2 3 4 5 2013-11-15 15:35:55,642 http-bio-80-exec-1421 INFO xxxx xx.x.xx.xx /rest/config/1.0/directory/subscribed-gadget-feeds [directory.internal.jaxb.SubscribedGadgetFeedsRepresentation] Subscribed Gadget Feed is invalid because of exception java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal character in path at index 149: http://xxxxx/s/-418945332/20131008122028/327/3.0.4/_/download/resources/com.atlassian.gadgets.publisher:ajs-gadgets/images/icons/fisheye and crucible.png at java.net.URI.create(Unknown Source) at com.atlassian.gadgets.directory.internal.impl.GadgetFeedReaderImpl.getIcon(GadgetFeedReaderImpl.java:108)

Cause

The problem is due of the non-escaping of spaces inside the URL. The problem has been reported in FECRU-3989 - Jira v6.0.8#6109-sha1:57cf099 can't subscribe to gadgets in FishEye v3.1.3 Build:20130917011630 2013-09-17.

Resolution

Upgrade to Fisheye 3.1.5 or 3.2.0

Updated on April 11, 2025

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