Name Should Not Be Empty Error when trying to run any filter
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Symptoms
Does not affect all users
Might be affecting all web browsers the affected user tried
A stack trace is thrown:
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Stack Trace: [hide]
com.atlassian.jira.util.dbc.Assertions$BlankStringArgumentException: name should not be empty!
at com.atlassian.jira.util.dbc.Assertions.notBlank(Assertions.java:115)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.action.util.navigator.IssueNavigatorType.getTypeFromString(IssueNavigatorType.java:109)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.action.util.navigator.IssueNavigatorType.getFromCookie(IssueNavigatorType.java:42)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.action.issue.IssueNavigator.getNavigatorType(IssueNavigator.java:1871)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.action.issue.IssueNavigator.doExecute(IssueNavigator.java:205)
Cause
The browser's cache is corrupted.
Resolution
Clear the Web Browser's cache:
Updated on April 1, 2025
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