Why does the macro recently-updated-dashboard fail for a certain user?

Get involved · August 11, 2021

Overview:

Confluence 7.11.0 standalone Installation with external databank
Server: Mac mini Late 2018 i3 with 16GB RAM
java version "16.0.1" 2021-04-20
No upgrades
Health checks ok
Confluence works fine for all other users

Problem:

For one certain user the macro recently-updated-dashboard does not render. If you log in from another client with the user's account the problem still occurs.

For all other users the macro works as intended.

Questions:

1) What ist the cause of this behavior?

2) Why does it affect only one certain user?

3) If I decide to not use the macro, can there be any issues in the future for confluence working correctly?

4) Workaround tested. Not successful.

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-59368

Thanks in advance! If I can provide any additional information please let me know.

Best regards,

Philipp

Log:

2021-07-26 17:15:28,071 ERROR [http-nio-8090-exec-10] [xhtml.view.macro.ViewMacroMarshaller] handleMacroExecutionException Error rendering macro: recently-updated-dashboard

java.lang.NullPointerException

at com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.macros.dashboard.SpaceCategoryName.equals(SpaceCategoryName.java:41)

at com.google.common.collect.Lists.indexOfRandomAccess(Lists.java:1028)

at com.google.common.collect.Lists.indexOfImpl(Lists.java:1006)

at com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList.indexOf(ImmutableList.java:413)

at com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList.contains(ImmutableList.java:423)

at com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.macros.dashboard.recentupdates.tabs.SpaceCategoryTab.getSelectedCategory(SpaceCategoryTab.java:163)

at com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.macros.dashboard.recentupdates.tabs.SpaceCategoryTab.getQueryParameters(SpaceCategoryTab.java:70)

at com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.macros.dashboard.recentupdates.RecentlyUpdatedContentMacro.execute(RecentlyUpdatedContentMacro.java:93)

at com.atlassian.renderer.v2.macro.ResourceAwareMacroDecorator.execute(ResourceAwareMacroDecorator.java:51)

at com.atlassian.confluence.macro.V2CompatibilityMacro.execute(V2CompatibilityMacro.java:35)

at com.atlassian.confluence.macro.LazyLoadingMacroWrapper.execute(LazyLoadingMacroWrapper.java:24)

at com.atlassian.confluence.content.render.xhtml.view.macro.ViewMacroMarshaller.executeMacro(ViewMacroMarshaller.java:226)

at com.atlassian.confluence.content.render.xhtml.view.macro.ViewMacroMarshaller.marshalInternal(ViewMacroMarshaller.java:147)

at com.atlassian.confluence.content.render.xhtml.view.macro.ViewMacroMarshaller.lambda$marshal$0(ViewMacroMarshaller.java:104)

at com.atlassian.confluence.impl.content.render.xhtml.analytics.MetricsCollectingMarshaller.marshal(MetricsCollectingMarshaller.java:49)

at com.atlassian.confluence.content.render.xhtml.view.macro.ViewMacroMarshaller.marshal(ViewMacroMarshaller.java:108)

at com.atlassian.confluence.content.render.xhtml.view.macro.ViewMacroMarshaller.marshal(ViewMacroMarshaller.java:48)

at com.atlassian.confluence.content.render.xhtml.UnmarshalMarshalFragmentTransformer.transform(UnmarshalMarshalFragmentTransformer.java:29)

at com.atlassian.confluence.content.render.xhtml.transformers.DefaultFragmentTransformer.transformFragment(DefaultFragmentTransformer.java:141)

at com.atlassian.confluence.content.render.xhtml.transformers.DefaultFragmentTransformer.transform(DefaultFragmentTransformer.java:123)

at com.atlassian.confluence.content.render.xhtml.storage.pagelayouts.StoragePageLayoutUnMarshaller.unmarshal(StoragePageLayoutUnMarshaller.java:74)

at com.atlassian.confluence.content.render.xhtml.storage.pagelayouts.StoragePageLayoutUnMarshaller.unmarshal(StoragePageLayoutUnMarshaller.java:27)

at com.atlassian.confluence.content.render.xhtml.UnmarshalMarshalFragmentTransformer.transform(UnmarshalMarshalFragmentTransformer.java:28)

at com.atlassian.confluence.content.render.xhtml.transformers.DefaultFragmentTransformer.transformFragment(DefaultFragmentTransformer.java:141)

at com.atlassian.confluence.content.render.xhtml.transformers.DefaultFragmentTransformer.transform(DefaultFragmentTransformer.java:123)

at com.atlassian.confluence.content.render.xhtml.storage.StorageXhtmlTransformer.transform(StorageXhtmlTransformer.java:41)

at com.atlassian.confluence.content.render.xhtml.TransformerChain.transform(TransformerChain.java:33)

at com.atlassian.confluence.content.render.xhtml.PluggableTransformerChain.transform(PluggableTransformerChain.java:39)

at com.atlassian.confluence.content.render.xhtml.DefaultRenderer.renderWithoutMetrics(DefaultRenderer.java:189)

at com.atlassian.confluence.content.render.xhtml.DefaultRenderer.renderWithResult(DefaultRenderer.java:150)

at com.atlassian.confluence.content.render.xhtml.DefaultRenderer.render(DefaultRenderer.java:134)

at com.atlassian.confluence.content.render.xhtml.DefaultRenderer.render(DefaultRenderer.java:117)

at com.atlassian.confluence.content.render.xhtml.DefaultRenderer.render(DefaultRenderer.java:111)

at com.atlassian.confluence.content.render.xhtml.DeviceTypeAwareRenderer.render(DeviceTypeAwareRenderer.java:43)

at com.atlassian.confluence.pages.actions.ViewPageAction.execute(ViewPageAction.java:184)

at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:168)

at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)