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Key: JRA-13909
Type: Bug Bug
Status: Open Open
Priority: Major Major
Assignee: Unassigned
Reporter: Jeff Turner [Atlassian]
Votes: 1
Watchers: 0
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JIRA

Issue navigator blows up with stacktrace when index directory doesn't exist

Created: 07/Nov/07 04:58 PM   Updated: 29/Dec/07 08:40 PM
Component/s: Filtering & Indexing, Issue navigator
Affects Version/s: 3.11
Fix Version/s: 3.13.x

Time Tracking:
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Participants: David Hoshaw, Jed Wesley-Smith [Atlassian] and Jeff Turner [Atlassian]
Since last comment: 36 weeks, 1 day ago
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If the index directory doesn't exist when you start JIRA, everything appears normal until the point you search for issues. Then JIRA blows up with a very unfriendly stacktrace:
 Cause:
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: java.io.FileNotFoundException: no segments* file found in org.apache.lucene.store.FSDirectory@/home/jturner/tmpjira/cleandb/ent/3.11/index/issues: files:

Stack Trace: [hide]

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: java.io.FileNotFoundException: no segments* file found in org.apache.lucene.store.FSDirectory@/home/jturner/tmpjira/cleandb/ent/3.11/index/issues: files:
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.handleJspException(JspServletWrapper.java:512)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:395)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:314)
....

I think we need to detect that indexing is disabled and print a nice message, pointing people to the Indexing admin page where they can reenable it.



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Jed Wesley-Smith [Atlassian] added a comment - 06/Dec/07 08:00 PM
The fix for this issue has not been able to make it into JIRA v3.12. We are hoping to incorporate it into v3.12.1. As of writing however, there are 163 items scheduled as Fix For v3.12.1. We will not be able to include all of them.

David Hoshaw added a comment - 28/Dec/07 12:46 PM
A variation of this problem has just happened to me. The index files were corrupted and now Jira (3.12.1 Enterprise) will not start.

2007-12-28 13:33:39,821 http-80-1 ERROR [[Catalina].[localhost].[/].[action]] Servlet.service() for servlet action threw exception
com.atlassian.bonnie.LuceneException: java.io.FileNotFoundException: no segments* file found in org.apache.lucene.store.FSDirectory@C:\Jira\index\issues: files:
at com.atlassian.bonnie.ConcurrentLuceneConnection.throwLuceneException(ConcurrentLuceneConnection.java:567)
at com.atlassian.bonnie.ConcurrentLuceneConnection.leakSearcher(ConcurrentLuceneConnection.java:104)
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.index.SingleThreadedIssueIndexer.getIssueSearcher(SingleThreadedIssueIndexer.java:255)
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.index.DefaultIndexManager.getIssueSearcher(DefaultIndexManager.java:520)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.atlassian.util.profiling.object.ObjectProfiler.profiledInvoke(ObjectProfiler.java:71)
at com.atlassian.jira.config.component.SwitchingInvocationHandler.invoke(SwitchingInvocationHandler.java:28)
at $Proxy4.getIssueSearcher(Unknown Source)
at com.atlassian.jira.util.searchers.ThreadLocalSearcherCache.retrieveIssueSearcher(ThreadLocalSearcherCache.java:55)
at com.atlassian.jira.util.searchers.ThreadLocalSearcherCache.getSearcher(ThreadLocalSearcherCache.java:24)
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.search.SearchProviderFactoryImpl.getSearcher(SearchProviderFactoryImpl.java:12)
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.search.providers.LuceneSearchProvider.getHits(LuceneSearchProvider.java:66)
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.search.providers.LuceneSearchProvider.search(LuceneSearchProvider.java:208)
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.search.providers.LuceneSearchProvider.search(LuceneSearchProvider.java:202)
at com.escalateretail.jira.plugins.AssigneePortlet.getIssues(AssigneePortlet.java:295)
at com.escalateretail.jira.plugins.AssigneePortlet.getVelocityParams(AssigneePortlet.java:149)
at com.atlassian.jira.portal.PortletImpl.getViewHtml(PortletImpl.java:69)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.portlet.bean.PortletRenderer.getNormalHtml(PortletRenderer.java:80)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.portlet.bean.PortletRenderer.renderPortlet(PortletRenderer.java:60)
at org.apache.jsp.secure.views.dashboard_jsp._jspService(org.apache.jsp.secure.views.dashboard_jsp:1258)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:97)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:322)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:314)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:264)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:672)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:463)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:398)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:301)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.dispatcher.JiraServletDispatcher.service(JiraServletDispatcher.java:281)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.AccessLogFilter.doFilter(AccessLogFilter.java:73)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.parsePage(PageFilter.java:119)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(PageFilter.java:55)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.SitemeshExcludePathFilter.doFilter(SitemeshExcludePathFilter.java:38)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.SecurityFilter.doFilter(SecurityFilter.java:192)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.TrustedApplicationsFilter.doFilter(TrustedApplicationsFilter.java:114)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.BaseLoginFilter.doFilter(BaseLoginFilter.java:110)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.util.profiling.filters.ProfilingFilter.doFilter(ProfilingFilter.java:132)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.JIRAProfilingFilter.doFilter(JIRAProfilingFilter.java:16)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.ActionCleanupDelayFilter.doFilter(ActionCleanupDelayFilter.java:43)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.RequestCleanupFilter.doFilter(RequestCleanupFilter.java:50)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.johnson.filters.AbstractJohnsonFilter.doFilter(AbstractJohnsonFilter.java:72)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriteFilter.doFilter(UrlRewriteFilter.java:350)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.gzipfilter.GzipFilter.doFilter(GzipFilter.java:89)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractEncodingFilter.doFilter(AbstractEncodingFilter.java:37)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.jira.appconsistency.db.DatabaseCompatibilityEnforcerFilter.doFilter(DatabaseCompatibilityEnforcerFilter.java:39)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProcessor.process(Http11AprProcessor.java:831)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11AprProtocol.java:652)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$Worker.run(AprEndpoint.java:1203)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: no segments* file found in org.apache.lucene.store.FSDirectory@C:\Jira\index\issues: files:
at org.apache.lucene.index.SegmentInfos$FindSegmentsFile.run(SegmentInfos.java:516)
at org.apache.lucene.index.IndexReader.open(IndexReader.java:185)
at org.apache.lucene.index.IndexReader.open(IndexReader.java:167)
at org.apache.lucene.search.IndexSearcher.<init>(IndexSearcher.java:56)
at org.apache.lucene.search.DelayCloseIndexSearcher.<init>(DelayCloseIndexSearcher.java:88)
at com.atlassian.bonnie.ConcurrentLuceneConnection.getOpenedSearcher(ConcurrentLuceneConnection.java:407)
at com.atlassian.bonnie.ConcurrentLuceneConnection.leakSearcher(ConcurrentLuceneConnection.java:98)
... 89 more
2007-12-28 13:33:39,868 http-80-1 ERROR [500ErrorPage] Exception caught in 500 page java.io.FileNotFoundException: no segments* file found in org.apache.lucene.store.FSDirectory@C:\Jira\index\issues: files:
com.atlassian.bonnie.LuceneException: java.io.FileNotFoundException: no segments* file found in org.apache.lucene.store.FSDirectory@C:\Jira\index\issues: files:
at com.atlassian.bonnie.ConcurrentLuceneConnection.throwLuceneException(ConcurrentLuceneConnection.java:567)
at com.atlassian.bonnie.ConcurrentLuceneConnection.leakSearcher(ConcurrentLuceneConnection.java:104)
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.index.SingleThreadedIssueIndexer.getIssueSearcher(SingleThreadedIssueIndexer.java:255)
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.index.DefaultIndexManager.getIssueSearcher(DefaultIndexManager.java:520)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.atlassian.util.profiling.object.ObjectProfiler.profiledInvoke(ObjectProfiler.java:71)
at com.atlassian.jira.config.component.SwitchingInvocationHandler.invoke(SwitchingInvocationHandler.java:28)
at $Proxy4.getIssueSearcher(Unknown Source)
at com.atlassian.jira.util.searchers.ThreadLocalSearcherCache.retrieveIssueSearcher(ThreadLocalSearcherCache.java:55)
at com.atlassian.jira.util.searchers.ThreadLocalSearcherCache.getSearcher(ThreadLocalSearcherCache.java:24)
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.search.SearchProviderFactoryImpl.getSearcher(SearchProviderFactoryImpl.java:12)
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.search.providers.LuceneSearchProvider.getHits(LuceneSearchProvider.java:66)
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.search.providers.LuceneSearchProvider.search(LuceneSearchProvider.java:208)
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.search.providers.LuceneSearchProvider.search(LuceneSearchProvider.java:202)
at com.escalateretail.jira.plugins.AssigneePortlet.getIssues(AssigneePortlet.java:295)
at com.escalateretail.jira.plugins.AssigneePortlet.getVelocityParams(AssigneePortlet.java:149)
at com.atlassian.jira.portal.PortletImpl.getViewHtml(PortletImpl.java:69)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.portlet.bean.PortletRenderer.getNormalHtml(PortletRenderer.java:80)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.portlet.bean.PortletRenderer.renderPortlet(PortletRenderer.java:60)
at org.apache.jsp.secure.views.dashboard_jsp._jspService(org.apache.jsp.secure.views.dashboard_jsp:1258)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:97)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:322)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:314)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:264)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:672)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:463)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:398)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:301)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.dispatcher.JiraServletDispatcher.service(JiraServletDispatcher.java:281)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.AccessLogFilter.doFilter(AccessLogFilter.java:73)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.parsePage(PageFilter.java:119)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(PageFilter.java:55)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.SitemeshExcludePathFilter.doFilter(SitemeshExcludePathFilter.java:38)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.SecurityFilter.doFilter(SecurityFilter.java:192)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.TrustedApplicationsFilter.doFilter(TrustedApplicationsFilter.java:114)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.BaseLoginFilter.doFilter(BaseLoginFilter.java:110)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.util.profiling.filters.ProfilingFilter.doFilter(ProfilingFilter.java:132)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.JIRAProfilingFilter.doFilter(JIRAProfilingFilter.java:16)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.ActionCleanupDelayFilter.doFilter(ActionCleanupDelayFilter.java:43)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.RequestCleanupFilter.doFilter(RequestCleanupFilter.java:50)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.johnson.filters.AbstractJohnsonFilter.doFilter(AbstractJohnsonFilter.java:72)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriteFilter.doFilter(UrlRewriteFilter.java:350)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.gzipfilter.GzipFilter.doFilter(GzipFilter.java:89)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractEncodingFilter.doFilter(AbstractEncodingFilter.java:37)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.jira.appconsistency.db.DatabaseCompatibilityEnforcerFilter.doFilter(DatabaseCompatibilityEnforcerFilter.java:39)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProcessor.process(Http11AprProcessor.java:831)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11AprProtocol.java:652)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$Worker.run(AprEndpoint.java:1203)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: no segments* file found in org.apache.lucene.store.FSDirectory@C:\Jira\index\issues: files:
at org.apache.lucene.index.SegmentInfos$FindSegmentsFile.run(SegmentInfos.java:516)
at org.apache.lucene.index.IndexReader.open(IndexReader.java:185)
at org.apache.lucene.index.IndexReader.open(IndexReader.java:167)
at org.apache.lucene.search.IndexSearcher.<init>(IndexSearcher.java:56)
at org.apache.lucene.search.DelayCloseIndexSearcher.<init>(DelayCloseIndexSearcher.java:88)
at com.atlassian.bonnie.ConcurrentLuceneConnection.getOpenedSearcher(ConcurrentLuceneConnection.java:407)
at com.atlassian.bonnie.ConcurrentLuceneConnection.leakSearcher(ConcurrentLuceneConnection.java:98)
... 89 more


Jeff Turner [Atlassian] added a comment - 29/Dec/07 08:40 PM
David,

If you manually modify the URL location to be that of the indexing admin page:

/secure/admin/jira/IndexAdmin.jspa

it should be possible to reindex and get JIRA behaving again.

Do you have any unusual portlets on your default dashboard? In this situation, each portlet that depends on the index should report an error, and not kill the entire page.

Cheers,
Jeff