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Bug
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Resolution: Fixed
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Medium
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7.19.8
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6
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Severity 2 - Major
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21
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Issue Summary
Confluence throws an error "Caught an Ognl exception while setting property draftid" when create a new page while Collaborative Editing is disabled
This is reproducible on Data Center: YES
Steps to Reproduce
- Create a fresh Confluence 7.19.8 instance
- Disable Collaborative Editing
- Click the three dot menu (...) next to the Create button
- Select DACI decision template
Issue impacts other templates too
- Fill out form or just click create
Expected Results
Page should be created without error and the editor loaded.
Actual Results
Error is displayed in the UI
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Cause
Caught an Ognl exception while setting property draftId
Referer URL
http://localhost:27198/c7198/
The below exceptions are thrown in the atlassian-confluence.log file:
2023-04-25 11:44:28,896 ERROR [http-nio-27198-exec-5] [atlassian.confluence.servlet.ConfluenceServletDispatcher] sendError Could not execute action -- referer: http://localhost:27198/c7198/admin/confluence-collaborative-editor-plugin/configure.action | url: /c7198/plugins/createcontent/draft-createpage.action | traceId: de14253c0becdc20 | userName: admin java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught an Ognl exception while setting property draftId at com.opensymphony.xwork.util.CompoundRootAccessor.setProperty(CompoundRootAccessor.java:53)
Which was proceeded by a larger error:
2023-04-25 11:44:28,888 ERROR [http-nio-27198-exec-5] [opensymphony.xwork.util.CompoundRootAccessor] setProperty Caught an Ognl exception while setting property draftId -- referer: http://localhost:27198/c7198/admin/confluence-collaborative-editor-plugin/configure.action | url: /c7198/plugins/createcontent/draft-createpage.action | traceId: de14253c0becdc20 | userName: admin ognl.MethodFailedException: Method "setDraftId" failed for object com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.createcontent.actions.CreateAndEditAction@496639b [java.lang.ClassCastException: class com.atlassian.confluence.pages.Draft cannot be cast to class com.atlassian.confluence.pages.Page (com.atlassian.confluence.pages.Draft and com.atlassian.confluence.pages.Page are in unnamed module of loader org.apache.catalina.loader.ParallelWebappClassLoader @75595f25)] at ognl.OgnlRuntime.callAppropriateMethod(OgnlRuntime.java:805) at ognl.OgnlRuntime.setMethodValue(OgnlRuntime.java:946) at ognl.ObjectPropertyAccessor.setPossibleProperty(ObjectPropertyAccessor.java:76) at ognl.ObjectPropertyAccessor.setProperty(ObjectPropertyAccessor.java:132) at ognl.OgnlRuntime.setProperty(OgnlRuntime.java:1613) ................. /-- Encapsulated exception ------------\ java.lang.ClassCastException: class com.atlassian.confluence.pages.Draft cannot be cast to class com.atlassian.confluence.pages.Page (com.atlassian.confluence.pages.Draft and com.atlassian.confluence.pages.Page are in unnamed module of loader org.apache.catalina.loader.ParallelWebappClassLoader @75595f25) at com.atlassian.confluence.pages.actions.CreatePageAction.assignParentPage(CreatePageAction.java:210) at com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.createcontent.actions.CreateAndEditAction.setDraftId(CreateAndEditAction.java:61) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
Workaround
The only known workaround for this behavior is to enable Collaborative Editing. Additional workarounds will be added here when available.
