Jira --> Confluence integration issue (link)

[Kirill Frolov]

Hello!

We're trying to set up applications links between Jira and Confluence.

The steps we performed:

1) Set up JIRA

2) Set up Confluence

3) Set up Crowd

4) Configured Crowd as user irectory for BOTH Jira AND Confluence

5) Set up mutual application link between Jira and Confluence

6) Configured application linkfor a projectin Jira to reference Confluence AppLink

The problem:

1) Enter any issue in Jira

2) From menu choose More Actions --> Link, choose Confluence, click Search hyperlink

3) Select correct app link, select "All spaces" in Confluence spaces combobox

4) Press "Search" button.

5) Then you have the fllowing error message

The JIRA server was contacted but has returned an error response. We are unsure of the result of this operation.

6) We have created fiv test spaces in Confluence. And if yu choose specific space in Confluence space combobox then it turns ut that searching some spaces causes error while searching others works just fine.

7) When we experience error we have the following log record in JIRA log file:

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java.lang.RuntimeException: Failed to parse Confluence Remote API response

at com.atlassian.jira.plugin.link.confluence.service.rpc.ConfluenceRpcServiceImpl.parseXml(ConfluenceRpcServiceImpl.java:325)

at com.atlassian.jira.plugin.link.confluence.service.rpc.ConfluenceRpcServiceImpl.handleResponse(ConfluenceRpcServiceImpl.java:295)

at com.atlassian.jira.plugin.link.confluence.service.rpc.ConfluenceRpcServiceImpl.access$300(ConfluenceRpcServiceImpl.java:43)

at com.atlassian.jira.plugin.link.confluence.service.rpc.ConfluenceRpcServiceImpl$SearchResponseHandler.handle(ConfluenceRpcServiceImpl.java:260)

at com.atlassian.jira.plugin.link.confluence.service.rpc.ConfluenceRpcServiceImpl$SearchResponseHandler.handle(ConfluenceRpcServiceImpl.java:241)

at com.atlassian.applinks.core.auth.ApplicationLinkRequestAdaptor$1.handle(ApplicationLinkRequestAdaptor.java:88)

at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.module.jersey.JerseyRequest$2.handle(JerseyRequest.java:166)

at com.atlassian.sal.core.net.HttpClientRequest.executeAndReturn(HttpClientRequest.java:307)

at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.module.jersey.JerseyRequest.executeAndReturn(JerseyRequest.java:161)

at com.atlassian.applinks.core.auth.ApplicationLinkRequestAdaptor.execute(ApplicationLinkRequestAdaptor.java:85)

at com.atlassian.jira.plugin.link.confluence.service.rpc.ConfluenceRpcServiceImpl.search(ConfluenceRpcServiceImpl.java:162)

at com.atlassian.jira.plugin.link.confluence.rest.ConfluenceResource.getSiteSearch(ConfluenceResource.java:115) <+2> (DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)

at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) <+19> (DispatchProviderHelper.java:234) (DispatchProviderHelper.java:100) (DefaultMethodInvocation.java:61) (ExpandInterceptor.java:38) (DefaultMethodInvocation.java:61) (DispatchProviderHelper.java:132) (DispatchProviderHelper.java:230) (ResourceJavaMethodDispatcher.java:75) (HttpMethodRule.java:288) (RightHandPathRule.java:147) (ResourceClassRule.java:108) (RightHandPathRule.java:147) (RootResourceClassesRule.java:84) (WebApplicationImpl.java:1469) (WebApplicationImpl.java:1400) (WebApplicationImpl.java:1349) (WebApplicationImpl.java:1339) (WebComponent.java:416) (ServletContainer.java:537)

at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.module.RestDelegatingServletFilter$JerseyOsgiServletContainer.doFilter(RestDelegatingServletFilter.java:178) <+1> (ServletContainer.java:795)

at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.module.RestDelegatingServletFilter.doFilter(RestDelegatingServletFilter.java:73) <+16> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:77) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66) (RestServletUtilsUpdaterFilter.java:26) (RestServletUtilsUpdaterFilter.java:40) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66) (ContextFilter.java:25) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)

at com.atlassian.mywork.client.filter.ServingRequestsFilter.doFilter(ServingRequestsFilter.java:37) <+15> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:77) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (AccessLogFilter.java:103) (AccessLogFilter.java:87) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (XsrfTokenAdditionRequestFilter.java:54) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (IteratingFilterChain.java:46) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)

at com.atlassian.labs.remoteapps.modules.permissions.ApiScopingFilter.doFilter(ApiScopingFilter.java:60) <+22> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:77) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (SecurityFilter.java:234) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (TrustedApplicationsFilter.java:98) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (BaseLoginFilter.java:169) (JiraLoginFilter.java:70) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (IteratingFilterChain.java:46) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66) (OAuthFilter.java:55) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)

at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.module.servlet.RestSeraphFilter.doFilter(RestSeraphFilter.java:40) <+18> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:77) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (AbstractJohnsonFilter.java:71) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (UrlRewriteFilter.java:738) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (GzipFilter.java:74) (GzipFilter.java:51) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (IteratingFilterChain.java:46) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)

at com.atlassian.labs.remoteapps.modules.oauth.OAuth2LOFilter.doFilter(OAuth2LOFilter.java:70) <+3> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)

at com.atlassian.labs.remoteapps.util.http.bigpipe.RequestIdSettingFilter.doFilter(RequestIdSettingFilter.java:22) <+43> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66) (JWDSendRedirectFilter.java:25) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:77) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (ChainedFilterStepRunner.java:78) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (AbstractCachingFilter.java:33) (AbstractHttpFilter.java:31) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (AbstractEncodingFilter.java:41) (AbstractHttpFilter.java:31) (PathMatchingEncodingFilter.java:45) (AbstractHttpFilter.java:31) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (JiraStartupChecklistFilter.java:74) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (MultiTenantServletFilter.java:91) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (ChainedFilterStepRunner.java:78) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) (StandardWrapperValve.java:225) (StandardContextValve.java:123) (AuthenticatorBase.java:472) (StandardHostValve.java:168) (ErrorReportValve.java:98) (StandardEngineValve.java:118) (AccessLogValve.java:927) (CoyoteAdapter.java:407) (AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1001) (AbstractProtocol.java:585) (JIoEndpoint.java:310)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)

Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Character reference "&#19" is an invalid XML character.

at org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException(Unknown Source)

at org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.fatalError(Unknown Source)

at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source)

at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source)

at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source)

at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLScanner.scanCharReferenceValue(Unknown Source)

at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanCharReference(Unknown Source)

at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source)

at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source)

at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)

at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)

at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)

at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)

at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)

at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl.parse(Unknown Source)

at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse(SAXParser.java:198)

at com.atlassian.jira.plugin.link.confluence.service.rpc.ConfluenceRpcServiceImpl.parseXml(ConfluenceRpcServiceImpl.java:315)

... 161 more

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We tried to find out which pages caused problem but was unable to do so. Some forum/wiki articles mention utility atlassian-xml-cleaner-0.1.jar, we used it to filter our current confluence content from backup file (entities.xml)/ But unfortunately file content after being filtered by this utility was exactly the same as original file.

Do you have any ideas what culd it be? The issue is obviously content-specific, but how to find out whan exactly causes the problem? Can we have XML content dumped in some log files to troubleshoot this?

Thanks in advance.

[JohnA · Accepted solution]

Hi Kirill,

From looking at the error you're getting my suspicion is that you are hitting this bug, and that the invalid XML characters are most likely in an indexed attachment: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-27572

At the moment the solution appears to be to disable attachment indexing and then reindex Confluence so I'd like to ask you to give that a go and let us know whether it works for you.

All the best,
John

[Kirill Frolov]

Thnak you very much indeed for prompt and precise answer.

Disabling some plug-in modules and reindexing pretty much solved the problem.