NumberFormatException When Cancelling Page Edits
Symptoms
When clicking "Cancel" in Confluence Editor to discard any changes to a page, the following appears in the atlassian-confluence.log:
2012-10-22 22:21:23,956 ERROR [http-8043-6] [atlassian.confluence.servlet.ConfluenceServletDispatcher] sendError Could not execute action
-- url: /pages/doeditpage.action | userName: admin | referer: http://localhost:8043/pages/editpage.action?pageId=4064
java.lang.NumberFormatException: null
at java.lang.Long.parseLong(Long.java:375)
at java.lang.Long.parseLong(Long.java:468)
at com.atlassian.confluence.pages.Draft.getPageIdAsLong(Draft.java:83)
at com.atlassian.confluence.pages.actions.AbstractCreateAndEditPageAction.getCancelResult(AbstractCreateAndEditPageAction.java:630)
at com.atlassian.confluence.pages.actions.AbstractEditPageAction.getCancelResult(AbstractEditPageAction.java:296)
at com.atlassian.confluence.core.CancellingInterceptor.intercept(CancellingInterceptor.java:20)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
at com.atlassian.confluence.xwork.HttpMethodValidationInterceptor.intercept(HttpMethodValidationInterceptor.java:72)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
at com.atlassian.confluence.security.websudo.WebSudoInterceptor.intercept(WebSudoInterceptor.java:63)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
at com.atlassian.confluence.themes.ThemeContextInterceptor.intercept(ThemeContextInterceptor.java:68)
.....
This error may only occur to some users.
Cause
Confluence is not able to convert the Draft Page ID due to invalid format.
Workaround
- Navigate to the User Menu > Drafts
- Locate the offending pages draft(s) and delete them.
Resolution
- Backup your Confluence database
Execute the following queries to delete the drafts of a specific user
DELETE FROM BODYCONTENT WHERE CONTENTID IN (SELECT CONTENTID FROM CONTENT WHERE CONTENTTYPE='DRAFT' AND CREATOR='username');DELETE FROM CONTENT WHERE CONTENTTYPE='DRAFT' AND CREATOR='username';
- Go to Confluence Admin > Cache Statistics and click "Flush All"
- If the issue still persists, try to restart Confluence
Last modified on Mar 30, 2016
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