User is not able to delete the space groups during the space deletion when using plugin : TeamAdmin
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Summary
Users are not able to delete the space groups during the space deletion when using plugin : TeamAdmin. There is an error shown when the action is performed : "Could not delete groups".
Diagnosis
TeamAdmin allows space admins to manage space groups and permissions. You can add space groups and add/remove members to those groups for each space.
When deleting a space, it will show you an extra pop up to delete the created space groups or not as below :
On clicking Delete space and groups, it should delete the space along with groups.
However, deletion of space groups can be controlled from General Configuration > Team Admin Configuration page under below setting 'Manual Group Deletion' :
When this setting 'Manual Group Deletion' is disabled, users will see below error in the logs :
2025-02-25 10:06:08,097 WARN [http-nio-28518-exec-9 url: /c8518/rest/spaceadmin/latest/space/delete-multiple-groups; user: admin] [plugins.spaceadmin.rest.SpaceAdminRestResource] deleteMultipleGroups User without permissions {ConfluenceUserImpl{name='admin', key=4028800093f73e510193f73e9cc70000}} tried to delete space groups {[tes-123, tes-234]} in space {TES}
-- url: /c8518/rest/spaceadmin/latest/space/delete-multiple-groups | userName: admin | referer: http://localhost:28518/c8518/spaces/removespace.action?key=TES | traceId: b685d101869a0553
de.scandio.confluence.plugins.spaceadmin.exceptions.OurNotPermittedException: Manual Group Deletion has been disabled by your Confluence administrator.
at de.scandio.confluence.plugins.spaceadmin.manager.SpaceAdminManager.deleteGroup(SpaceAdminManager.java:155)
at de.scandio.confluence.plugins.spaceadmin.rest.SpaceAdminRestResource.deleteMultipleGroups(SpaceAdminRestResource.java:355)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:568)
at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.common.interceptor.impl.DispatchProviderHelper$ResponseOutInvoker.lambda$_dispatch$0(DispatchProviderHelper.java:181)
at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.common.interceptor.impl.DispatchProviderHelper.lambda$invokeMethodWithInterceptors$0(DispatchProviderHelper.java:81)
at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.common.interceptor.impl.DefaultMethodInvocation.invoke(DefaultMethodInvocation.java:53)
at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.common.expand.interceptor.ExpandInterceptor.intercept(ExpandInterceptor.java:42)
at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.common.interceptor.impl.DefaultMethodInvocation.invoke(DefaultMethodInvIn the UI, the below error is seen :
Cause
This is due to 'Manual Group Deletion' setting is disabled in General Configuration > TeamAdmin Configuration screen :
Solution
Enable the 'Manual Group Deletion' setting in General Configuration > TeamAdmin Configuration screen and on doing so it shall allow users to delete the space and space groups.