Error viewing migrated space
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*Except Fisheye and Crucible
Problem
You recently upgraded Confluence and are now encountering a stack trace when accessing any page in a given space. Accessing other spaces works as expected.
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caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Error rendering template for decorator sharedcomments
at com.atlassian.confluence.setup.velocity.ApplyDecoratorDirective.render(ApplyDecoratorDirective.java:186)
caused by: org.apache.velocity.exception.ResourceNotFoundException: Unable to find resource '/decorators/components/sharedcomments.vmd'
at com.atlassian.confluence.util.velocity.ConfigurableResourceManager.loadResource(ConfigurableResourceManager.java:401)
Stack Trace:[hide]
java.lang.RuntimeException: Error rendering template for decorator root
at com.atlassian.confluence.setup.velocity.ApplyDecoratorDirective.render(ApplyDecoratorDirective.java:186)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:175)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:336)
at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:328)
at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:235)
...
Caused by: org.apache.velocity.exception.ResourceNotFoundException: Unable to find resource '/decorators/components/<something>.vmd'Cause
The space(s) in question were created using an older template. Some of the content of these legacy templates are no longer available.
Workaround
Navigate to
<confluence-base_url>/spaces/choosetheme.action?key=<space_key>This should present an interface for accessing the properties assigned to the given space
Click the
ThemestabSelect "Default" (this will remove the custom theme and allow the space to render normally)
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