System Error Uploading Profile Picture

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Symptoms

When uploading a profile picture, the following appears in Confluence:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 System Error A system error has occurred - our apologies\! Please contact your Confluence administrator to create a support issue on our support system at [http://support.atlassian.com] with the following information: a description of your problem and what you were doing at the time it occurred cut & paste the error and system information found below attach the application server log file (if possible). We will respond as promptly as possible. Thank you\! Cause: java.lang.RuntimeException: There was a problem retrieving the previous version of the Attachment data for Attachment 'Attachment: null v.1 (179667215)'. at com.atlassian.confluence.pages.persistence.dao.hibernate.HibernateAttachmentDataDao.saveDataForAttachmentVersion(HibernateAttachmentDataDao.java:141) caused by: com.atlassian.confluence.pages.AttachmentDataNotFoundException: No AttachmentData object was returned when it was expected at com.atlassian.confluence.pages.persistence.dao.hibernate.HibernateAttachmentDataDao.getAttachmentDataForAttachment(HibernateAttachmentDataDao.java:63) Stack Trace: [hide\] java.lang.RuntimeException: There was a problem retrieving the previous version of the Attachment data for Attachment 'Attachment: null v.1 (179667215)'. at com.atlassian.confluence.pages.persistence.dao.hibernate.HibernateAttachmentDataDao.saveDataForAttachmentVersion(HibernateAttachmentDataDao.java:141) at com.atlassian.confluence.pages.persistence.dao.hibernate.AbstractHibernateAttachmentDao.saveNewAttachmentVersion(AbstractHibernateAttachmentDao.java:204) at com.atlassian.confluence.pages.DefaultAttachmentManager.saveNewAttachmentVersion(DefaultAttachmentManager.java:55) at com.atlassian.confluence.pages.AbstractAttachmentManager.saveAttachment(AbstractAttachmentManager.java:89) at com.atlassian.confluence.pages.DelegatorAttachmentManager.saveAttachment(DelegatorAttachmentManager.java:87) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor1705.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)

Cause

There was a problem retrieving the previous version of the Attachment data.

Resolution

Always back up your data before making any database modifications. If possible, test any alter, insert, update, or delete SQL commands on a staging server first.

  1. List the affected profile pictures:

    1 SELECT * from attachments where TITLE='<profile picture>' and CREATOR='<user>' and ATTACHMENT_COMMENT='Uploaded Profile Picture';
  2. Remove the record from the database:

    1 DELETE FROM attachments where ATTACHMENTID='<attachmentid>';
Updated on April 8, 2025

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