Can't create issues due to Script Runner for JIRA being disabled
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*Except Fisheye and Crucible
Summary
Problem
Creating new issues fails with the following message in the user interface:
We can't create this issue for you right now, it could be due to unsupported content you've entered into one or more of the issue fields. If this situation persists, contact your administrator as they'll be able to access more specific information in the log file
The following appears in the atlassian-jira.log
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2017-05-02 16:27:54,869 http-nio-80-exec-12 ERROR I264391 987x223562x1 auser 10.0.0.1 /secure/QuickCreateIssue.jspa [c.a.jira.workflow.DefaultOSWorkflowConfigurator] Could not load class 'com.onresolve.jira.groovy.GroovyValidator'
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.onresolve.jira.groovy.GroovyValidator
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.loadClass(WebappClassLoaderBase.java:1305)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.loadClass(WebappClassLoaderBase.java:1139)
at com.atlassian.core.util.ClassLoaderUtils.loadClass(ClassLoaderUtils.java:76)
at com.atlassian.core.util.ClassLoaderUtils.loadClass(ClassLoaderUtils.java:48)
at com.atlassian.jira.workflow.DefaultOSWorkflowConfigurator$LegacyJiraTypeResolver.loadObject(DefaultOSWorkflowConfigurator.java:130)
at com.opensymphony.workflow.TypeResolver.getValidator(TypeResolver.java:123)
at com.atlassian.jira.workflow.DefaultOSWorkflowConfigurator$JiraTypeResolverDelegator.getValidator(DefaultOSWorkflowConfigurator.java:119)
at com.opensymphony.workflow.AbstractWorkflow.verifyInputs(AbstractWorkflow.java:1503)
at com.opensymphony.workflow.AbstractWorkflow.transitionWorkflow(AbstractWorkflow.java:1203)
at com.opensymphony.workflow.AbstractWorkflow.initialize(AbstractWorkflow.java:615)
at com.atlassian.jira.workflow.OSWorkflowManager.createIssue(OSWorkflowManager.java:741)
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.managers.DefaultIssueManager.createIssue(DefaultIssueManager.java:580)
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.managers.DefaultIssueManager.createIssue(DefaultIssueManager.java:494)
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.managers.RequestCachingIssueManager.createIssue(RequestCachingIssueManager.java:192)
at com.atlassian.jira.bc.issue.DefaultIssueService.create(DefaultIssueService.java:238)
at com.atlassian.jira.bc.issue.DefaultIssueService.create(DefaultIssueService.java:207)
... 2 filtered
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.atlassian.plugin.util.ContextClassLoaderSettingInvocationHandler.invoke(ContextClassLoaderSettingInvocationHandler.java:26)
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy306.create(Unknown Source)
... 2 filtered
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.bridge.external.HostComponentFactoryBean$DynamicServiceInvocationHandler.invoke(HostComponentFactoryBean.java:136)
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy306.create(Unknown Source)
at com.atlassian.jira.quickedit.action.QuickCreateIssue.doExecute(QuickCreateIssue.java:308)
... 1 filtered
at com.atlassian.jira.action.JiraActionSupport.execute(JiraActionSupport.java:63)
... 7 filtered
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729)
... 52 filtered
at com.atlassian.greenhopper.jira.filters.ClassicBoardRouter.doFilter(ClassicBoardRouter.java:62)
... 7 filtered
at com.atlassian.web.servlet.plugin.request.RedirectInterceptingFilter.doFilter(RedirectInterceptingFilter.java:21)
... 58 filtered
at com.atlassian.jira.security.JiraSecurityFilter.lambda$doFilter$0(JiraSecurityFilter.java:76)
... 1 filtered
at com.atlassian.jira.security.JiraSecurityFilter.doFilter(JiraSecurityFilter.java:74)
... 36 filtered
at com.atlassian.jira.servermetrics.CorrelationIdPopulatorFilter.doFilter(CorrelationIdPopulatorFilter.java:30)
... 10 filtered
at com.atlassian.web.servlet.plugin.request.RedirectInterceptingFilter.doFilter(RedirectInterceptingFilter.java:21)
... 4 filtered
at com.atlassian.web.servlet.plugin.LocationCleanerFilter.doFilter(LocationCleanerFilter.java:36)
... 29 filtered
at com.atlassian.jira.servermetrics.MetricsCollectorFilter.doFilter(MetricsCollectorFilter.java:25)
... 28 filtered
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)Diagnosis
Script Runner for JIRA is installed
Script Runner post functions are used on the Create Issue transition
Cause
Script Runner is disabled or not installed in JIRA's About the Universal Plugin Manager
Solution
Resolution
Ensure Script Runner is installed and enabled in JIRA's Universal Plugin Manager
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