Exception: Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token ILLEGAL while using Agile board
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Problem
Using Agile Board will lead to following exception as below:
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Details
Exception: Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token ILLEGAL
Resource: http://localhost:8080/secure/RapidBoard.jspa?rapidView=1&view=detail&selectedIssue=JAVA-6
Line: 5
Column: 48
Environment
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/44.0.2403.157 Safari/537.36
Stack trace
SyntaxError: Unexpected token ILLEGAL
at eval (native)
Or
Exception: ReferenceError: moment is not defined
Or
Exception: TypeError: GH.RapidBoard.BoardHeader is undefined
Diagnosis
Environment
- Error encountered in all browser type
Cause
- This is caused by a javascript that is appended to JIRA through fields/announcement banner
- The javascript might have syntax error or operation that conflicts with JIRA
Resolution
- Turn on safe mode in
JIRA Administration > Add-ons > Manage Add-ons > Turn on Safe Mode
to check if any add-ons that is causing this. Retest. - Remove the Javascript by checking at Announcement Banner (
g+g > search for announcement banner)
Run the following sql in your database to find which fields holds the JS
SELECT * FROM fieldlayoutitem WHERE lower(description) LIKE '%javascript%';