'Found a workflow in the request parameters, but there is no workflowMode' Error when Editing Workflow

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Symptoms

When editing an existing workflow, JIRA throws the following exception:


2008-10-06 12:54:31,691 INFO [STDOUT] 2008-10-06 12:54:31,689 TP-Processor7 ERROR [web.util.component.RequestComponentManager] java.lang.IllegalStateException: Found a 'workflow' in the request parameters,
but there is no 'workflowMode'. https://localhost/jira/secure/admin/workflows/ViewWorkflowTransition.jspa?workflowTransition=1&workflowName=jira
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Found a 'workflow' in the request parameters, but there is no 'workflowMode'. https://localhost/jira/secure/admin/workflows/ViewWorkflowTransition.jspa?workflowTransition=1&workflowName=jira

Cause

The compiled JSP files have gone out-of-sync, and this causes JIRA to generate incorrect URL without the 'workflowMode' parameter.

Resolution

Clearing out the compiled JSP's will resolve this issue.

  1. Shutdown JIRA.
  2. Remove the contents of <jira-install-dir>/work directory
  3. Restart JIRA.

This will force Tomcat to recompile JIRA JSP files.


Last modified on Mar 30, 2016

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