JIRA Gadget Missing

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Problem

List of gadgets are missing from the add gadget menu. Even after clicking 'Load all gadgets', gadgets still doesn't show

The following appears in the atlassian-jira.log

 /rest/config/1.0/directoryitems/local.json [c.a.g.d.internal.impl.DirectoryImpl] Could not retrieve directory entries from application-provided gadget specs: java.lang.NullPointerException

Diagnosis

Environment

  • JIRA Software/Core

Diagnostic Steps

  • When enter safe mode, all the gadgets are shwon

Cause

  • Caused by a plugin called Gantt-Chart Project for JIRA - Enterprise Edition
  • Compatibility issue on JIRA 7
  • The module for this add-on is the root cause for this issue. Soyatec Project Portfolio Gadget (soyatec-portfolio-gadget) and Soyatec Resource Gadget(soyatec-resource-gadget). By only disabling this two modules from the add-ons, gadgets can be shown fine again.

Resolution

  • Remove the plugin
  • Alternatively disable Soyatec Project Portfolio Gadget (soyatec-portfolio-gadget) and Soyatec Resource Gadget(soyatec-resource-gadget) modules from the JIRA Administrator > Add-on > Manage Add-on > Gantt-Chart Project for JIRA - Enterprise Edition > Expand the module listing, gadgets can be shown fine again.
Last modified on Mar 30, 2016

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