Gadget.common.error.500 in Confluence
Asked by Ernie Jennings:

This error appeared after upgrading from 5.10.4 to 6.2.4 This appears to be happening only in the Activity Stream.![500 error.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/13774i91B8DF0D3ABA35F1/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "500 error.png")

Thanks


Answers:
author: Ernie Jennings
body: WOW, so many of us having the same problem and no definitive answer. I still have the issue going on 1 year and 5 months later.


author: Chaitanya Srinadhu
body: Any update on this issue? Were you able to resolve this issue?


author: StephanieC
body: That macro on our version 6.14.2 is called "Recently Added" and has the same icon - but it works !!


author: Ernie Jennings
body: Yep, the one you have circled in red is the same that I have.

This is really interesting why **NO ONE** from **ATLASSIAN SUPPORT** got back with me on this!!! I have been dealing with this for **over a year.**


author: Kevin Hogan
body: I fought this problem for hours. For me, I updated the cacert and the problem did not resolve. Then went and edited the page. Deleted the existing activity stream macro and then added what looks like a newer version of the macro. The page now loads in a timely manner and I am no longer receiving the error message.

The red is what my page had. The green is what I replaced it with.

![confluence.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/62687i0228528216C7EE2D/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "confluence.png")


author: Ernie Jennings
body: Thankfully, it's not affecting functionality, it's just annoying.

Well good luck and maybe someday we will get an answer :-)


author: S_ Toyo
body: My Jira and confluence have the same issue ever since UPGRADING. Wtheck. :(


author: fdsa
body: Having the same issue with jira since update! server.xml is 100% identical with the backup.


author: Matt Ladewig
body: I'm having the same issue, confluence server 6.14.1


author: StephanieC
body: Try the "Recently Added" Macro - its the same . Not sure why it is different on some versions or instances.


author: Kevin Hogan
body: That one looks built in. I am not sure how to find it. While editing the page, all I had to do is start typing {activ and it popped up. I am very new to Confluence admin, less than a month.


author: S_ Toyo
body: [@Kevin Hogan](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3009870)Sorry haha but how do we find the macros?


author: Kevin Hogan
body: Sorry to get your hopes up.

We too were on a 5.x version. Upgraded, don't bother with the instructions the are wrong, We found a problem, contacted support and we were told that the version they just helped us install was no longer supported and that we had to upgrade to this version. Was told that it was a straight forward update. Nope, it overwrote all config files. Finally got everything working and had this issue. The error was also causing the page to take forever to load and was displaying pictures in native size. Speed, pictures are back to normal and the error is gone after replacing the macro.


author: Ernie Jennings
body: Yep, not there :-( I'm on 6.13.4.


author: Kevin Hogan
body: 6.15.7


author: Kevin Hogan
body: 6.15.7

![confluence2.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/62691iC043699A6EBB9B22/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "confluence2.png")


author: Ernie Jennings
body: Urgh, I don't see the new Activity Stream. What version are you on?


author: Kevin Hogan
body: I found their support to be lacking to say the least. I had to find it on my own.

I did not delete or disable the plugin. I just removed the macro from the page. When I went to put it back on the page, I discovered the 2 macro options. I am assuming that they updated the macro but during the upgrade process custom pages did not get the updated version.


author: Ernie Jennings
body: Hey [@S_ Toyo](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3497079) , did you see what Kevin H found?


author: Ernie Jennings
body: So that Confluence Activity Stream Plugin is a System app. Were you instructed by Atlassian Support or did you delete the app by your own volition?


author: Kevin Hogan
body: try deleting this macro and adding back to the page. I had the options identical to yours. Once I added it back I now have different options.


author: Ernie Jennings
body: Good job Kevin! I will try this. Thanks man!!!


author: S_ Toyo
body: [@Ernie Jennings](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/989523)Wow you had this issue for THAT long? :( ugh it makes me regret upgrading....... But we had to because of a Atlassian leak. So we were advised to upgrade everything. But now we are stuck with this horrible health check error that won't go away!


author: Ernie Jennings
body: I have upgraded from 6.2.4 to 6.13.4 and I'm still having the same issue. Can anyone from Atlassian give me a definitive answer on how to fix this?

Has anyone been able to resolve this issue?


author: Ernie Jennings
body: Yes I updated the server.xml. What should I be looking for specifically?