# 500 Internal Server Error on Post create, my user account only
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-internal-server-error-on-post-create-my-user-account-only/197071
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 14, 2021, 3:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-internal-server-error-on-post-create-my-user-account-only/197071 "2021-07-14T03:34:38Z")
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### Author:  [@mwillson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mwillson)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2021, 3:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-internal-server-error-on-post-create-my-user-account-only/197071/1 "2021-07-14T03:34:38Z")
Hi there, not sure if this is the correct area to ask this, but wondering if someone can help me. I am an admin on my server and I can do admin things, but I can’t seem to create topics or reply to comments. Always get an internal server error.
Here’s info log of the error on my most recent attempt:
```plaintext
RuntimeError (A gateway connection is necessary to call this method! You'll have to do it inside any event (e.g. `ready`) or after `bot.run :async`.)
lib/post_creator.rb:609:in `update_user_counts'
lib/post_creator.rb:214:in `block in create'
lib/post_creator.rb:408:in `block (2 levels) in transaction'
lib/post_creator.rb:407:in `block in transaction'
lib/distributed_mutex.rb:33:in `block in synchronize'
lib/distributed_mutex.rb:29:in `synchronize'
lib/distributed_mutex.rb:29:in `synchronize'
lib/distributed_mutex.rb:14:in `synchronize'
lib/post_creator.rb:406:in `transaction'
lib/post_creator.rb:204:in `create'
lib/new_post_manager.rb:281:in `perform_create_post'
lib/new_post_manager.rb:219:in `perform'
app/controllers/posts_controller.rb:180:in `create'
app/controllers/application_controller.rb:395:in `block in with_resolved_locale'
app/controllers/application_controller.rb:395:in `with_resolved_locale'
lib/middleware/omniauth_bypass_middleware.rb:71:in `call'
lib/content_security_policy/middleware.rb:12:in `call'
lib/middleware/anonymous_cache.rb:355:in `call'
config/initializers/100-quiet_logger.rb:23:in `call'
config/initializers/100-silence_logger.rb:31:in `call'
lib/middleware/enforce_hostname.rb:23:in `call'
lib/middleware/request_tracker.rb:177:in `call'
```
And a trace:
```plaintext
discordrb (3.3.0) lib/discordrb/bot.rb:673:in `gateway_check'
discordrb (3.3.0) lib/discordrb/bot.rb:156:in `servers'
plugins/discourse-discord-sync/lib/utils.rb:72:in `sync_user'
plugins/discourse-discord-sync/plugin.rb:42:in `block (3 levels) in activate!'
activesupport (6.1.3.2) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:427:in `instance_exec'
activesupport (6.1.3.2) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:427:in `block in make_lambda'
activesupport (6.1.3.2) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:235:in `block in halting_and_conditional'
activesupport (6.1.3.2) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:516:in `block in invoke_after'
activesupport (6.1.3.2) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:516:in `each'
activesupport (6.1.3.2) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:516:in `invoke_after'
activesupport (6.1.3.2) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:131:in `block in run_callbacks'
activesupport (6.1.3.2) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:137:in `run_callbacks'
activesupport (6.1.3.2) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:824:in `_run_save_callbacks'
activerecord (6.1.3.2) lib/active_record/callbacks.rb:457:in `create_or_update'
activerecord (6.1.3.2) lib/active_record/timestamp.rb:126:in `create_or_update'
activerecord (6.1.3.2) lib/active_record/persistence.rb:474:in `save'
activerecord (6.1.3.2) lib/active_record/validations.rb:47:in `save'
activerecord (6.1.3.2) lib/active_record/transactions.rb:298:in `block in save'
activerecord (6.1.3.2) lib/active_record/transactions.rb:354:in `block in with_transaction_returning_status'
activerecord (6.1.3.2) lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb:318:in `transaction'
activerecord (6.1.3.2) lib/active_record/transactions.rb:350:in `with_transaction_returning_status'
activerecord (6.1.3.2) lib/active_record/transactions.rb:298:in `save'
activerecord (6.1.3.2) lib/active_record/suppressor.rb:44:in `save'
activerecord (6.1.3.2) lib/active_record/persistence.rb:628:in `block in update'
activerecord (6.1.3.2) lib/active_record/transactions.rb:354:in `block in with_transaction_returning_status'
activerecord (6.1.3.2) lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb:318:in `transaction'
activerecord (6.1.3.2) lib/active_record/transactions.rb:350:in `with_transaction_returning_status'
activerecord (6.1.3.2) lib/active_record/persistence.rb:626:in `update'
lib/post_creator.rb:609:in `update_user_counts'
lib/post_creator.rb:214:in `block in create'
lib/post_creator.rb:408:in `block (2 levels) in transaction'
activerecord (6.1.3.2) lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb:320:in `block in transaction'
activerecord (6.1.3.2) lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/transaction.rb:310:in `block in within_new_transaction'
activesupport (6.1.3.2) lib/active_support/concurrency/load_interlock_aware_monitor.rb:26:in `block (2 levels) in synchronize'
activesupport (6.1.3.2) lib/active_support/concurrency/load_interlock_aware_monitor.rb:25:in `handle_interrupt'
activesupport (6.1.3.2) lib/active_support/concurrency/load_interlock_aware_monitor.rb:25:in `block in synchronize'
activesupport (6.1.3.2) lib/active_support/concurrency/load_interlock_aware_monitor.rb:21:in `handle_interrupt'
activesupport (6.1.3.2) lib/active_support/concurrency/load_interlock_aware_monitor.rb:21:in `synchronize'
activerecord (6.1.3.2) lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/transaction.rb:308:in `within_new_transaction'
activerecord (6.1.3.2) lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb:320:in `transaction'
activerecord (6.1.3.2) lib/active_record/transactions.rb:209:in `transaction'
lib/post_creator.rb:407:in `block in transaction'
lib/distributed_mutex.rb:33:in `block in synchronize'
lib/distributed_mutex.rb:29:in `synchronize'
lib/distributed_mutex.rb:29:in `synchronize'
lib/distributed_mutex.rb:14:in `synchronize'
lib/post_creator.rb:406:in `transaction'
lib/post_creator.rb:204:in `create'
lib/new_post_manager.rb:281:in `perform_create_post'
lib/new_post_manager.rb:219:in `perform'
app/controllers/posts_controller.rb:180:in `create'
actionpack (6.1.3.2) lib/action_controller/metal/basic_implicit_render.rb:6:in `send_action'
actionpack (6.1.3.2) lib/abstract_controller/base.rb:228:in `process_action'
actionpack (6.1.3.2) lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb:30:in `process_action'
actionpack (6.1.3.2) lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb:42:in `block in process_action'
activesupport (6.1.3.2) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:117:in `block in run_callbacks'
app/controllers/application_controller.rb:395:in `block in with_resolved_locale'
i18n (1.8.10) lib/i18n.rb:314:in `with_locale'
app/controllers/application_controller.rb:395:in `with_resolved_locale'
activesupport (6.1.3.2) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:126:in `block in run_callbacks'
activesupport (6.1.3.2) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:137:in `run_callbacks'
actionpack (6.1.3.2) lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb:41:in `process_action'
actionpack (6.1.3.2) lib/action_controller/metal/rescue.rb:22:in `process_action'
actionpack (6.1.3.2) lib/action_controller/metal/instrumentation.rb:34:in `block in process_action'
activesupport (6.1.3.2) lib/active_support/notifications.rb:203:in `block in instrument'
activesupport (6.1.3.2) lib/active_support/notifications/instrumenter.rb:24:in `instrument'
activesupport (6.1.3.2) lib/active_support/notifications.rb:203:in `instrument'
actionpack (6.1.3.2) lib/action_controller/metal/instrumentation.rb:33:in `process_action'
actionpack (6.1.3.2) lib/action_controller/metal/params_wrapper.rb:249:in `process_action'
activerecord (6.1.3.2) lib/active_record/railties/controller_runtime.rb:27:in `process_action'
actionpack (6.1.3.2) lib/abstract_controller/base.rb:165:in `process'
actionview (6.1.3.2) lib/action_view/rendering.rb:39:in `process'
rack-mini-profiler (2.3.2) lib/mini_profiler/profiling_methods.rb:85:in `block in profile_method'
actionpack (6.1.3.2) lib/action_controller/metal.rb:190:in `dispatch'
actionpack (6.1.3.2) lib/action_controller/metal.rb:254:in `dispatch'
actionpack (6.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:50:in `dispatch'
actionpack (6.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:33:in `serve'
actionpack (6.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:50:in `block in serve'
actionpack (6.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:32:in `each'
actionpack (6.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:32:in `serve'
actionpack (6.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:842:in `call'
lib/middleware/omniauth_bypass_middleware.rb:71:in `call'
rack (2.2.3) lib/rack/tempfile_reaper.rb:15:in `call'
rack (2.2.3) lib/rack/conditional_get.rb:40:in `call'
rack (2.2.3) lib/rack/head.rb:12:in `call'
actionpack (6.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/http/permissions_policy.rb:22:in `call'
lib/content_security_policy/middleware.rb:12:in `call'
lib/middleware/anonymous_cache.rb:355:in `call'
rack (2.2.3) lib/rack/session/abstract/id.rb:266:in `context'
rack (2.2.3) lib/rack/session/abstract/id.rb:260:in `call'
actionpack (6.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/cookies.rb:689:in `call'
actionpack (6.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/callbacks.rb:27:in `block in call'
activesupport (6.1.3.2) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:98:in `run_callbacks'
actionpack (6.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/callbacks.rb:26:in `call'
actionpack (6.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/actionable_exceptions.rb:18:in `call'
actionpack (6.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/debug_exceptions.rb:29:in `call'
actionpack (6.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/show_exceptions.rb:33:in `call'
logster (2.9.6) lib/logster/middleware/reporter.rb:43:in `call'
railties (6.1.3.2) lib/rails/rack/logger.rb:37:in `call_app'
railties (6.1.3.2) lib/rails/rack/logger.rb:28:in `call'
config/initializers/100-quiet_logger.rb:23:in `call'
config/initializers/100-silence_logger.rb:31:in `call'
actionpack (6.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/remote_ip.rb:81:in `call'
actionpack (6.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/request_id.rb:26:in `call'
lib/middleware/enforce_hostname.rb:23:in `call'
rack (2.2.3) lib/rack/method_override.rb:24:in `call'
actionpack (6.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/executor.rb:14:in `call'
rack (2.2.3) lib/rack/sendfile.rb:110:in `call'
actionpack (6.1.3.2) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/host_authorization.rb:92:in `call'
rack-mini-profiler (2.3.2) lib/mini_profiler/p
```
And Env:
```plaintext
hostname ssdnodes-05208-app
process_id 929
application_version 81070b323f4679e3052efe64b5db7fecada10f23
HTTP_HOST discuss.noisebridge.info
REQUEST_URI /posts
REQUEST_METHOD POST
HTTP_USER_AGENT Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/91.0.4472.124 Safari/537.36
HTTP_ACCEPT */*
HTTP_REFERER https://discuss.noisebridge.info/t/last-few-blockers-to-opening-the-new-space/2520
HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR 192.195.83.130, 192.195.83.130
HTTP_X_REAL_IP 192.195.83.130
username [removed for privacy]
time 8:08 pm
params raw [this was the actual text of the post here, removed for privacy]
--- --- --- ---
--- ---
unlist_topic false
category 64
topic_id 2520
is_warning false
archetype regular
typing_duration_msecs 17400
composer_open_duration_msecs 24151
featured_link
shared_draft false
draft_key topic_2520
nested_post true
```
Appreciate any help anyone can give. Regards
---
### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2021, 4:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-internal-server-error-on-post-create-my-user-account-only/197071/2 "2021-07-14T04:20:12Z")
> [@mwillson](#):
>
> `plugins/discourse-discord-sync/plugin.rb:`
first thing to do here is remove the discord plugin.
---
### Author:  [@mwillson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mwillson)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2021, 8:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-internal-server-error-on-post-create-my-user-account-only/197071/3 "2021-07-14T08:13:40Z")
What would the next step be? Just straight reinstall it?
---
### Author:  [@mwillson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mwillson)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2021, 7:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-internal-server-error-on-post-create-my-user-account-only/197071/4 "2021-07-19T07:46:27Z")
Bumping thread for visibility