I have inherited a self-hosted Discourse forum and have been learning a lot from the documentation recently. Generally all has been going well, but recently a new issue has emerged where forum moderators including myself see a “500 Server Error” message when trying to delete a topic (it’s spam, we have it hidden).
I have tried updating and rebuilding Discourse and it’s plugins a few time, removing old plugins that are archived, but this has not resolved the issue. I have also used safe-mode but again this hasn’t helped.
In the log, if it’s any help I’m seeing the entry appended below. any help or suggestions of things I can try would be greatly appreciated.
Message (3 copies reported)
ArgumentError (Empty list of attributes to change)
lib/post_destroyer.rb:361:in `trash_public_post_actions'
lib/post_destroyer.rb:186:in `block in perform_delete'
lib/post_destroyer.rb:177:in `perform_delete'
lib/post_destroyer.rb:79:in `destroy'
app/controllers/topics_controller.rb:687:in `destroy'
app/controllers/application_controller.rb:424:in `block in with_resolved_locale'
app/controllers/application_controller.rb:424:in `with_resolved_locale'
lib/middleware/omniauth_bypass_middleware.rb:64:in `call'
lib/content_security_policy/middleware.rb:12:in `call'
lib/middleware/anonymous_cache.rb:393:in `call'
lib/middleware/csp_script_nonce_injector.rb:12:in `call'
config/initializers/008-rack-cors.rb:14:in `call'
lib/freedom_patches/rails_rack_logger_from_rails_7_2.rb:35:in `call_app'
lib/freedom_patches/rails_rack_logger_from_rails_7_2.rb:22:in `call'
config/initializers/100-quiet_logger.rb:20:in `call'
config/initializers/100-silence_logger.rb:29:in `call'
lib/middleware/enforce_hostname.rb:24:in `call'
lib/middleware/request_tracker.rb:360:in `call'
Backtrace
activerecord (7.1.3.4) lib/active_record/relation.rb:508:in `update_all'
lib/post_destroyer.rb:361:in `trash_public_post_actions'
lib/post_destroyer.rb:186:in `block in perform_delete'
activerecord (7.1.3.4) lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/transaction.rb:535:in `block in within_new_transaction'
activesupport (7.1.3.4) lib/active_support/concurrency/null_lock.rb:9:in `synchronize'
activerecord (7.1.3.4) lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/transaction.rb:532:in `within_new_transaction'
activerecord (7.1.3.4) lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb:344:in `transaction'
activerecord (7.1.3.4) lib/active_record/transactions.rb:212:in `transaction'
lib/post_destroyer.rb:177:in `perform_delete'
lib/post_destroyer.rb:79:in `destroy'
app/controllers/topics_controller.rb:687:in `destroy'
actionpack (7.1.3.4) lib/action_controller/metal/basic_implicit_render.rb:6:in `send_action'
actionpack (7.1.3.4) lib/abstract_controller/base.rb:224:in `process_action'
actionpack (7.1.3.4) lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb:165:in `process_action'
actionpack (7.1.3.4) lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb:259:in `block in process_action'
activesupport (7.1.3.4) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:121:in `block in run_callbacks'
app/controllers/application_controller.rb:424:in `block in with_resolved_locale'
i18n (1.14.5) lib/i18n.rb:351:in `with_locale'
app/controllers/application_controller.rb:424:in `with_resolved_locale'
activesupport (7.1.3.4) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:130:in `block in run_callbacks'
activesupport (7.1.3.4) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:141:in `run_callbacks'
actionpack (7.1.3.4) lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb:258:in `process_action'
actionpack (7.1.3.4) lib/action_controller/metal/rescue.rb:25:in `process_action'
actionpack (7.1.3.4) lib/action_controller/metal/instrumentation.rb:74:in `block in process_action'
activesupport (7.1.3.4) lib/active_support/notifications.rb:206:in `block in instrument'
activesupport (7.1.3.4) lib/active_support/notifications/instrumenter.rb:58:in `instrument'
activesupport (7.1.3.4) lib/active_support/notifications.rb:206:in `instrument'
actionpack (7.1.3.4) lib/action_controller/metal/instrumentation.rb:73:in `process_action'
actionpack (7.1.3.4) lib/action_controller/metal/params_wrapper.rb:261:in `process_action'
activerecord (7.1.3.4) lib/active_record/railties/controller_runtime.rb:32:in `process_action'
actionpack (7.1.3.4) lib/abstract_controller/base.rb:160:in `process'
actionview (7.1.3.4) lib/action_view/rendering.rb:40:in `process'
rack-mini-profiler (3.3.1) lib/mini_profiler/profiling_methods.rb:115:in `block in profile_method'
actionpack (7.1.3.4) lib/action_controller/metal.rb:227:in `dispatch'
actionpack (7.1.3.4) lib/action_controller/metal.rb:309:in `dispatch'
actionpack (7.1.3.4) lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:49:in `dispatch'
actionpack (7.1.3.4) lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:32:in `serve'
actionpack (7.1.3.4) lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:51:in `block in serve'
actionpack (7.1.3.4) lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:131:in `block in find_routes'
actionpack (7.1.3.4) lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:124:in `each'
actionpack (7.1.3.4) lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:124:in `find_routes'
actionpack (7.1.3.4) lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb:32:in `serve'
actionpack (7.1.3.4) lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:882:in `call'
lib/middleware/omniauth_bypass_middleware.rb:64:in `call'
rack (2.2.9) lib/rack/tempfile_reaper.rb:15:in `call'
rack (2.2.9) lib/rack/conditional_get.rb:40:in `call'
rack (2.2.9) lib/rack/head.rb:12:in `call'
actionpack (7.1.3.4) lib/action_dispatch/http/permissions_policy.rb:36:in `call'
lib/content_security_policy/middleware.rb:12:in `call'
lib/middleware/anonymous_cache.rb:393:in `call'
lib/middleware/csp_script_nonce_injector.rb:12:in `call'
config/initializers/008-rack-cors.rb:14:in `call'
rack (2.2.9) lib/rack/session/abstract/id.rb:266:in `context'
rack (2.2.9) lib/rack/session/abstract/id.rb:260:in `call'
actionpack (7.1.3.4) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/cookies.rb:689:in `call'
actionpack (7.1.3.4) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/callbacks.rb:29:in `block in call'
activesupport (7.1.3.4) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:101:in `run_callbacks'
actionpack (7.1.3.4) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/callbacks.rb:28:in `call'
actionpack (7.1.3.4) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/debug_exceptions.rb:29:in `call'
actionpack (7.1.3.4) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/show_exceptions.rb:31:in `call'
logster (2.20.0) lib/logster/middleware/reporter.rb:40:in `call'
lib/freedom_patches/rails_rack_logger_from_rails_7_2.rb:35:in `call_app'
lib/freedom_patches/rails_rack_logger_from_rails_7_2.rb:22:in `call'
config/initializers/100-quiet_logger.rb:20:in `call'
config/initializers/100-silence_logger.rb:29:in `call'
actionpack (7.1.3.4) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/request_id.rb:28:in `call'
lib/middleware/enforce_hostname.rb:24:in `call'
rack (2.2.9) lib/rack/method_override.rb:24:in `call'
actionpack (7.1.3.4) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/executor.rb:14:in `call'
rack (2.2.9) lib/rack/sendfile.rb:110:in `call'
rack-mini-profiler (3.3.1) lib/mini_profiler.rb:334:in `call'
message_bus (4.3.8) lib/message_bus/rack/middleware.rb:60:in `call'
lib/middleware/request_tracker.rb:360:in `call'
actionpack (7.1.3.4) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/remote_ip.rb:92:in `call'
railties (7.1.3.4) lib/rails/engine.rb:536:in `call'
railties (7.1.3.4) lib/rails/railtie.rb:226:in `public_send'
railties (7.1.3.4) lib/rails/railtie.rb:226:in `method_missing'
rack (2.2.9) lib/rack/urlmap.rb:74:in `block in call'
rack (2.2.9) lib/rack/urlmap.rb:58:in `each'
rack (2.2.9) lib/rack/urlmap.rb:58:in `call'
unicorn (6.1.0) lib/unicorn/http_server.rb:634:in `process_client'
unicorn (6.1.0) lib/unicorn/http_server.rb:739:in `worker_loop'
unicorn (6.1.0) lib/unicorn/http_server.rb:547:in `spawn_missing_workers'
unicorn (6.1.0) lib/unicorn/http_server.rb:143:in `start'
unicorn (6.1.0) bin/unicorn:128:in `<top (required)>'
vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/bin/unicorn:25:in `load'
vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/bin/unicorn:25:in `<main>'