ActionView::Template::Error (no implicit conversion of Array into String) I recreated the login Oops Page error issue that seems to only affects admins and in some case other staff accounts, but in this case Admin acc, but only admin accs that are pre “git hang” by simply attempting another login. …

In an attempt to curveball a solution using standard Discourse features, I wondered if “merge” users accs might work, say create an new admin users account and then merge it into the old admin user account (for staff needs to be done via the console). The other idea was to revoke and then re-grant …

I wasn’t paying attention as they were only “warnings” but a MaxMindDB error occurs at the same time but preceding the above ActiveVIEW::Tempalte::Error MaxMindDB (/var/www/discourse/vendor/data/GeoLite2-City.mmdb) could not be found: No such file or directory @ rb_sysopen - /var/www/discourse/ven…

Thanks, well this Discourse server is not in China nor is the location of the admin user trying to dial in, and I don’t think MaxMindDB was ever set up, or if partially never finalised. I vaguely remember MaxMindDB settings in admin but I can’t find anything now. I also just realised something, yo…

[image] agemo: well this Discourse server is not in China nor is the location of the admin user trying to dial in the call is made from the server, location of dial-in is irrelevant - worth checking

Ok, but the server is not in China.

[image] agemo: Ok, but the server is not in China. that was just an example.

Oh yea of course.. doh! :grin: Just not sure what I should be checking in this case.

@merefield @Ed_S @Falco the only instance of this error I can find that is similar is here Error "no implicit conversion of Array into String" when using Gemini AI analysis on posts with images maybe I should have posted this topic in the Contribute > Bug section?

Kind of looks like something to do with presenting the upcoming changes - that’s something only admins would see. According to ask.discourse.com The entire feature is controlled by a hidden site setting called enable_upcoming_changes, set to false in a Rails console: SiteSetting.enable_upcoming_…

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Maxmind file access is blocked in some regions. I have specifically seen this for China.

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