CodiMD error (since 1.4.0?)

yusf

I'm getting Internal Server Error whenever I try to view/edit a CodiMD document. I notice that the app was updated 1.4.0 recently, which seem to coincide with this issue. Please advice.

Here's the log output of the error:

Jun 10 07:45:00 2019-06-10T07:45:00.329Z info: deserializeUser: 113677e7-8064-499a-90ba-11d6511808f6
Jun 10 07:45:00 SyntaxError: /app/code/public/views/codimd.ejs:10
Jun 10 07:45:00 8| <body>
Jun 10 07:45:00 9| <%- include codimd/header %>
Jun 10 07:45:00 >> 10| <%- include codimd/body %>
Jun 10 07:45:00 11| <%- include codimd/footer %>
Jun 10 07:45:00 12| <%- include codimd/foot %>
Jun 10 07:45:00 13| </body>
Jun 10 07:45:00
Jun 10 07:45:00 /app/code/public/views/codimd/body.ejs:251
Jun 10 07:45:00 249| <%- include ../shared/refresh-modal %>
Jun 10 07:45:00 250| <%- include ../shared/signin-modal %>
Jun 10 07:45:00 >> 251| <%- include ../shared/help-modal %>
Jun 10 07:45:00 252| <%- include ../shared/revision-modal %>
Jun 10 07:45:00 253|
Jun 10 07:45:00
Jun 10 07:45:00 /app/code/public/views/shared/help-modal.ejs:20
Jun 10 07:45:00 18| <a href="https://community.codimd.org" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-users fa-fw"></i> <%= __('Join the community') %></a>
Jun 10 07:45:00 19| <br>
Jun 10 07:45:00 >> 20| <a href="https://riot.im/app/#/room/#codimd:matrix.org" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-hashtag fa-fw"></i> <%= __('Meet us on %s', 'Matrix') %></a>
Jun 10 07:45:00 21| <br>
Jun 10 07:45:00 22| <a href="https://github.com/codimd/server/issues" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-tag fa-fw"></i> <%= __('Report an issue') %></a>
Jun 10 07:45:00 23| <br>
Jun 10 07:45:00
Jun 10 07:45:00 [sprintf] unexpected placeholder
Jun 10 07:45:00 at sprintf_parse (/app/code/node_modules/sprintf-js/src/sprintf.js:202:23)
Jun 10 07:45:00 at sprintf (/app/code/node_modules/sprintf-js/src/sprintf.js:26:31)
Jun 10 07:45:00 at vsprintf (/app/code/node_modules/sprintf-js/src/sprintf.js:30:24)
Jun 10 07:45:00 at postProcess (/app/code/node_modules/i18n/i18n.js:547:13)
Jun 10 07:45:00 at Object.i18nTranslate (/app/code/node_modules/i18n/i18n.js:234:12)
Jun 10 07:45:00 at eval (eval at compile (/app/code/node_modules/ejs/lib/ejs.js:618:12), <anonymous>:609:26)
Jun 10 07:45:00 at eval (eval at compile (/app/code/node_modules/ejs/lib/ejs.js:618:12), <anonymous>:723:10)
Jun 10 07:45:00 at eval (eval at compile (/app/code/node_modules/ejs/lib/ejs.js:618:12), <anonymous>:754:10)
Jun 10 07:45:00 at returnedFn (/app/code/node_modules/ejs/lib/ejs.js:653:17)
Jun 10 07:45:00 at tryHandleCache (/app/code/node_modules/ejs/lib/ejs.js:251:36)
Jun 10 07:45:00 at View.exports.renderFile [as engine] (/app/code/node_modules/ejs/lib/ejs.js:482:10)
Jun 10 07:45:00 at View.render (/app/code/node_modules/express/lib/view.js:135:8)
Jun 10 07:45:00 at tryRender (/app/code/node_modules/express/lib/application.js:640:10)
Jun 10 07:45:00 at Function.render (/app/code/node_modules/express/lib/application.js:592:3)
Jun 10 07:45:00 at ServerResponse.render (/app/code/node_modules/express/lib/response.js:1012:7)
Jun 10 07:45:00 at responseCodiMD (/app/code/lib/response.js:104:7)

nebulon

This looks like one of the built-in templates fails. Did you by any chance added/removed/adjusted values in /app/data/config.json?

The default values are:

{
  "production": {
    "allowAnonymous": false,
    "allowAnonymousEdits": false,
    "allowEmailRegister": false,
    "allowFreeUrl": true,
    "allowPdfExport": false,
    "debug": false,
    "defaultPermission": "private",
    "email": false,
    "sessionSecret": "<secret>"
  }
}

yusf

Possibly. I’d need to check. ~~To complicate things, it still works on mobile currently.~~

yusf

What differs in my config is
allowAnonymousEdits": true instead of false
documentmaxlength": 1000000 instead of whatever default is.

Default settings makes no difference, neither a fresh install.

The published read-pnly version of a doc works, still. It's the editor view that crashes.

I've tried in Firefox (macOS), Safari (macOS) and Safari (iOS).

fbartels

@yusf said in CodiMD error (since 1.4.0?):

allowAnonymousEdits": true

I have this set to true as well and for me the app continues to work after the 1.4.0 update.

@yusf said in CodiMD error (since 1.4.0?):

Default settings makes no difference, neither a fresh install.

So do I understand that right that even if you install the app completely new you still have the crashes of the editor? Did you reinstall to the same domain? I would use a new domain name just to rule out a caching issue (and also try to open the editor in incognito mode).

yusf

@fbartels said in CodiMD error (since 1.4.0?):

So do I understand that right that even if you install the app completely new you still have the crashes of the editor? Did you reinstall to the same domain? I would use a new domain name just to rule out a caching issue (and also try to open the editor in incognito mode).

Yes. New domain, fresh browser session, still Internal Server Error.

yusf

@fbartels Do you have any other customizations?

nebulon

@yusf just to be on the same page, you are installing codimd from your Cloudron's appstore view, not building the app on your own or so?

yusf

@nebulon Correct, it’s the regular App Store version.

yusf

Please advice

fbartels

@yusf sorry don't know enough about node and codimd development to give any additional insight. Maybe the codimd issue tracker in GitHub would be able to give more insights?

yusf

@fbartels Thanks, I'll bring it up with them.

yusf

Huh. "Them" turned out to be confusing:

Currently, there are two active repositories/softwares named "CodiMD": This one and codimd/server. Both are actively maintained, but by different people. Especially for someone new to CodiMD/HackMD it's almost impossible to understand what's what.

From reading other issues it seems like HackMD is making some structural changes which prompts Cloudron to make a choice which project to use. codimd/server is the "libre" and AGPL continuation of the project so probably favorable.

girish

@yusf Does this error happens only when opening a specific document or all the time? Not really sure how to debug this, can you ping me on chat?

yusf

@girish I got help in tracking the issue down. A typo in the language file for my specific language caused the error. Not sure when I get a fix for it though. I’ll probably build it manually with the fix for now.

girish

@yusf Is there a related github issue ?

fbartels

@girish https://github.com/codimd/server/issues/117

yusf

Can you make a new release? @girish

girish

Yes, but 1.4.1 isn't released yet.

yusf

@girish Oh, okay then!

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