Not creating pdfs after updates

[girish]

It seems it broke upstream . Several reports - https://github.com/invoiceninja/invoiceninja/discussions/10466 https://github.com/invoiceninja/invoiceninja/issues/10467 https://github.com/invoiceninja/dockerfiles/issues/683 etc

[AartJansen]

As a work around I changed a line in the env file to:
PHANTOMJS_PDF_GENERATION=true

Now my pdf's generate and invoices email sucessfully ( the non-generation also stopped email sending).

[girish]

I have a fix at https://git.cloudron.io/packages/invoiceninja-app/-/merge_requests/40

[humpty]

voiced my concern upstream and linked Girish's merge request for visibility

[humpty]

@AartJansen Is the template design all messed up for you?

I'm using the clean template, and all the fields are squished to the left in the actual PDF and in the preview.

[girish]

@humptydumpty I think there are reports like https://github.com/invoiceninja/invoiceninja/issues/10478

[humpty]

@girish I checked my PDF's (I send a copy to myself) and it started with 5.11.11. I'm not sure what they're doing upstream, but PDF issues keep recurring every few updates ‍️

[humpty]

LOL so I'm using a Logitech MX Mini keyboard and the F7 button also doubles as an emoji window/tool thing. Nodebb doesn't have a male facepalm icon so it tossed a female facepalm and the male symbol

[AartJansen]

@humptydumpty No they look the same with either generated for me. (thankfully)

[AartJansen]

Now my workaround doesn't work either, the invoices are unreadable/blank for mail recipients.

[jdaviescoates]

@humptydumpty said in Not creating pdfs after updates:

Nodebb doesn't have a male facepalm icon so it tossed a female facepalm and the male symbol

this happens me when using emojis on mobile but I eventually worked out you can then edit your post and delete the extra symbol

[jdaviescoates]

@humptydumpty said in Not creating pdfs after updates:

@girish I checked my PDF's (I send a copy to myself) and it started with 5.11.11. I'm not sure what they're doing upstream, but PDF issues keep recurring every few updates

See, I just quoted your post with the extra symbol then deleted it and it change to the above

[humpty]

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[girish]

@AartJansen are you using the latest package 1.16.0 ? The package has now switched to google chrome stable like upstream. Can you check if a fresh installation works for you?

[humpty]

I'm on 1.16.0 (upgraded existing app) and PDFs weren't generating for me which in turn causes invoice emails not to send. I changed false to true in the .env file and it's all working now. PHANTOMJS_PDF_GENERATION=true

Do existing apps upgrade properly to the new Chrome thing or should I go with a fresh install? If so, does the normal backup restore/import work in this case or should I use the built-in app's export/import function?

[girish]

@humptydumpty it should be like below and atleast for new packages it works

PDF_GENERATOR=snappdf
SNAPPDF_CHROMIUM_PATH=/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable

[humpty]

I'll give those a try soon. Thanks!

[humpty]

@girish I compared my existing .env file to fresh install to see what else has changed and noticed a few things:

In my existing env file, there was a double entry of this section:

DB_HOST=mysql
DB_DATABASE=blablabla
DB_USERNAME=blablabla
DB_PASSWORD=blablabla
DB_PORT=3306

Then, we have:

Existing env DB_CONNECTION=db-ninja-01
Fresh env DB_CONNECTION=mysql

Existing env TRUSTED_PROXIES=
Fresh env TRUSTED_PROXIES=*

Lastly, we have a few additions that didn't exist before, such as:

PHANTOMJS_KEY='a-demo-key-with-low-quota-per-ip-address'
PHANTOMJS_SECRET=secret

DELETE_PDF_DAYS=60
DELETE_BACKUP_DAYS=60

GOOGLE_PLAY_PACKAGE_NAME=
APPSTORE_PASSWORD=

MICROSOFT_CLIENT_ID=
MICROSOFT_CLIENT_SECRET=
MICROSOFT_REDIRECT_URI=

APPLE_CLIENT_ID=
APPLE_CLIENT_SECRET=
APPLE_REDIRECT_URI=

NORDIGEN_SECRET_ID=
NORDIGEN_SECRET_KEY=

# https://invoiceninja.github.io/en/self-host-installation/#supervisor-for-invoice-ninja-ubuntu-22-04-lts

I hope copy/pasting these new additions won't mess anything up in the database.

[girish]

@humptydumpty yes, the fresh variables are correct. The PHANTOMJS_* should not be required afaik

[AartJansen]

@girish Yes I have 1.1.6.0... but I don't have those lines in the env file. I'll try just add them manually, before I do a reinstall.

EDIT: Manually adding those lines to the env file has fixed it for me.