Item8169: WorkflowPlugin generates BAD STATE message

-- ChipTondreau - 30 May 2009

I have just installed the WorkflowPlugin and am testing the demo page DefectOne in the sandbox. Clicking on the button "start" produces the following error message:

Foswiki detected an internal error - please check your Foswiki logs and webserver logs for more information. BAD STATE start Preinitial!=Initial

The following errors are in my apache log file:

• Argument "28 (Sandbox,DefectOne)" isn't numeric in addition (+) at, referer: bin/view/Sandbox/WebChanges
• \t/opt/iqpedia/lib/Foswiki/Plugins/CounterPlugin.pm line 57 (#1), referer: bin/view/Sandbox/WebChanges
• (W numeric) The indicated string was fed as an argument to an operator, referer: bin/view/Sandbox/WebChanges
• that expected a numeric value instead. If you're fortunate the message, referer:bin/view/Sandbox/WebChanges
• will identify which operator was so unfortunate., referer: bin/view/Sandbox/WebChanges
• , referer: bin/view/Sandbox/WebChanges
• view: Argument "28 (Sandbox,DefectOne)" isn't numeric in addition (+) at /opt/iqpedia/lib/Foswiki/Plugins/CounterPlugin.pm lin

Testing the ControlledDocument demo and clicking on "ready for approval" produces:

Foswiki detected an internal error - please check your Foswiki logs and webserver logs for more information. BAD STATE ready for approval UNDERREVISION!=WAITINGFORQM

The following errors are in my apache log file:

• BAD STATE ready for approval UNDERREVISION!=WAITINGFORQM at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CGI/Carp.pm line 314., referer: /bin/view/Sandbox/ApprovedDocument000
• at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CGI/Carp.pm line 314, referer: /bin/view/Sandbox/ApprovedDocument000
• CGI::Carp::realdie('BAD STATE ready for approval UNDERREVISION!=', 'WAITINGFORQM') called at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CGI/Carp.pm line 385, referer: /bin/view/Sandbox/ApprovedDocument000
• CGI::Carp::die('BAD STATE ready for approval UNDERREVISION!=', 'WAITINGFORQM') called at /opt/iqpedia/lib/Foswiki/Plugins/WorkflowPlugin.pm line 330, referer: /bin/view/Sandbox/ApprovedDocument000
• Foswiki::Plugins::WorkflowPlugin::_changeState('Foswiki=HASH(0x95134bc)', 'WorkflowPlugin', 'changeState', 'Foswiki::Response=HASH(0x9232ff4)') calledat /opt/iqpedia/lib/Foswiki/Func.pm line 2190, referer: /bin/view/Sandbox/ApprovedDocument000
• Foswiki::Func::__ANON__('Foswiki=HASH(0x95134bc)', 'WorkflowPlugin', 'changeState', 'Foswiki::Response=HASH(0x9232ff4)') called at /opt/iqpedia/lib/Foswiki/UI/Rest.pm line 123, referer: /bin/view/Sandbox/ApprovedDocument000
• Foswiki::UI::Rest::rest('Foswiki=HASH(0x95134bc)') called at /opt/iqpedia/lib/Foswiki/UI.pm line 287, referer: /bin/view/Sandbox/ApprovedDocument000
• Foswiki::UI::__ANON__() called at /opt/iqpedia/lib/CPAN/lib//Error.pm line 379, referer: /bin/view/Sandbox/ApprovedDocument000
• eval {...} called at /opt/iqpedia/lib/CPAN/lib//Error.pm line 371, referer: /bin/view/Sandbox/ApprovedDocument000
• Error::subs::try('CODE(0x92e49bc)', 'HASH(0xa0303c0)') called at /opt/iqpedia/lib/Foswiki/UI.pm line 355, referer: /bin/view/Sandbox/ApprovedDocument000
• Foswiki::UI::_execute('Foswiki::Request=HASH(0x9513840)', 'CODE(0x9513564)', 'rest', 1) called at /opt/iqpedia/lib/Foswiki/UI.pm line 258, referer: /bin/view/Sandbox/ApprovedDocument000
• Foswiki::UI::handleRequest('Foswiki::Request=HASH(0x9513840)') called at /opt/iqpedia/lib/Foswiki/Engine/CGI.pm line 26, referer: /bin/view/Sandbox/ApprovedDocument000
• Foswiki::Engine::CGI::run('Foswiki::Engine::CGI=HASH(0x93e78bc)') called, referer: /bin/view/Sandbox/ApprovedDocument000

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Apologies, it's a broken example; the plugin is fine. I'll fix the example ASAP.

-- CrawfordCurrie - 03 Jun 2009

The first error came from a different plugin (CounterPlugin). The second error turned out to be a problem in the plugin, now fixed.

-- CrawfordCurrie - 02 Sep 2009

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