Unable to post new topics or reply to existing ones

[btc]

Versions etc:
NodeJS - 6.11.1
NodeBB - 1.5.2
NPM - 5.3.0
Redis - 4.0.0
CentOS - 6.9

I seem to have a problem with the composer-default plugin. I cannot create or reply to posts.

NodeBB logs show the following warning:

"[plugins/load] The following plugins may not be compatible with your version of NodeBB. This may cause unintended behaviour or crash$

• nodebb-plugin-composer-default"

When I click "New Topic", I see the following error in the console:

"nodebb.min.js:1 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'length' of null
at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (nodebb.min.js:1)
at l (nodebb.min.js:1)
at u (nodebb.min.js:1)"

Any idea what the problem is? I've tried reloading / restarting / building NodeBB without success.

[PitaJ]

That's not your NodeBB version, that's your Node.js version. What is your NodeBB version?

[btc]

@pitaj Sorry yes, was on autopilot.

NodeBB version is 1.5.2, have edited the original OP for clarity.

[PitaJ]

What version is nodebb-plugin-composer-default?

Try these things:

• npm install
• ./nodebb build
• Try resetting extra plugins

[btc]

Composer version is 5.0.2.

No change unfortunately after those steps. Once I'd reset plugins I just re-enabled composer to test but the same issue persists.

[btc]

Still battling with this issue. Seems likely it's to do with the version mismatch for composer vs NodeBB, as advised in the logs.

Not really sure why there would be a version mismatch on a plugin which (as far as I know) is bundled with the NodeBB install. If it is the wrong version I'm not sure which is the right one either.

[PitaJ]

@btc What branch of the git repository are you on? git status should say "On branch [branch name]". Try running git pull, then ./nodebb upgrade and restart.

[btc]

@pitaj Sorry for the delay, I wasn't getting reply notifications.

I'm on the master branch of the git repository.

Git pull gives an error: "error: Your local changes to 'package.json' would be overwritten by merge. Aborting."

I haven't made any changes to that file.

The issue still exists following ./nodebb upgrade.

[PitaJ]

@btc npm install --save modifies package.json, so that's probably what changed it. Run git reset --hard origin/master to both reset package.json and to pull the latest changes on the master branch.

[btc]

Thanks so much, that has worked and I can now post new topics and replies.

However I now have another issue but I think it's unrelated so will start a new thread.