Missing Index Error

[SujithFSD]

Workspace

confluence

🔖 Feature description

{ "error": { "name": "MissingIndexError", "message": "Missing index for confluence. This could be because the index hasn't been created yet or there was a problem during index creation." }, "request": { "method": "GET", "url": "/api/search/query?term=confluence&types%5B0%5D=confluence" }, "response": { "statusCode": 500 } }

i am getting below error when i am trying to install backstage confluence plugin.

🎤 Context

i am getting below error when i am trying to install backstage confluence plugin.

✌️ Possible Implementation

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[04kash]

@fjudith any ideas on why this might be happening?

[CryptoRodeo]

After running a quick test I was also able to replicate this error:

{
  "error": {
    "name": "MissingIndexError",
    "message": "Missing index for confluence. This could be because the index hasn't been created yet or there was a problem during index creation.",
    "stack": "MissingIndexError: Missing index for confluence. This could be because the index hasn't been created yet or there was a problem during index creation.\n    at LunrSearchEngine.query (/home/bramos/work/community-plugins/workspaces/confluence/node_modules/@backstage/plugin-search-backend-node/src/engines/LunrSearchEngine.ts:203:13)\n    at <anonymous> (/home/bramos/work/community-plugins/workspaces/confluence/node_modules/@backstage/plugin-search-backend/src/service/router.ts:193:39)"
  },
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "/query?term=Errata%2FErrata%2BTool&types%5B0%5D=confluence"
  },
  "response": {
    "statusCode": 500
  }
}

Looking at the backstage docs it looks like this error is getting thrown: https://backstage.io/docs/reference/plugin-search-backend-node.missingindexerror

I still haven't fully determined what causes this.

[vinzscam]

@fjudith any idea about what could cause the issue?

[awanlin]

Do you only hit this error on start up? We've seen similar issues for the TechDocs collator. If you add a initial delay it should help.

[fjudith]

Thank you for the insight @awanlin,

There is a default initial delay sets to 30 seconds, is there any chance for a race condition between the search backend initialization and the confluence collator ?

https://github.com/backstage/community-plugins/blob/94366653e6792f271945b9f94857c79616cbfa76/workspaces/confluence/plugins/search-backend-module-confluence-collator/src/module.ts#L44

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