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I have been receiving the following error when I select Edit in Potlatch 2:

"The OpenStreetMap server encountered an unexpected condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request (HTTP 500) Feel free to contact the OpenStreetMap community if your problem persists. Make a note of the exact URL / post data of your request. This may be a problem in our Ruby On Rails code. 500 occurs with exceptions thrown outside of an action (like in Dispatcher setups or broken Ruby code"

I'm running Windows 7 64 bit using Firefox 20.0.1

asked 11 May '13, 11:29

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edited 15 Dec '18, 12:26

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I have the same problem....please if you find the solution...tell me

(12 May '13, 08:05) kami_90
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Can you further describe what you edited and/or where you edited (permalink)? Does it occur every time? Or just once? What do you need to do to let it appear? Editing with Potlatch2 works for me (Linux, Firefox 17.0.5).

(12 May '13, 14:30) aseerel4c26 ♦
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I can't actually edit any map data as the error message occurs as soon as I select "Edit" from the menu, irrespective of the location of the map tile I am on

(12 May '13, 17:39) alantw
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@alantw: Okay, thanks. So I assume Potlatch does not even load and no green P2 loading screen appears?

At this pos. clicking edit and editing with Potlatch2 (URL then) works for me - with Adobe Flash 11.7.700.169, Firefox 20.0.1 (German), Win7 64 bit (German).

As a workaround you could try the new editor "iD" (click the triangle beneath "edit"). Does this work - it should?

(12 May '13, 19:58) aseerel4c26 ♦
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That's right Potlatch does not load. I've also tried IE and Google Chrome but still get the same error I can use iD OK but would really like to get Potlatch working again

(12 May '13, 23:52) alantw

@alantw: I am not sure if the admins can make any sense of that info we have collected now - but I have written an email to them pointing to here. They replied that you should contact the admins by yourself

If you have another account or if your friend has one: does it work with it on your pc?

(13 May '13, 00:27) aseerel4c26 ♦
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The question has been closed for the following reason "The question is answered, server problem is fixed." by aseerel4c26 13 May '13, 23:49


I think that error page will probably have told you to contact webmaster@openstreetmap.org and if it didn't then it probably should have done. Nobody else is going to be able to help you.

I believe I have now found and fixed this specific problem however.

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answered 13 May '13, 00:35

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edited 13 May '13, 00:55

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Sorry about the delay in replying but I've been away from my PC all day.

Yes it is now fixed, thank you very much, I would be very interested to know what was causing the problem

(13 May '13, 23:01) alantw
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It was a problem that only occurred when the locale selection code couldn't find a match and hat to fall back to the default locale, so your "en_us" language setting was the trigger in your case.

(13 May '13, 23:05) TomH ♦♦

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