Anyone else with 4.1.x able to test delete/copy/move in the files app?

brandonbiggs · March 12, 2026, 6:27pm

We’re running 4.1.4 and 4.1.1 and are seeing an issue where we can’t delete or move/copy files in the files app. The browser console says

utils.js:56 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'classList')
at Qd (utils.js:56:58)
at HTMLTableElement.<anonymous> (sweet_alert.js:83:5)
at i.showSwalLoading (file_ops.js:639:18)

I wanted to see if this is just us or if someone else is also seeing this.

Steps to reproduce:

Create test.txt
select test.txt
Click the delete button
Click okay on the popup.

jeff.ohrstrom · March 12, 2026, 7:58pm

I cannot replicate on our systems. I’d maybe try to clear your cache and/or check any extensions you may have running.

twinprism · March 12, 2026, 10:10pm

Can confirm it also fails in an incognito window or a completely new browser, as well as multiple browsers. We’ll keep looking.

brandonbiggs · March 13, 2026, 2:36pm

Thanks Jeff and Ben. Unfortunately it’s happening for everyone who’s used our installation. Multiple users, different computers, different browsers, 4.1.4 and 4.1.1. We’ll keep digging into it.

jeff.ohrstrom · March 13, 2026, 8:00pm

What are the checksum numbers of the files you download while in the files application? I would guess that they’re probably different for each OS, but if you let me know your OS version I can maybe try to replicate. Maybe the packages for that OS got built slightly different than the others? (We’re running RHEL 8).

brandonbiggs · March 13, 2026, 8:16pm

We’re running RHEL 9.7. I tried to duplicate your screenshot here.

If I modify the following and just comment out lines 57 it works.

github.com/OSC/ondemand

apps/dashboard/app/javascript/utils.js

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          }
          
          export function today() {
            const now = new Date();
            return `${now.getFullYear()}-${now.getMonth()+1}-${now.getDate()}`;
          }
          
          // the next two functions, using #full_page_spinner, are only used in sweet_alert.js
          export function pageSpin() {
            const ele = document.getElementById('full_page_spinner');
            ele.classList.remove('d-none');
            ariaNotify('Loading.');
          }
          
          export function stopPageSpin() {
            const ele = document.getElementById('full_page_spinner');
            ele.classList.add('d-none');
            ariaNotify('Loading complete.');
          }
          
          // The next three functions use #full-page-spinner, and are used more widely

jeff.ohrstrom · March 13, 2026, 8:27pm

OK follow up - have you defined any special views in /etc/ood/config/apps/dashboard/views as described in this documentation page?

brandonbiggs · March 13, 2026, 8:34pm

Yup, I sure did. It was application.html.erb since I had added our analytics. That fixed it! Thanks Jeff!

jeff.ohrstrom · March 13, 2026, 8:40pm

that’ll do it. Hope you didn’t have too much trouble and/or recompiled the assets on your production system. If you did recompile on your production system that may cause further issues. I’d say a reinstall may be warranted. I can’t say for sure it’ll cause issues down the road, I’d just be worried about it.

brandonbiggs · March 13, 2026, 8:43pm

I recompiled assets on dev only to test. They were small tweaks though. If dev breaks we can reinstall.

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Anyone else with 4.1.x able to test delete/copy/move in the files app?

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