Copying content between portals results in a "Invalid JSON in 'text' parameter" error

[jshutenasa]

I am trying to copy content from one portal to another, but I get an "Invalid JSON in 'text' parameter" error. This error occurs on my local (stand-alone) AGO-A instance, as well as on the version of AGO-A hosted on the Esri site.

The copy error applies to multiple types of objects (e.g., Map layers and Feature layers)

Is this environment-specific (i.e., "just me"), or is it impacting other users as well?

[AnnetteF]

We are having the exact same problem when copying between 2 portals. Is there a solution for this?

[ecaldwell]

I think it's a bug in updateDescription.js that got introduced with commit d1199de. It's not stripping the null value from the text property. I'll see if I can get this sorted out.

[ecaldwell]

I think it's a bug in updateDescription.js that got introduced with commit d1199de. It's not stripping the null value from the text property.

Right problem, wrong place. This was actually a problem in addItem.js. It was fixed in f12880f which is part of PR #168. Once that gets accepted, it should go live on the site in a day or so.

Thanks for reporting this!

[jshutenasa]

Thanks for taking the time to look into the issue!