nodebb-plugin-reactions not working @v1.0.2 with Harmony theme

[dave1904]

@phenomlab

npm --version
9.6.5

node --version
v18.16.0

[phenomlab]

@dave1904 hmm. Nothing wrong with those.

[dave1904]

@phenomlab After upgrading npm and node I did upgrade nodebb again but that didn’t do any changes. Can you please tell me which commands I have to use to see those peer dependencies listed in the screenshot you sent me via pn?

[phenomlab]

@dave1904 if you stop NodeBB and use ./nodebb upgrade, they should appear in the console.

[dave1904]

2. Bringing base dependencies up to date...  started

up to date, audited 1180 packages in 8s

139 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

Looks better doesn’t it?

[phenomlab]

@dave1904 yes, it does.

[phenomlab]

@dave1904 did you manage to get any further with this ?

[dave1904]

@phenomlab I gave up on this yesterday

[phenomlab]

@dave1904 Ok. I’ll login again later and take a look at this. I still think it’s related to dependencies.

[phenomlab]

@dave1904 I’ve managed to resolve this issue - see below

It seems that there is a conflicting plugin somewhere that causes reactions to not fire. Not sure which one it is, but below are the steps I took to resolve

1. Issue ./nodebb reset -t - this essentially resets everything back to default - be warned, as it will strip literally all customisations also
2. Reactivate only the essential plugins (typically those that come with the stock installation)
3. Install and activate nodebb-plugin-emoji, nodebb-plugin-emoji-android and @nodebb/nodebb-plugin-reactions@latest
4. Rebuild and restart

Obviously, these steps are quite dramatic and would mean some downtime for your forum. You’d also need to put everything back the way it was in terms of CSS, Widgets, etc, so quite invasive. My suggestion would be to try a minimal approach on prod to see if we can get that to work without having to use the somewhat “sledgehammer” approach above.

[dave1904]

Again, thank you very much for taking your time. Very happy that you could fix it. I guess the minimal approach would be to deactivate plugins one after another, rebuild and restart and see if the reactions plugin works?

[phenomlab]

@dave1904 yes, that’s the route I would take.

[dave1904]

@phenomlab

I will try this later and keep you updated.

[phenomlab]

@dave1904 any update? More to the point, so you need any help?

[dave1904]

@phenomlab

At the moment I try it the other way around so avoid downtime on prod: Activating plugins on dev to see if reactions stops working. Will keep you updated!

[phenomlab]

@dave1904 ok but I think you might need the steps I provided in previous posts in this thread.

[dave1904]

@phenomlab A complete reset feels a bit like an overkill for one plugin not working which, as julian I think mentioned, could be re-developed soon. But the plugin keeps active on dev, even after activating many plugins again.

[phenomlab]

@dave1904 said in nodebb-plugin-reactions not working @v1.0.2 with Harmony theme:

@phenomlab A complete reset feels a bit like an overkill for one plugin not working which, as julian I think mentioned, could be re-developed soon. But the plugin keeps active on dev, even after activating many plugins again.

Yes, I agree, but I didn’t mean that - sorry.

What I meant was using

npm config set legacy-peer-deps true

On prod and running the /nodebb upgrade to see if that helps.

[dave1904]

@phenomlab Thanks for reminding me on this one. I just tried that but still no success.

[phenomlab]

@dave1904 what was the output of the upgrade? Did it complain about any missing dependencies?