hi team - in system/application/applications.php there is a function which looks for can_manage_sidebar

 

public function canManageWidgets( Member $member=NULL ): bool

this calls in the end system/member/member.php:

 

public function modPermission( string $key=NULL ): mixed

If the permission is not found NULL is returned and you end up with exceptions like Return value must be of type bool, null returned

 

return $permissions[$key] ?? NULL;

• How can I add this permission? Checked group JSON and dont see any with this permission, editting the group in the ACP also doesnt look to have this setting

This is set when editing moderators in the ACP. Looks like a default is not set which is flagging this error.

Looks to be a bug, let me know how to proceed without editing every moderators.

Working out a runbook for an upgrade so flagging a few issues in a test install

when editing the group or individual a much richer JSON is saved down with all the permissions which fixes the problem as it can now find can_manage_sidebar

Edited February 23Feb 23 by Philip_B

I posted a bug report about this issue ~15 minutes ago before seeing your topic. 😅

The bug report starts from publishing future topics, but the root issue is the same with modPermission() returning a NULL value.

fantastic 🤣

I managed to get around this by saving down the restricted moderator again which saves down all the required JSON settings. Not ideal and will be time consuming if I need to do this on all 70 rows.