Indigo Domotics

Any idea what happened here? Latest Indigo version running:

Error (client) getXmlFromPlugin() caught exception: incorrect type returned (expected XML string)
Error (client) runConfigDialog() caught exception: NSInvalidArgumentException -- *** -[__NSPlaceholderDictionary initWithObjects:forKeys:count:]: attempt to insert nil object from objects[0]
Web Server Error PluginConfig.xml has an error: [Errno 24] Too many open files: './PluginConfig.xml'
Web Server Error Error in plugin execution CallPluginFunc:

File "/Library/Application Support/Perceptive Automation/Indigo 2023.2/IndigoPluginHost3.app/Contents/Resources/PlugIns/plugin_base.py", line 1070, in get_prefs_config_ui_xml
File "/Library/Application Support/Perceptive Automation/Indigo 2023.2/IndigoPluginHost3.app/Contents/Resources/PlugIns/plugin_base.py", line 714, in _xml_or_json_parse
type: PluginConfig.xml is malformed

Image is from Android tablet.

Rebooting the server didn't help, but turning on web server debugging did resolve this (!)
(No additional debugging info shown)

I don't recall hearing of this problem before. It sounds like the Web Server plugin got into a bad state. After you put the plugin into debug mode--and the problem went away--did you turn debug mode back off? In other words, did switching the mode on/off fix the problem or is the problem still apparent with debug mode turned off?

Sometimes, all that's required is to re-run the Indigo installer.

Hi,

I turned debug mode off and the issue is still resolved, so yes, turning debug on/off resolved this. Strange that a reboot didn't resolve it though.

I feel that the web server tends to get slower over time, but then a reboot usually gets it back on track. Then it runs fine for 2-3 weeks until the response from tablets gets slow again. I did run the installation package another time a few weeks ago, but it feels like the web server feeds up with something over time. Memory and CPU is fine.

This "too many open files" error show in the event log:

Web Server Error PluginConfig.xml has an error: [Errno 24] Too many open files: './PluginConfig.xml'

means your Mac is running out of file descriptor resources. This shouldn't happen, but can if there is a bug in a script, plugin, or app. What 3rd party plugins are you running? And on the Web Server side are you leaving some browsers open on Control Pages continuously?

Here is a screenshot with the plugins running. The web server is mainly used from 4 android tablets and 1 ipad showing control pages 24/7 (including some video from cameras).

So with a scheduled reset of the web server every night, all is working fine. However the best would be to find the root cause and fix it.