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ErrorPluginsSIG-PL-011

Exception in a plugin's event handler (Could not pass event)

Platforms
Paper · Purpur · single server
Verified
Verified
Confidence
Confidence 85%

What it looks like in the log

Any one of these lines is enough. The agent matches them locally, on your server.

logs/latest.log
  • [ERROR] Could not pass event

Symptoms

  • A plugin feature that reacts to player actions (clicks, joining, chat) does not trigger
  • In the log: “Could not pass event <Event> to <plugin> vX” and a stack trace

Cause

A plugin's event handler (listener) threw an exception. Paper keeps running, but the plugin's action for that event was not carried out.

Possible causes

  • A plugin bug (NullPointerException and the like in its classes)
  • The plugin accesses a disabled plugin or an unavailable resource
  • Incompatibility with the server version, or a conflict with another plugin that modifies the same event

How to fixLow risk

  1. Use the evidence to identify the event (the name after Could not pass event) and the plugin (after to); the exception is on the next line and in Caused by:.
  2. If the trace points to a disabled plugin or the database, deal with that cause first (errors earlier in the log).
  3. Update the plugin; in case of a conflict, temporarily disable the plugins listening to the same event one at a time to find the culprit.
  4. Report it to the plugin author with the full trace and versions if the error reproduces on the latest version.

Translated from the Russian original; log lines are quoted verbatim.

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