F-Droid Bridge << Bridge returned error 0! (...........) >>

[martywd]

Describe the bug
-- 'Bridge returned error 0! (...........)'

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to 'F-Droid Bridge'
2. Click on either 'Latest added apps' or 'Latest updated apps'
3. Click 'Generate Feed'
4. New browser tab opens with the following error:

Bridge returned error 0! (...........)
Details
Type: Error
Code: 0
Message: Call to a member function find() on null
File: bridges/FDroidBridge.php
Line: 58
Trace
#0 index.php(68): RssBridge->main()
#1 lib/RssBridge.php(39): RssBridge->{closure}()
#2 lib/RssBridge.php(37): CacheMiddleware->__invoke()
#3 middlewares/CacheMiddleware.php(44): RssBridge->{closure}()
#4 lib/RssBridge.php(37): ExceptionMiddleware->__invoke()
#5 middlewares/ExceptionMiddleware.php(17): RssBridge->{closure}()
#6 lib/RssBridge.php(37): SecurityMiddleware->__invoke()
#7 middlewares/SecurityMiddleware.php(19): RssBridge->{closure}()
#8 lib/RssBridge.php(37): MaintenanceMiddleware->__invoke()
#9 middlewares/MaintenanceMiddleware.php(10): RssBridge->{closure}()
#10 lib/RssBridge.php(37): BasicAuthMiddleware->__invoke()
#11 middlewares/BasicAuthMiddleware.php(13): RssBridge->{closure}()
#12 lib/RssBridge.php(37): TokenAuthenticationMiddleware->__invoke()
#13 middlewares/TokenAuthenticationMiddleware.php(10): RssBridge->{closure}()
#14 lib/RssBridge.php(34): DisplayAction->__invoke()
#15 actions/DisplayAction.php(54): DisplayAction->createResponse()
#16 actions/DisplayAction.php(89): FDroidBridge->collectData()
#17 bridges/FDroidBridge.php(58)

Context
Query: action=display&bridge=FDroidBridge&u=updated&format=Atom
Version: 2024-02-02 (git.master.51cdb66)
OS: Linux
PHP: 8.3.12

Expected behavior
Latest added apps / Latest updated app depending on config should be retrieved from F-Droid repository.

Desktop (please complete the following information):
-- Ubuntu Server 20.04.6 LTS on hard metal (updated to the latest updates as I type)
-- Firefox, Chromium, Brave, Vivaldi browsers
-- Version: all browser running latest updated versions as I type

Smartphone (please complete the following information):
-- N/A

Additional context
-- Started getting this error on Oct 02, 2024

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[dvikan]

<div class="sidebar-widget">
            <!--
Disabled until fixed: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroid-website/-/issues/775
<h3>Find Apps</h3>
-->

We can wait for upstream fix.

[dvikan]

still not fixed.

perhaps write to use their api https://f-droid.org/docs/All_our_APIs/

https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroid-website/-/issues/775

[mdino-gh]

@dvikan I tried tried to apply the temporary fix you posted in November, but couldn't find the code in FDroidBridge.php. Can you maybe give a hint where to find the code that should disabled?

Maybe the bridge should be removed anyways as it doesn't seem to be maintained anymore.