PDF download broken after an update

kdiamond · January 7, 2025, 9:30am

Hi.

I’m unable to create PDFs after today’s update. Is there a fix?

Thank you

Blockquote
ErrorException: require(/var/www/invoiceninja/lang/sl/texts.php): Failed to open stream: Permission denied in /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:123
Stack trace:
#0 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bootstrap/HandleExceptions.php(256): Illuminate\Foundation\Bootstrap\HandleExceptions->handleError()
#1 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php(123): Illuminate\Foundation\Bootstrap\HandleExceptions->Illuminate\Foundation\Bootstrap{closure}()
#2 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php(123): require(‘…’)
#3 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php(124): Illuminate\Filesystem\Filesystem::Illuminate\Filesystem{closure}()
#4 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Translation/FileLoader.php(129): Illuminate\Filesystem\Filesystem->getRequire()
#5 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Collections/Traits/EnumeratesValues.php(816): Illuminate\Translation\FileLoader->Illuminate\Translation{closure}()
#6 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Translation/FileLoader.php(127): Illuminate\Support\Collection->reduce()
#7 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Translation/FileLoader.php(68): Illuminate\Translation\FileLoader->loadPaths()
#8 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Translation/Translator.php(324): Illuminate\Translation\FileLoader->load()
#9 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Translation/Translator.php(237): Illuminate\Translation\Translator->load()
#10 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Translation/Translator.php(164): Illuminate\Translation\Translator->getLine()
#11 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php(974): Illuminate\Translation\Translator->get()
#12 /var/www/invoiceninja/app/Helpers/TranslationHelper.php(25): trans()
#13 /var/www/invoiceninja/app/Utils/HtmlEngine.php(142): ctrans()
#14 /var/www/invoiceninja/app/Utils/HtmlEngine.php(876): App\Utils\HtmlEngine->buildEntityDataArray()
#15 /var/www/invoiceninja/app/Repositories/ActivityRepository.php(233): App\Utils\HtmlEngine->generateLabelsAndValues()
#16 /var/www/invoiceninja/app/Repositories/ActivityRepository.php(98): App\Repositories\ActivityRepository->generateHtml()
#17 /var/www/invoiceninja/app/Repositories/ActivityRepository.php(69): App\Repositories\ActivityRepository->createBackup()
#18 /var/www/invoiceninja/app/Listeners/Activity/QuoteUpdatedActivity.php(56): App\Repositories\ActivityRepository->save()
#19 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Events/CallQueuedListener.php(114): App\Listeners\Activity\QuoteUpdatedActivity->handle()
#20 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/BoundMethod.php(36): Illuminate\Events\CallQueuedListener->handle()
#21 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/Util.php(43): Illuminate\Container\BoundMethod::Illuminate\Container{closure}()
#22 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/BoundMethod.php(95): Illuminate\Container\Util::unwrapIfClosure()
#23 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/BoundMethod.php(35): Illuminate\Container\BoundMethod::callBoundMethod()
#24 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/Container.php(690): Illuminate\Container\BoundMethod::call()
#25 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Bus/Dispatcher.php(128): Illuminate\Container\Container->call()
#26 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(144): Illuminate\Bus\Dispatcher->Illuminate\Bus{closure}()
#27 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(119): Illuminate\Pipeline\Pipeline->Illuminate\Pipeline{closure}()
#28 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Bus/Dispatcher.php(132): Illuminate\Pipeline\Pipeline->then()
#29 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Queue/CallQueuedHandler.php(124): Illuminate\Bus\Dispatcher->dispatchNow()
#30 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(144): Illuminate\Queue\CallQueuedHandler->Illuminate\Queue{closure}()
#31 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(119): Illuminate\Pipeline\Pipeline->Illuminate\Pipeline{closure}()
#32 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Queue/CallQueuedHandler.php(123): Illuminate\Pipeline\Pipeline->then()
#33 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Queue/CallQueuedHandler.php(71): Illuminate\Queue\CallQueuedHandler->dispatchThroughMiddleware()
#34 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Queue/Jobs/Job.php(102): Illuminate\Queue\CallQueuedHandler->call()
#35 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Queue/Worker.php(440): Illuminate\Queue\Jobs\Job->fire()
#36 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Queue/Worker.php(390): Illuminate\Queue\Worker->process()
#37 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Queue/Worker.php(177): Illuminate\Queue\Worker->runJob()
#38 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Queue/Console/WorkCommand.php(139): Illuminate\Queue\Worker->daemon()
#39 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Queue/Console/WorkCommand.php(122): Illuminate\Queue\Console\WorkCommand->runWorker()
#40 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/BoundMethod.php(36): Illuminate\Queue\Console\WorkCommand->handle()
#41 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/Util.php(43): Illuminate\Container\BoundMethod::Illuminate\Container{closure}()
#42 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/BoundMethod.php(95): Illuminate\Container\Util::unwrapIfClosure()
#43 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/BoundMethod.php(35): Illuminate\Container\BoundMethod::callBoundMethod()
#44 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/Container.php(690): Illuminate\Container\BoundMethod::call()
#45 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Console/Command.php(213): Illuminate\Container\Container->call()
#46 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/symfony/console/Command/Command.php(279): Illuminate\Console\Command->execute()
#47 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Console/Command.php(182): Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command->run()
#48 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php(1047): Illuminate\Console\Command->run()
#49 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php(316): Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRunCommand()
#50 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php(167): Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRun()
#51 /var/www/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/Kernel.php(197): Symfony\Component\Console\Application->run()
#52 /var/www/invoiceninja/artisan(35): Illuminate\Foundation\Console\Kernel->handle()
#53 {main}

hillel · January 7, 2025, 9:54am

Hi,

Are you using the latest available version?

kdiamond · January 7, 2025, 9:58am

It’s

v5.11.10-W171

Br,
Dali

kdiamond · January 7, 2025, 10:14am

I restored my VM to last night’s backup (v5.11.0-W171)

It works again, but I’m afraid to do any updates.

Please let me know when it’s safe to update.

Thank you

plaschke · January 7, 2025, 12:03pm

We also have problems generating PDFs since one of the last updates. From the laravel.log:

[2025-01-07 11:57:16] production.ERROR: There was an issue generating the PDF locally {"userId":1,"exception":"[object] (Exception(code: 0): There was an issue generating the PDF locally at /var/www/html/invoiceninja/app/Services/Pdf/PdfService.php:107)
[stacktrace]
#0 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/app/Http/Controllers/PreviewController.php(88): App\\Services\\Pdf\\PdfService->getPdf()
#1 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php(54): App\\Http\\Controllers\\PreviewController->live()
#2 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php(44): Illuminate\\Routing\\Controller->callAction()
#3 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/sentry/sentry-laravel/src/Sentry/Laravel/Tracing/Routing/TracingControllerDispatcherTracing.php(21): Illuminate\\Routing\\ControllerDispatcher->dispatch()
#4 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/sentry/sentry-laravel/src/Sentry/Laravel/Tracing/Routing/TracingRoutingDispatcher.php(18): Sentry\\Laravel\\Tracing\\Routing\\TracingControllerDispatcherTracing->Sentry\\Laravel\\Tracing\\Routing\\{closure}()
#5 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/sentry/sentry-laravel/src/Sentry/Laravel/Tracing/Routing/TracingControllerDispatcherTracing.php(20): Sentry\\Laravel\\Tracing\\Routing\\TracingRoutingDispatcher->wrapRouteDispatch()
#6 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php(266): Sentry\\Laravel\\Tracing\\Routing\\TracingControllerDispatcherTracing->dispatch()
#7 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php(212): Illuminate\\Routing\\Route->runController()
#8 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Router.php(808): Illuminate\\Routing\\Route->run()
#9 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(144): Illuminate\\Routing\\Router->Illuminate\\Routing\\{closure}()
#10 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Middleware/ThrottleRequests.php(124): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}()
#11 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Middleware/ThrottleRequests.php(89): Illuminate\\Routing\\Middleware\\ThrottleRequests->handleRequestUsingNamedLimiter()
#12 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(183): Illuminate\\Routing\\Middleware\\ThrottleRequests->handle()
#13 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/app/Http/Middleware/QueryLogging.php(39): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}()
#14 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(183): App\\Http\\Middleware\\QueryLogging->handle()
#15 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Middleware/SubstituteBindings.php(51): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}()
#16 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(183): Illuminate\\Routing\\Middleware\\SubstituteBindings->handle()
#17 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/app/Http/Middleware/Locale.php(95): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}()
#18 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(183): App\\Http\\Middleware\\Locale->handle()
#19 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/app/Http/Middleware/TokenAuth.php(102): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}()
#20 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(183): App\\Http\\Middleware\\TokenAuth->handle()
#21 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/app/Http/Middleware/SetDb.php(40): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}()
#22 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(183): App\\Http\\Middleware\\SetDb->handle()
#23 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(119): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}()
#24 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Router.php(807): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->then()
#25 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Router.php(786): Illuminate\\Routing\\Router->runRouteWithinStack()
#26 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Router.php(750): Illuminate\\Routing\\Router->runRoute()
#27 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Router.php(739): Illuminate\\Routing\\Router->dispatchToRoute()
#28 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Kernel.php(201): Illuminate\\Routing\\Router->dispatch()
#29 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(144): Illuminate\\Foundation\\Http\\Kernel->Illuminate\\Foundation\\Http\\{closure}()
#30 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/sentry/sentry-laravel/src/Sentry/Laravel/Http/FlushEventsMiddleware.php(13): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}()
#31 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(183): Sentry\\Laravel\\Http\\FlushEventsMiddleware->handle()
#32 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/sentry/sentry-laravel/src/Sentry/Laravel/Http/SetRequestIpMiddleware.php(45): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}()
#33 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(183): Sentry\\Laravel\\Http\\SetRequestIpMiddleware->handle()
#34 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/sentry/sentry-laravel/src/Sentry/Laravel/Http/SetRequestMiddleware.php(31): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}()
#35 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(183): Sentry\\Laravel\\Http\\SetRequestMiddleware->handle()
#36 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/livewire/livewire/src/Features/SupportDisablingBackButtonCache/DisableBackButtonCacheMiddleware.php(19): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}()
#37 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(183): Livewire\\Features\\SupportDisablingBackButtonCache\\DisableBackButtonCacheMiddleware->handle()
#38 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/app/Http/Middleware/Cors.php(24): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}()
#39 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(183): App\\Http\\Middleware\\Cors->handle()
#40 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Http/Middleware/TrustProxies.php(58): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}()
#41 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(183): Illuminate\\Http\\Middleware\\TrustProxies->handle()
#42 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Middleware/TransformsRequest.php(21): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}()
#43 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Middleware/ConvertEmptyStringsToNull.php(31): Illuminate\\Foundation\\Http\\Middleware\\TransformsRequest->handle()
#44 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(183): Illuminate\\Foundation\\Http\\Middleware\\ConvertEmptyStringsToNull->handle()
#45 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Middleware/TransformsRequest.php(21): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}()
#46 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Middleware/TrimStrings.php(51): Illuminate\\Foundation\\Http\\Middleware\\TransformsRequest->handle()
#47 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(183): Illuminate\\Foundation\\Http\\Middleware\\TrimStrings->handle()
#48 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Http/Middleware/ValidatePostSize.php(27): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}()
#49 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(183): Illuminate\\Http\\Middleware\\ValidatePostSize->handle()
#50 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Middleware/PreventRequestsDuringMaintenance.php(110): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}()
#51 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(183): Illuminate\\Foundation\\Http\\Middleware\\PreventRequestsDuringMaintenance->handle()
#52 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/sentry/sentry-laravel/src/Sentry/Laravel/Tracing/Middleware.php(79): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}()
#53 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(183): Sentry\\Laravel\\Tracing\\Middleware->handle()
#54 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(119): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}()
#55 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Kernel.php(176): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->then()
#56 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Kernel.php(145): Illuminate\\Foundation\\Http\\Kernel->sendRequestThroughRouter()
#57 /var/www/html/invoiceninja/public/index.php(56): Illuminate\\Foundation\\Http\\Kernel->handle()
#58 {main}
"}

We also got errors concerning file permissions but that error doesn’t show up anymore interestingly:

[2025-01-07 11:56:56] production.ERROR: Unable to generate the raw PDF {"userId":2,"exception":"[object] (App\\Exceptions\\FilePermissionsFailure(code: 0): Unable to generate the raw PDF at /var/www/html/invoiceninja/app/Jobs/Entity/CreateRawPdf.php:115)
[stacktrace]

kdiamond · January 10, 2025, 10:08am

I tried to update today with latest 5.11.17. Same thing. PDF creation is still broken.

Restored the VM snapshot back to 5.11.0

Br

jasonridesabike · January 11, 2025, 11:50am

Also, from your error log it appears that your issue may be file permission related - I’d make sure everything with permissions is correct, owned by correct user, etc…

jasonridesabike · January 11, 2025, 11:51am

I had this same issue and was able to fix by:

Ensuring Snappdf was properly installed
Ensuring the binary was executable (chmod +x as www-data to everything in bin dir, as they should all be executable, no?)
Having it redownload headless chrome. Got the command from ./snappdf --help or similar

Of course that’s all predicated on you using snappdf. Hopefully useful to someone

xoo · January 11, 2025, 11:55am

I had the same issue. My steps to fix:

cd $INVOICENINJA
chmod +x vendor/bin/snappdf
sudo -u www-data vendor/bin/snappdf download --force

kdiamond · January 11, 2025, 6:32pm

Thank you #jasonridesabike and #xoo

It works.

hillel · January 11, 2025, 6:35pm

Thanks for letting us know, and thank you @jasonridesabike and @xoo!

cc @david

Fred10 · January 22, 2025, 3:17am

I am running invoice ninja as a docker container and I can’t find the vendor/bin folder in my mounted image.

I was able to find it by connecting to the terminal of theapp container. Inside the container it is located here: /var/www/html/vendor/beganovich

Using chmod +x snappdf in that folder was actually enough to get it working again

EDIT: Update it doesn’t work again. It would let me download one invoice and now it’s broken again… still looking for a permanent solution

EDIT2: Could this env variable maybe be wrong? SNAPPDF_CHROMIUM_PATH=/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable

EDIT3: I was able to “solve” it by using the PhantomJS API pdf creation. Both for my old and new docker builds.
Used these env variables with the free tier api Key from this website https://phantomjscloud.com/
PHANTOMJS_PDF_GENERATION=true
PDF_GENERATOR=phantomjs
PHANTOMJS_CLOUD_KEY=INSERT-API-KEY-HERE