[OSM-dev] 500 Server Error ... when deleting an OSM element

[Bernd Raichle]

Hello,

starting a few days ago, each "delete" call returns "500 Server Error".

I am using the latest version of JOSM and tried to delete some nodes
and ways ... with an error as result.


Example: Delete node 26471059 (48.8036965, 9.291118)

JOSM logs the following things to the stdout:

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% CUT HERE
upload to: http://www.openstreetmap.org/api/0.5/node/26471059
got return: 500 with id 26471059
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<osm version='0.5' generator='JOSM'>
  <node id='26471059' timestamp='2007-11-27T11:15:00+00:00' user='BerndR' visible='true' lat='48.8036965' lon='9.291118'>
    <tag k='created_by' v='JOSM' />
    <tag k='note' v='DELETEME' />
  </node>
</osm>

java.lang.RuntimeException: 500 Server Error
        at org.streetmap.josm.io.OsmServerWriter.sendRequest(OsmServerWriter.java:192)
[...]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% CUT HERE


Adding new elements and changing the tagging of any element works
perfectly, but I can't delete an element, neither a node nor a way.
(As workaround I remove all tags of the elements to be deleted and tag
them with "note=DELETEME".)


Any help?
  -bernd