Project level circular subscriptions detected

[Ray Pelkey]

We are seeing the following errors when users are trying to merge changes.

[2017-06-21 09:45:39,422] [HTTP-200383] ERROR com.google.gerrit.server.git.MergeOp : [427762-1498038338181-a7051333]Error from integrateIntoHistory
com.google.gerrit.server.git.IntegrationException: Error submitting changes:
Project level circular subscriptions detected:  [project names removed]
        at com.google.gerrit.server.git.MergeOp.integrateIntoHistory(MergeOp.java:497)
        at com.google.gerrit.server.git.MergeOp.merge(MergeOp.java:433)
        at com.google.gerrit.server.change.Submit.apply(Submit.java:225)
        at com.google.gerrit.server.change.Submit.apply(Submit.java:83)
        at com.google.gerrit.httpd.restapi.RestApiServlet.service(RestApiServlet.java:341)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729)
        at com.google.inject.servlet.ServletDefinition.doServiceImpl(ServletDefinition.java:286)
        at com.google.inject.servlet.ServletDefinition.doService(ServletDefinition.java:276)
        at com.google.inject.servlet.ServletDefinition.service(ServletDefinition.java:181)
        at com.google.inject.servlet.ManagedServletPipeline.service(ManagedServletPipeline.java:91)
        at com.google.inject.servlet.FilterChainInvocation.doFilter(FilterChainInvocation.java:85)
        at com.google.gerrit.httpd.GetUserFilter.doFilter(GetUserFilter.java:82)
        at com.google.inject.servlet.FilterChainInvocation.doFilter(FilterChainInvocation.java:82)
        at com.google.gerrit.httpd.RequireSslFilter.doFilter(RequireSslFilter.java:77)
        at com.google.inject.servlet.FilterChainInvocation.doFilter(FilterChainInvocation.java:82)
        at com.google.gwtexpui.server.CacheControlFilter.doFilter(CacheControlFilter.java:73)
        at com.google.inject.servlet.FilterChainInvocation.doFilter(FilterChainInvocation.java:82)
        at com.google.gerrit.httpd.RunAsFilter.doFilter(RunAsFilter.java:122)
        at com.google.inject.servlet.FilterChainInvocation.doFilter(FilterChainInvocation.java:82)
        at com.google.gerrit.httpd.RequestMetricsFilter.doFilter(RequestMetricsFilter.java:60)
        at com.google.inject.servlet.FilterChainInvocation.doFilter(FilterChainInvocation.java:82)
        at com.google.gerrit.httpd.AllRequestFilter$FilterProxy$1.doFilter(AllRequestFilter.java:136)
        at com.google.gerrit.httpd.AllRequestFilter$FilterProxy.doFilter(AllRequestFilter.java:105)
        at com.google.inject.servlet.FilterChainInvocation.doFilter(FilterChainInvocation.java:82)
        at com.google.gerrit.httpd.RequestContextFilter.doFilter(RequestContextFilter.java:75)
        at com.google.inject.servlet.FilterChainInvocation.doFilter(FilterChainInvocation.java:82)
        at com.google.inject.servlet.ManagedFilterPipeline.dispatch(ManagedFilterPipeline.java:120)
        at com.google.inject.servlet.GuiceFilter.doFilter(GuiceFilter.java:135)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1652)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:585)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:221)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:1127)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:515)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:185)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:1061)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:141)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:97)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.RequestLogHandler.handle(RequestLogHandler.java:95)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:97)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.handle(Server.java:499)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpChannel.handle(HttpChannel.java:311)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnection.onFillable(HttpConnection.java:257)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.io.AbstractConnection$2.run(AbstractConnection.java:544)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool.runJob(QueuedThreadPool.java:635)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool$3.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:555)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744)
Caused by: com.google.gerrit.server.git.SubmoduleException: Project level circular subscriptions detected:  [project names removed]
        at com.google.gerrit.server.git.SubmoduleOp.getProjectsInOrder(SubmoduleOp.java:556)
        at com.google.gerrit.server.git.MergeOp.integrateIntoHistory(MergeOp.java:473)
        ... 45 more

Users see this in the UI

Code Review - Error

Error submitting changes:

Project level circular subscriptions detected [project names removed]