Trying to upgrade from Spotlight 3.2 to 4.0 and getting following error..

[skus...@saintpeters.edu]

 Error: The application encountered the following error: undefined local variable or method `record_search_parameters' for CatalogController:Class (NameError)
App 20022 output:     /home/skushner/.rbenv/versions/2.7.6/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/blacklight-7.41.0/app/controllers/concerns/blacklight/catalog.rb:30:in `block in <module:Catalog>'
App 20022 output:    

Can anyone please help me out. 

Thanks, 

Sincerely, 

Scott Kushner

skushner@spotlight:/var/www/spu_images$ RAILS_ENV=production /home/skushner/.rbenv/versions/2.7.6/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/passenger-6.0.27/bin/passenger start -e production --address 127.0.0.1 --port 4001
=============== Phusion Passenger(R) Standalone web server started ===============
PID file: /var/www/spu_images/tmp/pids/passenger.4001.pid
Log file: /var/www/spu_images/log/passenger.4001.log
Environment: production
Accessible via: http://127.0.0.1:4001/

You can stop Phusion Passenger(R) Standalone by pressing Ctrl-C.
Problems? Check https://www.phusionpassenger.com/library/admin/standalone/troubleshooting/
===============================================================================
[ N 2025-07-23 16:14:47.7828 19985/T6 age/Cor/SecurityUpdateChecker.h:518 ]: Security update check: no update found (next check in 24 hours)
App 20022 output: /home/skushner/.rbenv/versions/2.7.6/lib/ruby/2.7.0/net/protocol.rb:66: warning: already initialized constant Net::ProtocRetryError
App 20022 output: /home/skushner/.rbenv/versions/2.7.6/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/net-protocol-0.2.2/lib/net/protocol.rb:68: warning: previous definition of ProtocRetryError was here
App 20022 output: /home/skushner/.rbenv/versions/2.7.6/lib/ruby/2.7.0/net/protocol.rb:206: warning: already initialized constant Net::BufferedIO::BUFSIZE
App 20022 output: /home/skushner/.rbenv/versions/2.7.6/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/net-protocol-0.2.2/lib/net/protocol.rb:214: warning: previous definition of BUFSIZE was here
App 20022 output: /home/skushner/.rbenv/versions/2.7.6/lib/ruby/2.7.0/net/protocol.rb:503: warning: already initialized constant Net::NetPrivate::Socket
App 20022 output: /home/skushner/.rbenv/versions/2.7.6/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/net-protocol-0.2.2/lib/net/protocol.rb:541: warning: previous definition of Socket was here
D, [2025-07-23T16:14:48.604642 #20022] DEBUG -- :   I18n::Backend::ActiveRecord::Translation Load (0.4ms)  SELECT DISTINCT locale FROM "translations" WHERE "translations"."exhibit_id" IS NULL
App 20022 output: DEPRECATION WARNING: Blacklight::Base is deprecated and will be removed in Blacklight 8.0.0.
App 20022 output: Include Blacklight::Configurable and Blacklight::SearchContext as needed (included in Blacklight::Catalog). (called from include at /home/skushner/.rbenv/versions/2.7.6/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/blacklight-7.41.0/app/controllers/concerns/blacklight/catalog.rb:9)
App 20022 output: DEPRECATION WARNING: Blacklight::Base is deprecated and will be removed in Blacklight 8.0.0.
App 20022 output: Include Blacklight::Configurable and Blacklight::SearchContext as needed (included in CatalogController). (called from include at /var/www/spu_images/app/controllers/catalog_controller.rb:6)
App 20022 output: Error: The application encountered the following error: undefined local variable or method `record_search_parameters' for CatalogController:Class (NameError)
App 20022 output:     /home/skushner/.rbenv/versions/2.7.6/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/blacklight-7.41.0/app/controllers/concerns/blacklight/catalog.rb:30:in `block in <module:Catalog>'
App 20022 output:     /home/skushner/.rbenv/versions/2.7.6/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/activesupport-6.1.7.10/lib/active_support/concern.rb:136:in `class_eval'
App 20022 output:     /home/skushner/.rbenv/versions/2.7.6/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/activesupport-6.1.7.10/lib/active_support/concern.rb:136:in `append_features'
App 20022 output:     /var/www/spu_images/app/controllers/catalog_controller.rb:6:in `include'
App 20022 output:     /var/www/spu_images/app/controllers/catalog_controller.rb:6:in `<class:CatalogController>'
App 20022 output:     /var/www/spu_images/app/controllers/catalog_controller.rb:5:in `<main>'
App 20022 output:     /home/skushner/.rbenv/versions/2.7.6/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/bootsnap-1.18.6/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:30:in `require'
App 20022 output:     /home/skushner/.rbenv/versions/2.7.6/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/bootsnap-1.18.6/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/

[Justin Coyne]

Scott,
The `record_search_parameters' is defined here:
https://github.com/projectblacklight/blacklight/blob/v7.41.0/app/controllers/concerns/blacklight/search_context.rb#L13-L18

Does your CatalogController include the Blacklight::SearchContext module?

-Justin

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