My reproducer is: ======================================================================= #!/usr/bin/python import xmlrpclib SATELLITE_URL = "http://***/rpc/api" SATELLITE_LOGIN = "***" SATELLITE_PASSWORD = "***" client = xmlrpclib.Server(SATELLITE_URL, verbose=0) key = client.auth.login(SATELLITE_LOGIN, SATELLITE_PASSWORD) print client.activationkey.listActivationKeys(key) print client.activationkey.setDetails(key, 'test-key', {'description': 3000*'a'}) aks = client.activationkey.listActivationKeys(key) client.auth.logout(key) ======================================================================= Right after the script fails, try to reload couple of pages on WebUI. You may get an ISE depending when you get the connection with aborted transaction from the connection manager. spacewalk.git: 1711c431413affa3a572ce764c4d2a4b1c6dadfe
Satellite 5.6 has been released. This bug was tracked under the release. This bug was either VERIFIED or RELEASE_PENDING (re-verified prior shortly before release). Moving to CLOSED CURRENT_RELEASE. Text from Upgrade Erratum follows: Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2013-1395.html