Symptoms

On a page, a user is missing the buttons for 'create', 'edit dashboard', 'invite users', and 'create space' from the top right-hand corner.  In their place, the following line of code appears:

#menuMacros_renderHeaderRightPanels()

or 

#menuMacros_renderHeaderWorkDayLink()

The following appears in the atlassian-confluence.log:

WARN [http-8090-1] [confluence.velocity.introspection.AnnotationBoxingUberspect] lookupMethod Velocity template accessing deprecated method com.atlassian.confluence.util.profiling.DecoratorAction#getRemoteUser - template/includes/menu-macros.vm

The following is an example of the errors on a page:

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Diagnosis

For 

#menuMacros_renderHeaderRightPanels()

Looking at the name of the macro, we can then search in the installation directory for 'renderHeaderRightPanels.'  This particular macro is in the 'menu-macros.vm' file.  

Run the following on the affected database:

Select * from decorator;

Looking at the output and determine if an entry in the 'DECORATORNAME' column has a record that corresponds to 'menu-macros.vm.'  If there is an entry, note the 'DECORATORID', and please continue with the resolution.

Please keep this output as a copy of your customizations

For

#menuMacros_renderHeaderWorkDayLink()

 The #menuMacros_renderHeaderWorkDayLink() is missing from the menu-macros.vm file.  Please check the file for this line of code, and if it is missing, proceed with the resolution below.

Please take a copy of this file before making any changes

Cause

This happens because of a footer modification that was implemented in a previous Confluence installation that is not compatible with your current Confluence version. 

Resolution

Remove the customization that was applied in the previous Confluence installation.

For 

#menuMacros_renderHeaderRightPanels()

For 

#menuMacros_renderHeaderWorkDayLink()

Add the following to the menu-macros.vm file

## The workday plugin point is provided exclusively for workday, as such it only outputs the first webitem found
#macro (menuMacros_renderHeaderWorkDayLink)
    #set ($workDay = $webInterfaceManager.getDisplayableItems("system.header/workday-non-public", $action.webInterfaceContext))
    #if ($workDay.size() > 0)
        #menuMacros_renderImageLink($workDay.get(0) "aui-align-right")
    #end
#end