SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3539902 - Applications gave 503, response cannot be read as JSON in New Workbench - Recruiting Management

Symptom

This article describes the issue with the new candidate workbench where users are getting intermittent 503 error  when viewing or opening applications in the latest candidate workbench.

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting Management 

Reproducing the Issue

The errors appear to be intermittent. 

Scenario 1: Open the Candidate Summary Page > Latest Workbench > 503 Error.

Scenario 2: Open the Candidate Summary Page > Latest Workbench > Open an Application > 503 Error.

Cause

This was caused by a high CPU and an application service not available at the time of the issue.

Resolution

This has been fixed, and these issues were addressed by our Operations team and should no longer be an issue.

Keywords

SAP SuccessFactors, Recruiting, New Workbench, Latest Workbench, UXR, Redesigned Workbench, 503 error, Error Message, Viewing Candidates, Intermittent Issue, Job Applications, RCM, Applications gave 503, response cannot be read as JSON, Error opening applications, Error loading, Error accessing, Error viewing, 503 , KBA , LOD-SF-RCM-APP , Applicants and Job Applications , Known Error

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting all versions