rails app strange error, no trace, no log output help please seriously issue " !! Unexpected error while processing request:

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All out of the sudden, even after replacing my app I get an error like: ``` !! Unexpected error while processing request: undefined method `show' for "/":String ``` I have replaced my code with a backup from a few hours earlier, I test my app continuously when I'm building new features also by opening browser and clicking true pages, the old code from backup worked flawlessly but now i cannot get my app to work anymore help! any more advanced ruby on rails coders can help me fix this? thx Full output of rails/server not the log! ``` /Users/jordan/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/bin/ruby -e $stdout.sync=true;$stderr.sync=true;load($0=ARGV.shift) /Users/jordan/apps/books/script/rails server -b 0.0.0.0 -p 3000 -e development => Booting Thin => Rails 3.2.3 application starting in development on http://0.0.0.0:3000 => Call with -d to detach => Ctrl-C to shutdown server >> Thin web server (v1.3.1 codename Triple Espresso) >> Maximum connections set to 1024 >> Listening on 0.0.0.0:3000, CTRL+C t…

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The solution and a lesson learned

I had a custom initializer for logging not the assets, this one messed up somehow it broke in the upgrade to latest ruby on rails version. Always check /config/ and initializers before the app code if you get this kind of strange behavior ;p

rails app strange error, no trace, no log output help please seriously issue " !! Unexpected error while processing request:

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