Creating an O365 auditing template fails with the warning, "An error has occurred in the script on this page" (4224248)

When creating an O365 auditing template, a pop-up warning box is displayed after clicking the Finish button with the following text:

An error has occurred in the script on this page
Line: 120
Char: 479
Error: Unable to get property 'when' of undefined or null reference
Code: 0
URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/cookiesdisabled

In addition, another pop-up window is displayed stating:

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