Output of i3status -v:

i3status 2.11 (2017-01-21) © 2008 Michael Stapelberg and contributors

Output of i3status -c i3status.conf:

internal error in cfg_init_defaults(order)
/home/thielking/.i3/i3status.conf:1: no such option 'general'

What I saw:

Error: status_command process exited unexpectedly (exit 1) in status line

What I expected instead:

Status of my configured options

Config files
https://pastebin.com/HQ08Np6N