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Using Direct Synchronous Messaging in Previous Versions Liferay DXP 7.4 U48/Portal GA49 and Below Direct synchronous messaging is the easiest way to block processing until all listeners receive a...

Fundamentals Liferay development projects consist primarily of simple .jar files. These contain a few extra configuration files that make them OSGi modules, but they're easily understandable by...

Customizing Liferay's Look and Feel One of the easiest ways to get started developing on Liferay's platform is to modify its look and feel. You can change everything from its favicon to its entire...

Language Client Extensions Liferay DXP 2025.Q1+/Portal GA132+ A language client extension adds new language keys or overrides existing keys and their translations. For example, you can translate...

Integrating Service Builder Applications with Objects You can integrate existing Service Builder applications with the Objects framework. Once integrated, your custom entities become unmodifiable...

Workflow Definition Link API Basics Liferay DXP 2025.Q1+/Portal GA132+ You can manage workflow definition links from the Liferay UI or using Liferay's REST APIs. In Liferay, the Control Panel →...

Upgrading to Jakarta Liferay DXP 2025.Q3+ Liferay stepped into the future of enterprise Java when it moved to Jakarta EE starting with the DXP 2025 Q3 and the 2026 Q1 Portal releases. This frees...

Using Object Inheritance [Release Feature (LPD-34594)](../../../../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md#release-feature-flags) Liferay DXP...

Using a CAPTCHA Client Extension Liferay DXP 2025.Q3+ CAPTCHA challenges are used on websites to verify a human user is accessing it, and not a bot or malicious code attacking the site. Liferay...

CAPTCHA YAML Configuration Reference You can define a CAPTCHA client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Usage Details This client-extnesion.yaml file defines a CAPTCHA client extension: ...

Configuring service.properties Service Builder generates a service.properties file in your *-service module's src/main/resources folder. Liferay uses this file's properties to alter your service's...

Connecting Service Builder to an External Database Service builder creates the necessary tables for the service in the lportal database with all other data used by Liferay. If you want to store the...

Liferay Workspace Configuration Reference Liferay Workspace has many options you can set. Here's a handy command and properties reference. Running Liferay DXP locally my-project $ blade gw...

Managing Object Entries with Data Sets Data sets offer a flexible way to display object entries. When your advanced use case outgrows collections, data sets fill the gap. For example, Collections...

Scheduling and Subscription [Release Feature](../../../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md#release-feature-flags) (LPD-17564) Liferay DXP...

Assignee Fields Liferay DXP 2025.Q4+/Portal 2026.Q1+ Assignee fields are for selecting existing users or roles in the object entry. Assigned users can edit the entry with no manual permission...

Developing a PortletMVC4Spring Portlet PortletMVC4Spring compliments the Spring Web framework and MVC design pattern by providing annotations that map portlet requests to Controller classes and...

Migrating to PortletMVC4Spring and Jakarta There are two possible migrations: You've already used PortletMVC4Spring, and you want to migrate your application to Jakarta. You want to migrate a...

Using Object Entry Manager Reading and writing object entry data programmatically is best accomplished with the auto-generated headless APIs. However, when using traditional OSGi extension points...

Setting Default Field Values Liferay DXP 2026.Q1+ You can use default field values to reduce manual entry errors and ensure that your object data remains consistent across all creation methods....

AI Tools in Workspace You can use the latest AI-based tools to jump start your projects in Liferay Workspace. Whether you prefer to code with Claude, Copilot, Cursor, Gemini, Windsurf, or any other...

Issue I upgraded from 2024.q4.7 to 2025.q1.4-lts. After the upgrade, we encountered issues with Data Sets. In 2024.q4.7 I was using datasets as beta but as in 2025.q1.4 its released. I have enabled Root Objects and Datasets both release flags but the data Sets are not available on the...

Issue I'm encountering java.lang.reflect.InaccessibleObjectException: Unable to make field private ... accessible errors when starting Liferay from the Liferay IDE plugin within the Eclipse IDE with JDK 21. Environment 2024.Q2.12 Resolution The error occurs because the Liferay IDE's...

Issue When building a Client Extension of type jsImportMapsEntry, the build fails if the Client Extension depends on another Client Extension, because the build cannot resolve the dependency. Environment Liferay DXP Quarterly Release Resolution To resolve this issue, explicitly define...

Issue We want to limit the languages displayed in the translation selector for object fields to only those defined in the site, similar to how it works for Journal Articles. Currently, the selector shows all languages available in the environment. Environment DXP 7.4 Resolution Limit the...

Issue In Liferay Developer Studio (version 3.10.2), when navigating to File > New > Liferay Module Project Fragment, nothing happens. The popup window for creating the fragment does not appear. Additionally, not able to start DXP 2025.Q1.0 Quarterly Release (LTS) and get the following...

Issue I implemented ReactJS Widget that relies on GraphQL requests for custom object values, with a widget exposing object entries to the public. However, unauthenticated GrapQL requests are disabled by default and guest users cannot see the widget content. Is there way to enable GraphQL...

Issue How to update a field's value in the parent object when a new child instance is created using object actions of the child object. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4+ Resolution Use a Groovy script Action triggered by onAfterAdd or onAfterUpdate on the child object to update the parent...

Issue Client extensions are successfully deployed to SaaS, the service registers as ready, and are listed in the Client Extensions Control Panel app, but they are not visible in the Widget UI when trying to add them to a page. Environment Liferay DXP SaaS Liferay Client Extensions...

Issue I would like to enable Staging for my Object Entries Environment Quarterly Releases Resolution This feature is not yet available in Liferay, however, it is already on the roadmap You may view the development's current status at LPD-30525 , knowledgeArticleType: reference, legacy:...

Issue The creator/owner of an object entry (or any other data type) has full permissions to manage that entry (update, delete, view). I would like to give Object Admins the possibility to define/restrict permissions for Object entries, even if they are not the author of the entry....

Issue We would like to add required = true configuration to our system configuration. Upon requesting the data through a groovy script the string returns empty when required = true is set. Environment DXP 7.4+ Resolution Sadly this is currently a limitation of...

Issue We have created an Object and a Form. We save Form entries into the Object. When a Guest user submits the form, the notification is not sent out. We are getting the following error in the logs: ERROR [http-nio-8080-exec-1254][DDMFormEmailNotificationSender:90] Unable to send form...

Issue I have an object A with a one-to-many relationship to object B. When I add a Form Container to a page and map it to object A, I cannot select the related object B entries. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4+ Resolution Liferay Forms does not currently support mapping object relationships...

Issue The Chart Tag Library was removed in 2023.Q4 with no direct replacement. I would like to know how to create charts in a Liferay version higher than 2023.Q4. Environment 2023.Q4+ Resolution On GitHub, you can find an example of how our developers create charts in e.g. Content...

Issue We do not find where is the feature to get objects localization. Based on following documentation https://learn.liferay.com/w/dxp/liferay-development/objects/creating-and-managing-objects/localizing-object-definitions-and-entries, this feature should be available since 2023.Q3...

Issue I'm using a Collection Display fragment to show objects. I need to apply some order to the list. Is this possible? Environment Liferay DXP 2024.Q4 Resolution Currently, the only way to sort object entries (with Collection Display) would be by creating a Dynamic Collection and use...

Issue The issue only occurs when the field is being translated, using objects alone does not cause it. Steps to reproduce 1. Navigate to the Applications Menu and click on Data Migration Center. 2. In that, click New and then export file option [create one object first with 2 fields:...

Issue Facing an error when attempting to initialize a Liferay DXP bundle in the user's Liferay workspace. Steps to reproduce: 1. Create a Liferay workspace project. 2. Set the following in gradle.properties: liferay.workspace.bundle.dist.include.metadata = true...

Issue When attempting to run Liferay Developer Studio 3.9.8 on JDK 17, there's no option available to configure JDK 17 when navigating to Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Compiler -> Compiler compliance level.  Environment Liferay Developer Studio 3.9.8 Quarterly Release Resolution...