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Client Extension Build Fails Due to Unresolved Dependency

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...

Data Sets are not working after upgrading to 2025.q1.4-lts where the feature is released

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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...

Liferay IDE: Resolving 'Unable to make field private' errors with JDK 21

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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....

Limit the languages displayed in the translation selector for object fields

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...

Unable to Create Liferay Module Project Fragments and Start DXP 2025.Q1.0 Quarterly Release (LTS) in Liferay Developer Studio 3.10.2

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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....

Default Language not being applied to not translated content

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Issue There is an undesirable behavior present when creating an object and utilizing the language translation. The content is empty instead of showcasing the content translated. Steps to reproduce: Instance Settings...

How to create a Clay Dropdown Menu with Button in Liferay 2024.Q2

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Issue Cannot create a dropdown menu with checkboxes and an Apply button that is used to save the selection in the menu using Clay UI. Environment DXP 7.4 2024.Q2 Resolution You can add button functionality to modul by...

When building Liferay DXP, SAML modules are not included in .BOM files

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Issue When building Liferay DXP, the .BOM dependencies file does not include SAML modules. Environment DXP 2023.Q4.0 Resolution It is not an issue and is confirmed to be intended as it is. DXP...

How to allow unauthenticated (guest user) requests for GraphQL

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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...

Updating Parent Object Fields from Child Object Actions

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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...

Client Extensions Not Visible After Deployment in SaaS

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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...

Richer Data Management experiences with the possibility to update Object entries from Display Pages

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In the past few months, a huge effort was made to make it easy to create amazing UIs for data ingestion use cases, providing the Form Container and a nice set of OOTB form fragments...

tag is not working

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Issue Facing errors while using tag library <liferay-ui:input-editor> in JSP files. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution The <liferay-ui:input-editor/> tag is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 7.1 in favor of...

Freemarker Error in Notification Template

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Issue Creating a new custom object with a text field and an associated email notification that uses a FreeMarker template can result in an error that prevents the notification from being sent. The following error...

Save button has different dimension than delete button

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Issue Steps to reproduce: 1. Enable this feature flag: feature.flag.LPS-148856=true 2. Start Liferay DXP 7.4 3. Create two Custom Objects. 4. Navigate to the Model Builder view. 5. Create a relationship between...

PortalUUID: 'cannot find symbol' in Service Builder module

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Issue When trying to build my Service Builder module, the following error is thrown in *PersisenceImpl.java classes: cannot find symbol PortalUUID *PersisenceImpl.java classes contain the following reference:...

Language options show wrong placeholder

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Issue Placeholder shows 'Select an Option' on the Language option Steps to Reproduce: Menu > Control Panel > Objects Create a custom object definition Go to the Fields tab Add a custom field Open the custom field...

Filter out the users based on the departments using objects and picklists

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Issue How to create a filter using an object to filter users with respect to their department Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution Follow the below steps to create filter: 1. Navigate to Control Panel > Object...

Which Liferay version should I use in gradle.properties for the 2023.Q4 Quarterly Release?

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Issue Which version do I need to use for the liferay.workspace.product= property in gradle.properties for Liferay Workspace? Environment Liferay Workspace DXP 7.4 Resolution As of Dec. 15, for the time being,...

Which version should I use for liferay.workspace.target.platform.version with the 2023.Q4 Quarterly Release?

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Issue Which version should I use for liferay.workspace.target.platform.version with 2023.Q4 Quarterly Release? Environment Quarterly Release 2023.Q4 Resolution At the time of writing (Dec 2023), the noted workaround will be...

Plugin Descriptor Error When Building Maven Fragment in AWS Codebuild

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Issue We are observing errors in the console log for various plugins when trying to build a custom fragment via maven in AWS Codebuild: [ERROR] Failed to parse plugin descriptor... Invalid CEN header Environment DXP...

How to send a confirmation email to non-authenticated users about Form submissions based on Objects?

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Issue I would like to send a confirmation email to the non-authenticated user who just submitted a Form based on an Object. Environment Quarterly Releases: 2023.Q3, 2023.Q4, 2024.Q1 Resolution Create an Object with...

Custom Service Builder module, functional in Liferay DXP 7.4, no longer works when updated to Quarterly Releases

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Issue A custom Service Builder module functional in Liferay DXP 7.4 no longer works in a QR environment. Unsatisfied references appear when inspecting the custom Service Builder module. Environment Quarterly...

After importing the object to the portal, it's not visible on the 'Fragments and Widgets' option

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Issue Import the object on the portal, the import was successful but after navigating to the 'Fragments and Widgets' option and searching for the imported object, it's now visible. Steps: Create a 'Demo' object with...

Version not available on CDN in the product_info.json

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Issue Liferay version is not available on https://releases-cdn.liferay.com/tools/workspace/.product_info.json. Environment DXP 7.3-u36+ 2023 Q4.x+ Resolution Since the introduction of the Quarterly Releases, it was...

Traces from custom module stop printing after redeploy

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Issue A custom module prints traces the first time it's deployed but not if redeployed. After restarting Liferay it works again. Environment Quarterly Release 2023.Q3, 2023.Q4, 2024.Q1 Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution...

ModelSearchRegistrarHelper class mentioned in Search Service Registration article is missing

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Issue I tried to follow this Search Service Registration article to perform indexing my custom service-builder object, but there is no ModelSearchRegistrarHelper class available, what should I do now? Resolution Remove...

Dynamic Picklist in Liferay Forms using Objects

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Issue We have created a Liferay form with Object and used the concept of dynamic picklist (data provider + picklist). However, we're facing issues with saving the data (selected from the picklist) upon form...

GUEST users have no access to custom objects API

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Issue Templates which make use of the objects API are not working correctly for guest users. Environment Liferay 7.4 and Quarterly Releases. Resolution You need to add the VIEW permission for your custom...

Blank Objects page after enabling Object Model Builder

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Issue We enabled Object Model Builder in the Beta Feature Flags, and when we open the Object menu, we get a blank page We also get an error in the browser console: TypeError: Cannot read properties of...

Liferay IDE / Developer Studio support for Quarterly Releases

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Issue When importing a Quarterly Release workspace into Liferay Developer Studio 3.9.8: Latest blade templates or Liferay versions will not be available for selection. Contextual menus could be broken...

'compileOnly' is not allowed as it is defined as 'canBeResolved=false'

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Issue Some build actions fails upgrading the workspace from gradle 6 to 7 eg: $ blade gw eclipse * What went wrong: Execution failed for task ':modules:xxxxxxxxxxxxx:eclipseClasspath'. > Resolving dependency...

Unexpected error while installing Xuggler: Unable to install jar

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Issue Trying to install Xuggler as an external service results in an error similar to Error: An unexpected error occurred while installing Xuggler: Unable to install jar xuggle-xuggler-arch-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.jar...

Cannot create war-core-ext due to "could not get unknown property 'portal'" error

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Issue When building a new module project based on the war-core-ext template, the build fails due to the following error: What went wrong: A problem occurred evaluating project ':ext:gwext'. > Could not get unknown...

React JS widget created with the Liferay JS Yeoman tool does not handle single or double quotes properly

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Issue When saving a configuration field with a React JS widget created with Liferay JS Yeoman tool, the following browser console error may be observed, and the configuration does not save successfully. Uncaught...

Is there any style guide or predefined rules for SonarQube?

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Issue I want to develop my code as true as possible to Liferay code using the SonarQube tool. Is there any style guide or predefined rules for Sonar Qube? Environment Liferay DXP 7.0+ Resolution We do not use...

Where to place pre-startup scripts in Liferay Workspace

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Issue We are building Docker images so we run the task "gradle buildDockerImage" to build our image. We would like to know the following: Where do we have to place in our workspace "pre-startup" scripts? We...

Adding a valid liferay runtime in Dev Studio

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Issue When attempting to create a Liferay Module Project Fragment, I'm encountering the following error: "Please set a valid liferay portal runtime, you can initBundle or modify 'liferay.workspace.home.dir' to make it...

Changes to portlet-model-hints.xml are lost if running mvn generate-resources from the root of a maven workspace

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Issue I made some changes (e.g. a hint) to the portlet-model-hints.xml file under my project's service builder folder and I am now running the mvn clean generate-resources command. If I run this command from within the...

Required alert is displayed on Name and Label fields

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Issue Required alert is displayed on Name and Label fields when only the Label field is blank for Object and Object Field Steps to Reproduce: 1) Navigate to Objects 2) Click to create an Object 3) Leave only the...

How to exclude precompiled JSP files from the original module when extending modules?

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Issue After implementing and deploying an extended module, changes in JSP files are not shown. When extending modules, how can I prevent precompiled original JSPs from being included in the resulting JAR? Environment...

'View' option is displayed when the user can edit it

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Issue View option is always displayed Steps to Reproduce: 1) Navigate to Object Admin 2) Create an object 3) Click on the kebab menu Expected Behavior: 'Edit' is displayed instead of 'View' 'View' is displayed only...

Blocks in object layout cannot be deleted by the user

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Issue The user cannot delete a block in the object layout Steps to Reproduce: 1) Navigate to Menu > Control Panel > Objects 2) Create a new object (with fields) 3) Define the layout of the object 4) Add a tab and a...

Ext module based on patched original module is named as null.ext.jar after having been regenerated

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Issue We are developing an ext module to extend a liferay module, com.liferay.asset.browser.web, in this case, and we have configured the build.gradle of this ext module to use this package as the originalModule. We...

Error: compound selectors may no longer be extended is encountered when building the themes

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Issue When creating the bare-bone theme without any customization, the build is encountered with the below error: [14:26:26] 'build:compile-css' errored after 4.9 s [14:26:26] Error in plugin "sass" Message:...

Service Builder module not registered when using spring as dependency-injector

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Issue When dependency-injector="spring" is set in service.xml, the services are not getting registered in Liferay DXP 7.4. The Liferay-Spring-Context: META-INF/spring line is missing from the generated service...

Liferay Developer Tools .zip File Not Available

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Issue I need a zip version of Liferay Developer Tools that does not require local admin rights. Resolution Liferay does not provide .zip files for Liferay Developer Tools. This is because such a method could be used to...

"Unable to get product info for: dxp-7.3-sp2" error

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Issue The liferay.workspace.product=dxp-7.3-sp2 setting in Liferay Workspace's gradle.properties file suddenly started to throw an error like: A problem occurred configuring root project '...'. > Unable to...

Unable to create Liferay Module Project Fragment in LDS

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Issue When trying to create a Liferay Module Project Fragment it will ask to set valid Liferay portal runtime as follows: Please set a valid liferay portal runtime, you can initBundle or modify...

could not resolve all artifacts for configuration 'classpath'

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Issue The error "could not resolve all artifacts for configuration 'classpath'" occurs during the time of Liferay workspace creation using LDS and not able to process further. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2, DXP 7.3 LDS...

Invalid checksum error when initializing Liferay bundle

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Issue After defining the liferay.workspace.bundle.url property in the gradle.properties file, running a Gradle Task to initialize the bundle fails with the following error: Execution failed for task ':verifyBundle'. >...

Developer Studio suddenly crashes

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Issue Developer Studio closes by itself after some time with an OutOfMemory error or without any errors at all. Environment Developer Studio 3.9.3 JDK 11.0.8 Resolution This problem can be experienced when...

Module projects cannot be created outside a Liferay workspace

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Issue Before, I was able to create a module project outside a Liferay workspace. However, now I see a warning that I need a Liferay workspace: Environment Liferay Developer Studio Resolution This is an intentional change...

Unknown publisher issue when installing Liferay developer studio

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Issue When installing the Liferay Developer Studio on a Windows machine, it shows the unknown publisher. It is not showing the authorized publisher. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Liferay Developer Studio Resolution...

Object creation fails with the error "400 Bad request Someone may be trying to circumvent the permission checker"

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Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue When I try to create new objects, I receive the following error...

Possibility to change Friendly URL automatically generated in Objects

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Issue The official Liferay documentation comments that when creating an object, displayed through a Display Page Template, an automatic URL is generated with the following syntax: "{domain}/l/objectEntryId" I would...

Liferay Upgrade Planner for Quaterly Releases

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Issue We want to upgrade our custom developments from DXP 7.4 update 48 to the Liferay Quarterly Release 2023.Q4. We are using Liferay Developer Studio 3.9.8, but its "Upgrade Planner" tool lacks compatibility with our...

Service Builder: Cannot find symbol *LocalService for referenced entity

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Issue After targeting a more recent version of the product, you may get a 'cannot find symbol' error for an injected @Reference in your FooLocalServiceBaseImpl class. Something like this: error: cannot find symbol...

Getting the value of an object Entry within Liferay platform

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Issue I see there are two ways to get Data from Liferay Objects ObjectEntryLocalService Rest Api Calling Liferay Api externally outside Liferay platform will be using Rest Api What if I need to get the value of an object...

How to use validation for a fragment's text field?

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Issue You want to create validation for a fragment's text field When trying to validate a fragment's text field using Freemarker, it is not executed in the published editable field The validation only works on the...

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