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Strange characters appearing in Control Panel

Issue We are observing a strange behavior in the system, where many fields display strange values, such as "â€€â€€â€€", in both System Settings and Instance Settings. We are also seeing the following WARN in our...

Residual risk after limiting the usage of unsafe-eval and unsafe-inline

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Issue Can the derivatives unsafe-eval and unsafe-inline be exploited? If yes, how it is done? What is the residual risk associated with this? Can Content Security Policy (CSP) be resolved by adding a reverse...

Remove extend_session for Guest users

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Issue Guest users should not be able to see the extend_session message in the browser once the session has expired. Environment Liferay DXP [7.1-7.4, Quarterly Releases] Resolution Post observing the time...

Which database table should stores the URL of the embedded page

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Issue User creates an embedded page, so the URL under the Layout section will be present in which database table and column. Steps to follow: 1. Start the server. 2. Navigate to the Site Menu > Pages. 3. Create a...

The Blueprints are not visible on the pages after upgrade process

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Issue Upgraded the Liferay from DXP 7.4 update 31 to the latest release (DXP 2024.Q2 is the latest one at the time of writing this article), the blueprint is not visible on the pages, which was configured in the...

Workflow task is not assigned to site role users

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Issue The users having certain site roles are unable to see the workflow tasks in the 'Assigned to my roles' tab Steps to reproduce: Start Liferay Bundle DXP 7.4 update 92 Create Sites: Create a new site (e.g.,...

CVE-2013-3587- enable of HTTP compression

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Issue Security vulnerability CVE-2013-3587 details a breach attack that is possible with the enable of HTTP compression and Deflate. Steps to see the behvaior: Navigate to any of the pages on the Liferay server....

Jenkins Build error: Unable to get Tomcat version for product 'dxp-202X.qX.X'

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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 trying to perform a Jenkins build targeting a Quarterly...

URL with '+' for document names with whitespace returning 404 error

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Issue When I click on a link to a document that has space in the name, and the URL has '+' for the whitespace, such as https://www.sample.com/documents/123456/654321/Sample+Document.pdf I get a 404 error page instead of...

Folder titles shown in capitals in "Table" view in Documents and Media

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Issue Go to Documents and Media Add some folders (eg: css, index) Switch between Cards, List and Table views Result: In Table view only, the folder names are capitalized (eg: CSS, INDEX). The default folder name...

Role with permission to view private page cannot view page without site membership

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Issue Within a site with only private pages, a user who is not member of the site but has permission to access and view a private page via some regular role cannot access that private page. Environment Quarterly...

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...

ISO-8601 error using postStructuredContentFolderStructuredContent method from JSON API

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Issue We have a web content structure with a field of type date ("dataType"=date). When trying to create a web content using this structure, through postStructuredContentFolderStructuredContent method (from the...

Liferay PaaS - Liferay service doesn't start up - You must first upgrade the portal to the required schema version

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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 Liferay service does not start up/gets shut down after...

Unable to set the Target when configuring Navigation Menu Items

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Issue I can see in the Templates section for Navigation Menu items ${navItem.getTarget()}, but when creating a menu item there is no way to set this. I would like to set this so that one of my menu items would open...

How To Get Additional Search Metrics From Liferay

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Issue Is there any other source of information where we could get additional search history information from Liferay or directly from Elasticsearch? How can we provide customers with metrics, beyond the top...

Configuring hard-coded Instance Setting properties in a Liferay SaaS environment

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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 Some properties that can normally be configured through an...

Failed upgrade process for module com.liferay.portal.scheduler.quartz

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Issue During our upgrade process we are facing the following error: INFO - Failed upgrade process com.liferay.portal.scheduler.quartz.internal.upgrade.v1_0_1.QuartzUpgradeProcess in 1 ms ERROR - Failed upgrade...

Configuring Message Board Notifications for Users

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Issue Users receive Message Board notifications for all new replies within a category that they are subscribed to. Is it possible to notify users only when there are new threads within the category that they are...

The Schedule section is not displaying in the web content article

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Issue When accessing to edit existing web content or create a new one, the 'Schedule' section is not displayed on the right panel, therefore it's not possible to configure the display date, expiration date, or review...

Can you limit database results to show only the top results (ordered by a date field)?

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Issue Not all results in the database are necessary for my purposes. I want to know if it's possible to sort the results by only showing the top results and order it by a date field. Can this be done without having...

How to make Liferay blogs visible to search engines like Google

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Issue How to make Liferay blogs visible to search engines like Google Environment Liferay DXP 7.1+ Resolution The sitemap URL should be added to the robots.txt file to make it available to search engines like...

Master page template export is not including themeSpritemap client extension configuration

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Issue The themeSpritemap extension is missing from the Master Page template. When I apply an imported Master Page template, the themeSpritemap configurations are not included. Steps to Reproduce Create a...

The sitemap.xml rendering is not showing tree view when xml.sitemap.index.enabled is set to false

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Issue The sitemap.xml rendering is not showing tree view after setting xml.sitemap.index.enabled=false Environment Liferay DXP 7.4, Quarterly Release Resolution This is expected behavior. The XML file that is generated is...

Form is not showed to guest (unauthenticated) users

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Issue We have a form, based on a custom object, in a page. This form is not showed when user is not logged in. Whereas the form is showed when user is logged in. Environment 2024.Q1 Resolution Check if the 'guest'...

Unable to embed widgets even with "Allow users to add to any website" enabled

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Issue I cannot embed widgets on another site (with a different domain) even though I have the checkbox "Allow users to add <portlet> to any website" enabled. "<Hostname> refused connection" error may be seen. ...

Observing 'Your connection is not private' Warning on Help Center Downloads

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Issue When trying to download a quarterly release from Liferay's Help Center we are getting a browser error that says 'Your connection is not private... Attackers might be trying to steal your information...'...

Critical Remote Code Execution Backdoor Vulnerability

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Issue A critical remote code Backdoor vulnerability was discovered on the open source XZ utils. This is CVE-2024-3094 with a maximum CVSS3 score of 10.0 Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution The Docker images,...

Site Builder elements adds bottom padding when text box is updated

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Issue For Site Builder elements that contain text boxes for text, if those elements are edited, a bottom layer of spacing is automatically added to the element, without choice from the user and cannot be removed ...

"The URL used in English (United States) already exists in other sites or asset libraries" warning when publishing Web Content

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Issue After upgrading to 7.4 u66 we are seeing the following warning message when we publish some Web Content: Warning: The content has been published but might cause errors. The URL used in English (United States)...

Clock icon does not appear during Web Content scheduling with Firefox browser

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Issue Firefox browser does not show the Clock icon on Web Content Schedule Dates. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution The way browsers handle input for Time fields is not specific to Liferay. It is related to...

NoSuchFileException: null/override error when starting Liferay or executing the Upgrade Tool

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Issue Right after starting Liferay or executing the Upgrade Tool, there a NoSuchFileException: null/override error in the log. 2024-04-01 15:44:08.392 ERROR [main][DBUpgrader:110] null java.lang.RuntimeException:...

Accessing a site page from a different virtual host

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Issue When there are 2 or more sites for example Site1 and Site2. Site1 is mapped to the friendly URL "site1" and Site2 is mapped to "site2". They both have virtual hosts site1.com and site2.com. The sites can be...

Is there a configuration that controls the retention of comments?

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Issue Let's suppose, a user can create a page with a comments area. Other users may leave comments. How long has the comment been left? How many comments can be stored per page? Can those values be managed, or does...

Unable to process the OpenID Connect login: Resource URI must be absolute and with no query or fragment

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Issue Unable to login with OpenID from the Sign-In portlet: ERROR [http-nio-8080-exec-2][OpenIdConnectLoginRequestMVCActionCommand:190] Unable to process the OpenID Connect login: java.lang.IllegalStateException:...

Cipher Keys used in DXP 7.1 and 7.3

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Issue Our security team would like to know whether Liferay DXP 7.1 and DXP 7.3 uses any of the following cipher keys? DES, 3DES, IDEA or RC2 Environment Liferay DXP 7.1 Liferay DXP 7.3 Resolution The algorithms...

Special char "~" in the URL

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Issue Special char "~" in the URL: /group/user-view/~/control_panel/manage/-/site/settings? Environment Liferay DXP [all versions] Resolution Liferay has confirmed that the URL's special char "~" is part of the URL...

Upgrade to Quarterly Release has failed upgrade process for module com.liferay.analytics.settings.web.

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Issue Upgrade to Quarterly Release has failed upgrade process for module com.liferay.analytics.settings.web. Please check attached error message. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution Please consider...

Rejection comment not visible for web content in workflow

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Issue While using a single approver workflow for web content, when a reviewer rejects the content and provides comments, these rejection comments are not being communicated to the asset creator. Hence, this...

Installing the Liferay Theme Generator for Liferay DXP 7.0

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Issue How can we install the Liferay Theme Generator for creating themes in Liferay DXP 7.0? Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Resolution The Liferay Theme Generator allows developers to quickly set up, develop, and...

Disable AI Creator button in CKEditor.

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Issue Starting from version 2023.Q4+, when creating web content that includes a 'Rich Text' field, the CKEditor offers a new 'AI Creator' button. This article provides the necessary configuration to hide this button in...

Observing Solr Error - 'multiple values encountered for non multiValued field'

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Issue We have encountered an issue indexing journal articles while utilizing structures and templates for adding/modifying web content with repeatable fields, and we suspect that the repeatable field data may be...

Asset Publisher filtering by structure shows web content and folders

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Issue In Liferay DXP 7.3, when filtering content in an Asset Publisher by structure, only the web content with that structure are shown In Liferay DXP 7.4, doing the same filtering will also show the folders that...

Search results are showing unexpected visual changes when rendering Object items

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Issue When searching for Objects on a search page, there are some unexpected visual changes in the result. Environment Quarterly Releases Resolution Please verify that whether there are any HTML in the description of the...

Group Memberships are being removed after signing in via SAML after upgrading to 2024.Q2 from 2023.Q4

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Issue We have observed that some users's existing group memberships are missing after they login via SAML(Okta). Environment Quarterly Release 2024.Q2 Resolution This is due to the change reported in these articles:...

The account email address is set to null

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Issue When updating a custom field at the account entry, the account email address is set to null Steps to reproduce: Create a new Account, “Account”. Attach an e-mail address “abc@liferay.com” to the account entry...

Accessibility issues with the Underline button in CKEditor

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Issue When using CKEditor, there is an underline button available. If you use it, the text will be inserted within u elements. This fact causes some HTML validators to report an accessibility issue based on WCAG SC...

Custom Themes are no longer shown as Site Templates in DXP 7.4

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Issue In Liferay DXP 7.3, custom themes were seen under Site Templates Pop Up (Control Panel > Site > Choosing the template). However, in Liferay DXP 7.4, custom themes do not come under Site Templates, and...

Language Keys are processed as Literal Text in custom MVC Portlets

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Issue When creating a MVC Portlet that leverages language keys, language key output is presenting as the literal text, rather than the key value For example: Language key in view.jsp: <b><liferay-ui:message...

Builds fail due to org.jenkinsci.plugins.github_branch_source.ApiRateLimitChecker$RateLimitCheckerAdapter checkRateLimit

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Issue Jenkins is failing while creating the DXP cloud build and the following errors are observed: ERROR: org.jenkinsci.plugins.github_branch_source.ApiRateLimitChecker$RateLimitCheckerAdapter...

SSL errors when configuring a private repository in Liferay PaaS

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Issue You are using a private repository and while trying to configure it for the CI service you notice the webhook is not automatically created Also the following logs are shown in the INFRA environment Aug 13...

HTTP Strict-Transport-Security Header in Liferay

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Issue Is HTTP Strict-Transport-Security Header enabled in Liferay? Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution Liferay enables HTTP security headers such as 'http.header.secure.x.content.type.options',...

Blocked:origin errors are seen when deploying Spritemap CX

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Issue Blocked:origin errors are seen in the browser console when deploying Spritemap CX. Theme SVG Spritemap is showing blocked:origin errors in a SaaS environment. Environment Liferay PaaS, SaaS Resolution Observing...

Workflow review has no edit option for Object entries

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Issue When reviewing an Object entry that was submitted to review, there’s no option to edit, whereas when doing the same for a Web Content article, there’s an option to edit it before approving the...

Screen name should not be required when Autogenerate User Screen Names is enabled

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Issue When enabling Autogenerate User Screen Names, the Object Action still mandates a Screen Name field, which is an inconsistency. The aforementioned behavior can be reproduced by doing the following...

Price does not update when using Product Detail Template

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Issue The Product Details Portlet shows the wrong product price when a Product Detail Template is configured as its application display. Environment 2024.Q2 Resolution If the getPrice() method is used in the template, this is...

Where is the logic for handling the actions for the Terms and Conditions page?

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Issue We would like to override the behavior of the default Terms and Conditions that can be activated in Liferay. Where is this logic located in the code? How can we override it? Environment DXP 7.0+ Resolution An...

What is the default behavior when users click 'I agree' or 'I disagree' at the Terms and Conditions?

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Issue What is the default behavior when users click 'I agree' or 'I disagree’ button at the Terms and Conditions? Environment DXP 7.0+ Resolution I agree: If accepted, the user is redirected to the home page or to...

If the user selects 'I disagree' for the Terms and Conditions, will they be logged out?

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Issue Does it log out the user if they select 'I disagree' on the Terms and Conditions page? Environment DXP 7.0+ Resolution No, only a popup should be displayed to the user: Additional Information Terms of Use ,...

How to change the . (dot) characters to hyphens (-) in Web Content article friendly URLs?

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Issue We have several Web Content articles where the friendly URL contains some dots and we would like to have hyphens instead. Changing them manually is not only hard but we would also like to implement a workflow to...

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