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Unable to sync callable error during upgrade

Issue You might encounter the following error during your upgrade attempt: ERROR [main][DependencyManagerSyncImpl:54] Unable to sync callable java.lang.NullPointerException: null at...

P_AUTH is ignored when using JSONWS API

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Issue When using JSONWS API with the P_AUTH parameter instead of credentials (email/password), the response is HTTP code 403: Forbidden. Environment Liferay DXP (any version) Resolution According to our...

Illegal mix of collations during upgrade process

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Issue You might encounter the following error or similar during the upgrade process if your database's collation differs from the collation of the tables: com.liferay.portal.kernel.upgrade.UpgradeException:...

After creating a new instance, we cannot log in to it.

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Issue We have created a new instance using the example.com domain. After creating it, we cannot log in to the new instance using the user: test / password: test credentials. What can we do to solve our problem?...

Headless API is unable to get global vocabularies on virtual instance

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Issue Unable to fetch the global vocabularies on virtual instance using Liferay headless API Steps to Reproduce: Create a virtual instance (Control Panel > Virtual Instances) Get the virtual instance "Global" Site...

Boot Delegation List Did Not Upgrade Correctly

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Issue We are seeing the following errors in the console log after upgrading: ERROR - NoClassDefFound ERROR - Unable to Execute Method ProcessMax ERROR - Expando Bridge Cannot be Found Environment DXP 7.1 DXP 7.2 DXP...

Can Not Create a Virtual Instance

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Issue When trying to create a virtual instance, an error "Please enter a valid virtual host" shows up. Actually the virtual host is verified to be working. After enabling the DEBUG log for...

Generating an encrypted certificate for SAML assertions in Liferay DXP 7.0

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Issue We use Liferay as SAML Service Provider and we want to generate an encrypted certificate in order to encrypt SAML assertions. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0. Resolution Unfortunately, this functionality is not...

In a clustered environment, log level changes may not be reflected

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Please be aware that the page you are viewing has been machine translated from Japanese into English and may contain some translation errors. If you observe any issues with the translation, please contact us. event...

The user is redirected back to the Calendar page

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Issue Pagination does not work in the manage calendars section (Liferay DXP Calendars). When the user attempts to change the quantity table number, he is redirected to the calendar page, and the pagination buttons...

Cluster instability

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Issue Liferay clustering with jGroups has been bound to HTTP thread and can cause severe cluster instability "ajp-nio-10.141.26.102-8009-exec-189" #12374 daemon prio=5 osprio=0 tid=0x00007f1d18097ac0...

Not possible to add Custom Entry on page

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Issue Mapping with Custom Objects is not working on Pages Steps to Reproduce: 1) Menu > Control Panel > Objects 2) Create a Custom Object 3) Navigate to Custom Object and click on the Fields tab 4) Add a Custom...

Newly created Virtual instance becoming the main instance

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Issue After creating the new virtual instance the newly created instance becomes the main instance and the System Setting has been shifted to the new instance. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Resolution This issue is due...

HTML typo found for the 'Load more results' link

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Issue When creating a lot of Pages, Load More Options frequently has typos found in the HTML after a Right Click > Inspect. Steps to reproduce 1) Create a minimum of twenty public pages. 2) Navigate to Page Tree 3)...

Users can't see all of their own roles when they make a my-user-account headless API call

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Issue When users make a my-user-account headless API call, most of their roles are listed in the response, but their custom regular roles are missing. If an administrator makes the headless API call, all of their...

Deprecated redirect URL portal properties

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Issue Migrating from Liferay 7.2 to Liferay 7.4, we noticed that the usual redirection properties have been deprecated. We are using the below properties in the portal-ext.properties: redirect.url.security.mode=domain...

java.net error URISyntaxException:Illegal character in path at index 0 occurred during the export process

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Issue While exporting web content, users keep running into errors, but the export is still successful despite the number of errors. Steps to reproduce: 1) Startup DXP 7.3 u23 2) Create a structure with 'text',...

CannotAcquireLockException is shown in the server logs

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Issue A CannotAcquireLockException is shown several times in the server log: ERROR [http--10.1.1.133-8080-281][JSONWebServiceServiceAction:97] org.springframework.dao.CannotAcquireLockException:...

The server is starting up with a broken UI

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Issue Even after clearing the temporary folders, the portal does not start up properly after installing a new hotfix: INFO [main][ModuleFrameworkImpl:1971] Starting web bundles ERROR [Start Level: Equinox...

Server shuts down abruptly when installing hotfixes in Docker

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This resolution describes hardware recommendations that should only be implemented at the discretion of your team. Liferay Support is not required to make any hardware recommendations or offer any guidance on hardware...

Served pages contain links with URLs including the port number

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Issue The server is generating HTML/pages with links containing the Web Server's port number in the URL. Example: https://www.myliferayportal.com:443 Environment All DXP versions Resolution If you want to avoid this...

For Oracle Database users, ORA-01795 appears while reindexing

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Issue For Oracle Database users, an error indicating ORA-01795 appears while reindexing ORA-01795: maximum number of expressions in a list is 1000 Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Resolution Please try to adjust the...

Cannot display user input field value in Web Content templates

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Issue When using getData in Web Content template (see example code below), the field reference is displayed instead of the user input field value. (Output: 'Option92682299' is displayed instead of user input value "Test...

We can't get the catalina home path in tomcat in DXP 7.4

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Issue After migrating to DXP 7.4, we are unable to get catalina home path by using the variable ${catalina.base} or ${catalina.home} This was working in DXP 7.3 and below Environment Liferay DXP 7.4...

Sometimes the "This portlet could not be found. Please redeploy it or remove it from the page." error is displayed instead the real portlet

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Issue Sometimes after starting the Liferay server, the: This portlet could not be found. Please redeploy it or remove it from the page. error is displayed instead the real portlet Environment Any Liferay DXP version...

Non service builder generated services are not retrieved by ServiceLocator in freemarker template

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Issue By default, is not allowed to retrieve non-service builder generated services by ServiceLocator in freemarker template, getting this error: 2022-08-25 08:30:38.427 WARN [http-nio-8080-exec-10][ServiceLocator:42]...

Encountering 'UT005023: Exception handling request to /: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 0' errors when starting JBoss EAP server

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Issue The server cannot be started due to the following error after installing DXP 7.4 on the JBoss EAP server: ERROR [io.undertow.request] (default task-1) UT005023: Exception handling request to /:...

Can't change user's password: Passwords may not be changed under the current password policy.

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Issue As an administrator, when trying to change a user's password the message "Error: Passwords may not be changed under the current password policy" is shown. Under certain circumstances the message...

Unable to add 'related products' via headless API

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Issue Steps to reproduce: 1. Start Liferay DXP 7.3 2. Create a site using a 'minium site template'. 3. Invoke the below API using CURL: curl --location --request PATCH...

The first FreeMarker Engine entry in the list cannot be removed by a user interface control

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Issue FreeMarker Engine interface has 2 variables: 'Restricted classes' and 'Restricted variables'. Open user interface: Control Panel > System Settings> Template Engines > FreeMarker Engine (in DXP 7.4). There is...

"No primary key column found for XXXXX" on upgrade process

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Issue During the upgrade process you could see this errors in your upgrade logs: 2021-09-30 14:25:57.235 INFO [main][UpgradeProcess:115] Failed upgrade process com.liferay.portal.upgrade.PortalUpgradeProcess in 8114...

Empty drop down icon is visible in calendar portlet for guest users

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Issue Steps to reproduce: 1. Start Liferay DXP 7.3 2. Drop the 'Calendar Widget' on a page. 3. Configure the Calendar portlet to disable the RSS subscription. 4. Now, access the page as a guest user. Expected...

Using the default locale property/environment variable won't change the language

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Issue Setting the default language in the portal-ext.properties, with the property company.default.locale=nl_NL or as an environment variable LIFERAY_COMPANY_PERIOD_DEFAULT_PERIOD_LOCALE=nl_NL doesn't change the...

Dockbar is temporarily unavailable workaround

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Issue Suddenly, while navigating or performing an action, an error like "Dockbar is temporarily unavailable" appears. Resolution Usually this error, if it doesn't happen consistently, is a consequence of...

Invalid character found in the HTTP protocol

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Issue The tomcat server is fully started, however for some reason, it's shutting down after some minutes with the below error INFO [http-nio-8080-exec-7] org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service...

Scheduled job not failing over when master node goes down

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Issue You might encounter an issue with your custom scheduled jobs where they are not getting planned if the master node goes down and the new master is elected Environment Liferay DXP 7.0+ Resolution Make sure...

Show Number of Requests in Redirection > 404 URLs Tab

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Issue When I navigate to Site Administration > Redirection > 404 URLs, all URLs show 0 requests Environment DXP 7.3 Resolution For the 404 URLs Requests counter to track the number of views, View Count must be...

Scheduled publications are always scheduled using the server time zone on 7.1

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Issue Staging publishes scheduled for the future automatically defaults to server time zone, which does not allow for much flexibility unless one manually re-schedules them. Environment Liferay DXP 7.1 Resolution...

I cannot save Instance Settings after changing the default web ID

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Issue I added the following property to the portal-ext.properties file: # # This sets the default web ID. Omniadmin users must belong to the company # with this web ID. # # Env:...

Web Content Display Widgets all Display the Same Content after Upgrading

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Issue When upgrading from 7.2 to 7.4, importing a .LAR file results in the web content display widgets all displaying the same content. Additionally, updating any one of the web content display widgets causes the...

ClassNotFoundException when using DynamicQueryFactoryUtil.forClass

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Issue When trying to using Dynamic Queries there can be ClassNotFoundException errors if the DynamicQuery is obtained using the method DynamicQueryFactoryUtil.forClass. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0+ Resolution To...

Database password needs to be changed

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Please be aware that the page you are viewing has been machine translated from Japanese into English and may contain some translation errors. If you observe any issues with the translation, please contact us. Issue...

Startup problems and slowness after installing an Antivirus on the Liferay host machine

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Issue After installing an Antivirus on the Liferay host machine, we have detected startup problems and slowness using the Liferay product Environment Liferay DXP 7.0-7.4 Resolution Official support policy for antivirus...

White space is showing while inspecting the view source

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Issue Steps to reproduce: 1. Take Liferay DXP 7.3 SP3. 2. Add the below properties in portal-ext.properties. com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.strip.StripFilter=true strip.mime.types=text/html*,text/xml 3....

'Pre-bound JDBC Connection found!' exception

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Issue We have some custom modules using a common external DataSource. When module A calls module B within a database transaction, following exception is raised:...

java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Native Library xxxx already loaded in another classloader after redeploying

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Issue In our custom developments, we are using a Jar library that uses an external native loaded using JNI. When we deploy our custom development in a clean environment everything works fine, but if we redeploy it,...

'The string this-site,this-site does not correspond to a valid search scope preference' console errors

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Issue Even though the hotfix that was generated by including LPS-146763 is installed, the following errors appear. ERROR [default task-83][BaseJSPSettingsConfigurationAction:83] Unable to include JSP...

If the destination page is empty, the search bar portlet is temporarily unavailable

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Issue When the default '/search' parameter from the destination page field is deleted, the search bar portlet becomes unavailable. Steps to reproduce: 1) Start Liferay DXP 7.2 with fix-pack-17 (previous fix pack...

The Layout table still contains database references for removed sites

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Issue Not all references to a deleted site are removed since entries in the Layout table that had the site's groupId are still present after the deletion is complete. Steps to Reproduce 1. Start a clean DXP 7.3...

Conflict loading libraries from the global classpath(tomcat-/lib/ext/)

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Issue Loading the libraries from the global classpath is conflicting with one of the Liferay's internal module Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.zip.ZipFile...

Specifications API is not supporting Upsert operations

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Issue Users are unable to add translations for title/labels in Specification API. Steps to reproduce: 1. POST a specification by using the Specification API endpoint...

Unable to add Products with Tags via headless API

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Issue Steps to reproduce: 1. Create a product using POST /v1.0/products (Request is attached). 2. Execute the request and check the response. 3. Tags are showing blank and on Product UI, tags are not generated....

Unable to add Products with Specifications via headless API

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Issue When a product is created with specifications, the 200 response code is received. But, on UI product is not visible. Steps to reproduce: 1. Create a product by using the POST /v1.0/products (Request is...

When the data for 'from address' and 'from name' are more than 50 characters, custom calendar notification templates cannot be saved

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Issue The notification template is not being saved Steps to reproduce: 1. Add a 'Calendar' portlet to page 2. Navigate to Calendar settings 3. Navigate to notificationtemplates tab 4. Edit 'from address' and 'from...

After installing a new portal with an AdvancedFileSystemStore document_library, the images aren't shown

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Issue After migrating, upgrading or installing a new portal with an existing database and document library folder using the AdvancedFileSystemStore the images and documents aren't accessible....

Liferay image fails to start with a javax.servlet.ServletException

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Issue My Liferay image is failing to start with the default settings. The following message is thrown in the logs: javax.servlet.ServletException: A servlet matching the filter...

Using $dateTool.toDate in a Velocity template does not return any date

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Issue In a Velocity template, trying to get a date using dateTool.toDate does not work as expected when using a locale different from default one. As an example, if under those conditions we have a Velocity...

Adding all locales is exceeding the maximum characters

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Issue The below error is observed when Liferay DXP 7.4 is started with this property...

Files in the document_library folder are owned by the root user

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Issue After executing the portal with the Linux root superuser, some files and folders in the $LIFERAY_HOME/data/document_library folder are now owned by the root user and can't be accessed by the...

Page .lar exports are failing to be imported due to a "DuplicateVocabularyException: A category vocabulary with the name topic already" exists

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Issue Page .lar exports from one 7.3 environment are currently failing to be imported in a separate 7.3 environment due to the following error: DuplicateVocabularyException: A category vocabulary with the name topic...

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