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After 7.0 > 7.1 or 7.2 theme upgrade, the menu to edit web contents will no longer be available

Issue After upgrading to DXP 7.1 or 7.2 a 7.0 DXP theme created with the Liferay Theme Generator according to e.g. this tutorial: Upgrading Your Theme from Liferay Portal 7.0 to 7.2, the Web Content Display widget showing a piece of web content will no longer have the menu options to...

Module download link can not be opened on Liferay DXP Release Notes page with 404 error

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Issue When trying to download modules like "com.liferay.saml.opensaml.integration" from Liferay DXP Release Notes page, the download link can not be opened with a 404 error. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution Modules like "com.liferay.saml.opensaml.integration" is included...

How to Modify Home Folder permissions

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Issue Guests who don't have view permissions for the Home Folder cannot view any Web Content when the Article view permissions check enabled option is checked. Environment Liferay 7.1+ Resolution The Home folder permissions can be modified with the following steps: Navigate to Site...

How to connect DXP 7.2 to Elasticsearch over SSL/TLS using PKI authentication where native realm is disabled on Elasticsearch

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Issue Once DXP 7.2 is configured with Elasticsearch 6.x or 7.x over SSL/TLS in the specific scenario where Elasticsearch uses PKI authentication with username-password disabled, NoNodeAvailableException is thrown during Liferay startup: Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException:...

Liferay DXP cannot be started correctly due to "Unable to initialize Elasticsearch cluster" errors

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Issue The server can not be started correctly with ES errors like the following: 2020-06-05 06:45:41.596 ERROR [Framework Event Dispatcher: Equinox Container: 2a6f419e-c609-4e73-a180-4e901fcc9b18][Framework:93] FrameworkEvent ERROR java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to initialize...

Known Issue: Buttons don’t work with SPA disabled and when using Google Chrome 83.0.4103.61

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Issue When using Google Chrome v. 83.0.4103.61 in combination with SPA disabled (javascript.single.page.application.enabled=false in portal-ext.properties), several buttons will no longer work Environment Liferay DXP 7.0+ Resolution Upgrade to Google Chrome v. 83.0.4103.97+ , content:...

Unable to expand accordion panels for OAuth2 due to "Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'querySelectorAll' of null"

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Issue While trying to expand the accordion sections of "Scopes" for the OAuth2 Administration tab in Control Panel, customers may face the inability to do so as well as the below error in the browser's console: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'querySelectorAll' of null at...

Gauges in Control Panel > Server Administration are not shown

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Issue Gauges in Control Panel > Server Administration are not shown There are NPE in log files, similar to Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at sun.awt.FontConfiguration.getVersion(FontConfiguration.java:1264) Environment OpenJDK Resolution Due to licensing issues, some JDK...

Unable to add Image Field in Structure

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Issue 1. Install a clean Liferay DXP 7.2 SP1 and install the liferay-hotfix-266-7210 2. In portal-ext.properties file, add "minifier.enabled=false" property 3. Start Liferay. Go to "Content & Data" -> "Web Content" -> "Structures" and click "Add" button to add a new structure. 4. Drag...

Not able to add Structure Key after unchecking Auto generate Structure Key

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Issue Steps to reproduce: 1. Download the liferay-dxp-tomcat-7.2.10.1-sp1-20191009103614075.tar.gz from Liferay 2. Unzip and start the out of the box liferay-dxp-tomcat-7.2.10.1-sp1. 3. Once Liferay started, go to "Control Panel" -> "System Settings" -> "Web Content" -> "Adminstration"....

Backup service unexpectedly restarts while restoring

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Issue While restoring a large number of files the backup service may unexpectedly restart with no error. Environment Liferay Cloud Resolution Update Backup service image to 3.2.11 or higher by changing the gradle.properties file accordingly....

Cannot map same IP address into multiple ports on Liferay PaaS VPN

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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 You have mapped the same IP address to multiple ports on Liferay PaaS VPN configuration but it is not working the connection....

Cannot generate any build from a Github commit after upgrading Jenkins image to 3.2.0 or higher

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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 It is not possible to generate any build from a Github commit after upgrading CI service image to 3.2.0 or higher. Environment...

Pagination drop down count in Asset Publisher Portlet

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Issue The number of pages that are shown in the pagination drop down menu for the Asset Publisher portlet is not the total number of pages that exist on that site. For example, if there are 30 pages total, it only shows up to page 26. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Resolution You can...

Where to find the add friend option in the summary portlet?

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Issue All portlets of social networking are displayed under the social tab. But with a summary portlet, the add as a friend button option is not displayed or not available. Steps to replicate the reported behavior: Extract the vanilla instance of the Liferay DXP 7.0 Deploy the social...

Folder option is not working for the link in selected text style toolbar on the page fragments

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Issue In the content page, while trying to add the link for the text in the paragraph component by editing it, the folder option is not working in the toolbar. Steps to reproduce the behavior: In [vanilla bundle DXP 7.2 FP4, create a new Content Page and edit it From the right-side...

"Invalid attempt to spread non-iterable instance" error when saving Instance Settings

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Issue When working on a Liferay instance fronted by a web server, customers may experience the inability to save any changes in the Control Panel > Instance Settings sections. The attempt to save will fail with error Invalid attempt to spread non-iterable instance in the browser's...

Form embedded in web content template is disabled, not working

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Issue 1. Create a new Form: Add 3 text fields: Firstname, Lastname, Email. 1 'Select From List' field for Nationality (e.g Indian, Saudi Citizen), and an Upload field named Upload CV. 2. Create a Web Content Structure having 2 Text fields named "Title" and "Subtitle" and an HTML field....

Cannot save identical content in localization of a field

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Issue Users cannot save identical content in the localization of a field. Steps are as follows: Create an article using the basic web content structure Write "Test" in the content field and publish Add a translation (for example Spanish) and change the content field value to "Test ES"...

Admin is unable to Impersonate User with NoSuchGroupException

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Issue The Admin is unable to impersonate certain user with the following error: NoSuchGroupException: No Group exists with the key {companyId=20155, classNameId=20005, classPK=20555} Environment Liferay Portal 6.2 Resolution One possible reason for this error is because the user's group...

No administrative options can be accessed when an F5 load balancer is in front of Liferay forcing a secure protocol

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Issue When a F5 load balancer is in front of Liferay and is forcing a secure protocol, no administrative options can be selected and accessed. On Liferay the following options are configured on the portal-ext.properties web.server.https.port = 443 web.server.host = [A host is specified...

Liferay sends email notification with port number next to website address

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Issue When receiving Liferay email notifications (for example: New account Created, Password reset link, etc ...), users may notice the app server's port number appended to the website domain, for example: www.myliferayportal.com:8080 Environment Portal 6.2 Liferay DXP 7.0+ Resolution...

"Problem with the configuration: Unknown release in folder ..." when patching the source code

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Issue When patching the source code, customers may receive the error: "Problem with the configuration: Unknown release in folder ..." Environment Liferay DXP 7.1+ Resolution Have a usable ReleaseInfo.java file taken from liferay-dxp-src/portal-kernel/src/com/liferay/portal/kernel/util/...

Indexing is taking too long

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Issue Reindexing is taking or has taken too long to finish. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0+ Resolution If reindexing is deemed slow or is still ongoing (the 2-arrow icon can be seen at the top right), it may have gotten stuck. This can be checked in the following ways: Activate the DEBUG...

Google PageSpeed Insights (Mobile) results for a Liferay DXP site have a low score

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Issue After submitting your Liferay site to the Google PageSpeed Insights tool, a low score for Mobile will be returned, flagging issues on aggregated resources as: - Eliminate render-blocking resources - Remove unused CSS Environment Liferay DXP 7.0+ Resolution Upgrade to the latest fix...

Importing a third-party JS package with liferay-npm-bundler will result into "Cannot use import statement outside a module"

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Issue When adding and importing a third-party package dependency to a Liferay NPM module made with the Liferay Bundler (for example, npm Angular Portlet Template, the following errors may be observed in the server/browser's console: Uncaught SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement...

aui-io-request throws io ... is not a function

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Issue When using a code similar to the below: AUI().use('aui-io-request', function(A){} The browser's console will throw this error: Uncaught TypeError: "io.upload is not a function" Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Fix Pack 2+ Liferay DXP 7.3 Resolution Add io to theaui:script tag's...

License files containing '-ext' will result in error

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Issue When deploying a license XML file which contains the string '-ext', an error will appear showing the following: 12:28:30,346 INFO [com.liferay.portal.kernel.deploy.auto.AutoDeployScanner][BaseDeployer:863] Deploying license-portalproduction-extension-6.2ee-test.xml Expanding:...

Form data is not captured when using Liferay Form embedded in the external Website

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Issue After embedding Liferay form in the external website (for example, a plain HTML website), the form data is not captured after submitted successfully. Environment Liferay DXP 7.1 Resolution One possible reason for the Form data can not be captured is because a cookie got blocked. It...

Resolve the error "Load timeout for modules..."

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Issue I wanted to publish the comment to reply to a thread inside the category of the message board but it failed when my internet connection was slow. I also observed an error "Load timeout for modules..." in the developer's console of the browser. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution...

Important pointers and configurations for the scheduled web content

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Issue The web content is not published based on the scheduled date and time. Concern about the behavior to check how it works Steps to reproduce: Started the DXP 7.0 vanilla bundle Create new web content by providing the title, fill the content field Under the schedule session, fill the...

Resolving Inaccuracies and Discrepancies in Search Results

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Issue Search results are providing information that should not be made available to the user performing the search such as: The total count of search results is inconsistent with the actual number of results displayed (i.e. bottom of page displays "Showing 1 to 5 of 16 entries" when...

Staging History deleted after a few days

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Issue After a few days, past Staging publication records disappear from the history list located in Site Administration > Publishing > Staging Environment DXP 7.2, DXP 7.1, DXP 7.0 Resolution By default, Liferay is configured to keep the latest 50 staging records, including processes...

After upgrading to Liferay DXP 7.X, Searches are not returning any results

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Issue After upgrading to Liferay DXP, we are not able to perform successful searches. For example, when searching for Web Content articles that exist, no results are returned Environment Liferay DXP upgraded from a previous version of DXP or Portal Resolution During the upgrade, one of...

Submitting a Document with the same name results in an error and losing the file from the form field

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Issue When you submit a file in the Documents and Media portlet that has the same title as a different file, an error is produced that prevents you from submitting it. When this happens, the file is lost from the form field because the page is reloaded. For security reasons, we are...

Liferay redirects to iframe source URL upon logging in

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Issue After adding an Iframe to a Liferay page and set the Source URL of that Iframe to e.g. /web/guest/page2, Liferay will redirect to /web/guest/page2 when logging in through the Welcome homepage. Environment Liferay Portal 6.2 Liferay DXP 7.0+ Resolution The above has to be considered...

Custom Facet does not work with custom field (expando) created as 'searchable as keyword'

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Issue Create a custom field for Web Content Articles name: mycustomfield type: text area set it 'searchable as keyword' Create a web content article and populate mycustomfield with any string (abc) call http://localhost:9200/_mapping/LiferayDocumentType?pretty to get the non-analyzed...

CSS calc() incorrect minification when css.fast.load=true

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Issue When using the calc() function in a css file, e.g.: calc(var(--elem-height) + 1px) the minifier inserts incorrect spaces after deployment, so the file cannot be interpreted: height: calc(var( - - elem - height) + 1px); Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Resolution Please contact the...

Startup failure due to com.liferay.portal.kernel.exception.NoSuchRoleException: No Role exists with the key {companyId=0, name=Owner}

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Issue A scenario has been reported where the startup process will fail, and an error message indicating "No Role exists with the key {companyId=0, name=Owner}" or similar as in the following stack trace will be thrown: com.liferay.portal.kernel.exception.NoSuchRoleException: No Role...

Could not resolve module - Unresolved requirement error

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Issue Getting below error while deploying the ext module in the Liferay instance org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Could not resolve module: com.liferay.journal.service [1099]_ Unresolved requirement: Import-Package: com.liferay.journal.model; version="[3.0.0,3.1.0)"_ [Sanitized]...

Moving an asset category lead to bigint out of range error

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Issue We have tens of thousands of categories, and we perform frequent changes in the structure, moving categories in the category tree. I experience bigint out of range error when trying to move a category. Environment Liferay DXP 7.1 Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution You need to rebuild the...

I cannot import a LAR file through the widget's Export/Import menu

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Issue I have a LAR file that was exported from the portal instance (for example: Wiki_Admin-202004081110.portlet.lar) I navigate to the page where the Wiki widget is located and select the Export/Import option in the widget's configuration menu When I select my LAR file for import, I get...

Startup errors after installing a hotfix with DXP 7.1 Fix Pack 17

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Issue After upgrading to a hotfix with Fix Pack 17, several errors related to OAuth are displayed Some examples : ERROR [main][OAuth2JSONWSPortalInstanceLifecycleListener:93] bundle com.liferay.oauth2.provider.jsonws:1.0.28...

When authorizing OAuth2 applications HTTP is used instead of HTTPS

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Issue If there's a web server in front of Liferay, when clicking on the Authorize button to authorize OAuth2 applications HTTP is used instead of HTTPS and the following WARNs are displayed in the log. 2019-11-08 09:37:05.000 WARN [http-nio-8080-exec-63][AbstractOAuthService:88] Unsecure...

Password Policies is inaccessible after upgrading from 6.2 to DXP 7.2

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Issue After upgrading from 6.2 to 7.2, navigating to Control Panel > Users > Password Policies shows a UI error "Password Policies is temporarily unavailable", and an error is thrown in the logs: ERROR [https-jsse-nio-8441-exec-4][PortletRequestDispatcherImpl:304] Unable to dispatch...

Errors when submitting DXP to Google Search Console

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Issue After doing a URL Inspection - "Live Test" in the Google Search Console for the homepage of a Liferay DXP site, visual errors will appear in the "Screenshot" preview tab and "Page Resources" as well as "JavaScript console messages" errors will show in the "More Info" tab. To list...

"Unable to get search result view URL for class ..." error when searching for Polls and other entities from the Search Bar widget

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Issue When we search for for example a Poll ABC, the Poll is not found and in logs we will have ERROR like this: Unable to get search result view URL for class com.liferay.polls.model.PollsQuestion with primary key .... Environment DXP 7.0 DXP 7.1 DXP 7.2 Resolution Background: Polls are...

Web content fields are not editable

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Issue While editing the web content it's opening with the disabled state. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution Steps to reproduce: Add text field, Add select field and name it like "Category Name" Add options like opt1, opt2, opt3 and provide value for opt2, opt3 except for opt1 [do...

LDAP server is unreachable when "Required" option is enabled

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Issue For any virtual instances apart from a default instance, if the "Required" option in LDAP is enabled, only LDAP users can log in to the portal. When the LDAP server is down/unreachable, none of the users able to log in. In that case, how to login to the portal to make the changes...

Are there any improvements to the DXP 7.1 page columns user experience?

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Issue While managing big page trees in Liferay DXP 7.1 and working on actions like drag and drop, users may experience issues, like: blue cue flickering among columns, drag action stopping or giving unexpected results on moving up/down the selected page. Environment Liferay DXP 7.1...

Why the error "Failed to bind to the LDAP server with userDN" is thrown in the logs

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Issue What is the reason behind the following error which is thrown in the logs? [LDAPAuth:198] Failed to bind to the LDAP server with userDN CN=VERMA BRIJESH KUMAR (MR.),OU=USERS,OU=RND,DC=DS,DC=INDIANOIL,DC=IN and password Me4Sharom@15012020 javax.naming.AuthenticationException: [LDAP:...

[$SITE_NAME$] associated with assets are not coming in the mail content

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Issue [$SITE_NAME$] associated with assets are not coming in Asset Publisher's Email Subscription mail content Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Resolution It has been reported as a bug on this ticket LPS-104305 and it is fixed on fix pack de-89. Installing Fix Packs and Hotfixes on Liferay...

Known issue - NullPointerException is thrown with SoyTofuException for frontend.taglib.chart - spline chart

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Issue With dxp FP 15 in Liferay DXP 7.1, the chart functionality is not working. After deploying the module, the NullPointerException is getting thrown with the SoyTofuException as below. 2020-01-29 06:29:51.273 ERROR [http-nio-7080-exec-9][render_portlet_jsp:131] null...

Limit the script in Text field of Web Content Structure to avoid XSS vulnerabilities

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Issue The Text field of Web Content Structure can be injected by any script if ${textfield_name.getData()}is used in the template to display the text. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Liferay Portal EE 6.2 Resolution When using${textfield name.getData()}to display the text data in the temple,...

The default display content "Choose an Option" in Form select drop-down list is not automatically localized

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Issue When creating a Form in Chinese(or any other language), add a "Select from List" filed, the default displayed content "Choose an Option" is not changed to Chinese. Environment Liferay DXP 7.1 Resolution The default displayed content language in the Form select drop-down list is...

Asset Publisher shows assets with categories missing in the filtering options

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Issue After setting the Asset Publisher to filter assets that only have certain categories, portal administrators may notice that even other assets with different categories (not present in the filtering options), are also listed. The issue may persist after a full reindex. Environment...

RSS Feed won't display and will show "cannot be found" error

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Issue After adding a certain URL in the RSS Publisher widget, the feeds will not be displayed, showing a red error message on the widget's interface: "$RSS_FEED_URL cannot be found." Environment Liferay Portal 6.2 Liferay DXP 7.0+ Resolution Chances are that the feeds cannot be shown as...

Installing Liferay Project SDK on Windows results in error java.io.FileNotFoundException

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Issue When trying to install Liferay Project SDK on Windows the last part of the installation is canceled with the error message below: Problem running post-install step. Installation may not complete correctly Error Running C:\Users\%USERNAME%\.jpm\windows\bin\jpm install -fl...

Why is Liferay DXP publishing documents that were not selected for the Staging publication?

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Issue When a Staging publication is performed more documents are published than were modified or selected. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2, 7.3 environments using Asset Publishers set to dynamic selection style. Resolution This behavior can be disabled by navigating to Control Panel ->...

What happened to the Liferay WYSIWYG portlet on 7.1+ ?

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Issue Looking for a 7.1 DXP or 7.2 DXP compatible version of the Liferay WYSIWYG portlet on the Marketplace, customers will not find any Environment Liferay DXP 7.1+ Resolution Liferay WYSIWYG portlet was deprecated in 7.0 and taken off starting 7.1 DXP due to its low usage and usage...