Capability

Development and Tooling

Liferay offers a comprehensive toolkit to extend or customize your digital experience. Build applications quickly with low-code/no-code features like Objects, or leverage developer tools like Liferay Workspace and Blade CLI for further customizations.

For users on PaaS or running Self-Hosted, Liferay also offers tools deploying customizations.

Feature
Deployment Approach
No theme found During Startup When a Theme is Not Yet Deployed
Issue The server logs show the following messages before the theme is fully deployed: 2025-07-09 06:25:20.463 WARN [https-jsse-nio-8443-exec-14][ThemeLocalServiceImpl:220] No theme found for specified...
Configuring Product Visibility Across Channels with Headless API in Liferay Commerce
Issue Is it possible to manage (assign/ remove) product visibility per channel using the Headless API?  Environment Liferay DXP 2024.Q4 Resolution By default, products are visible across all channels. This...
"module java.base does not 'opens java.lang.invoke'" Error Prevents Elasticsearch Sidecar Startup
Issue I'm unable to get the Elasticsearch Sidecar to start after upgrading to a quarterly release of Liferay DXP. When checking the server logs, I see the following error message:...
Analytics option not shown at site level
Issue The Analytics option is not available at site level and you cannot configure it. Environment 2024.Q4.0+ Resolution Go to Instance Configuration > Analytics Configure the name of the provider (in this case...
Asset Publisher Back Button Redirects to a Blank Page Instead of the Previous Page
Issue When using an Asset Publisher to display a list of assets, clicking on an asset correctly navigates to a detail page. However, when clicking the 'back' arrow provided by the Asset Publisher on the...
Empty searches return no results using a Text Match Over Multiple Fields blueprint element
Issue When a Blueprint is configured with the Text Match Over Multiple Fields element, performing an empty search yields no results. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 U5+ Liferay DXP Quarterly Releases Resolution Text...
How to Add a Custom Element as a Control Panel or Site Administration Widget
Issue Is it possible to add a Custom Element, created via a Client Extension, as a widget in the Control Panel or Site Administration menu? Environment Liferay DXP 2025.Q1 Resolution Yes, it is possible to add custom...
Paginator Elements Are Not Translated to the Site's Language
Issue When using a paginator component on a site, the links to the different pages (e.g., "Page 1", "Page 2") are displayed in English. These labels do not get translated even when the site's language is...
"reserved-article-url-title" does not return the localized URL Title in Freemarker templates
Issue When using the .vars['reserved-article-url-title'].data variable in a Freemarker template, it only provides the URL title for the default language. Environment Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+ Resolution This is the...
Sharepoint configuration
Issue While configuring Sharepoint integration following this documentation, we are facing the following HTTP 500 internal server error, and found that we have multiple versions of the connector installed....
Headless Batch Import: Attachment Field with URL Creates Duplicate Empty File
Issue When using the Headless Batch Engine to import Object Entries with an attachment field using a file URL, following the documentation here, we see that it creates duplicate empty files. Environment Liferay DXP...
Time-Based Authenticator QR Code Not Populating
Issue When trying to set up the QR Code for MFA settings, following this documentation Multi-Factor Authentication Checkers, we've found that the QR code doesn't populate. It should be populating under "Shared...
Despite the fix "Relay state exceeds 80 bytes" error and redirections to IDP
Issue Despite the fix "Relay state exceeds 80 bytes" error and redirections to IDP We found this article and had a hotfix with LPS-76246 We found that the fix is not applied correctly. Environment Liferay DXP 7.3...
Unable to Trigger Object Action Notifications for Site Role Users
Issue When an Object action is configured to send a notification to a site role, the notification fails to send to the users with that role. The following NoSuchRoleException is thrown in the logs: 2025-05-30...
Entry Sequence Not Reflected in Collection Fragment Using Custom Fragment
Issue When using a Collection Fragment with a Custom Fragment to display entries from a Liferay Object, the sequence of the entries is not reflected correctly on the page. The order of the entries appears to be...
Modal Size is Ignored for Guest Users when Using Liferay.Util.openModal()
Issue When using Liferay.Util.openModal() within a fragment, the specified size (e.g., size:"xl") is visible for only logged-in users, but it is ignored for guest users. For guest users, the modal opens in a...
Office 365 error “SyntaxError: Unexpected token '<', ..."
Issue Sometimes editing a document if Office 365 fails with the error SyntaxError: Unexpected token '<', ... When that happens, the following errors are thrown in the logs ERROR...
Hot Backups of the Liferay Database: Risks and Recommendations
Issue Is it safe to perform a hot backup of the Liferay database while the server is still running? What are the risks involved, especially concerning data consistency? Environment Liferay DXP...
B2C SSO Configuration with OpenID Connect Not Working
Issue Setting up Business-to-Consumer (B2C) single sign-on (SSO) configuration with Liferay using OpenID Connect (OIDC) in Azure AD B2C is not working as expected. After enabling OpenID under Instance Settings in...
Unable to see the site level vocabulary in collection filter
Issue Unable to see the site-level vocabulary in the collection filter Steps to reproduce: 1. Start the server 2. Create the vocabulary by navigating to the 'Site Panel' > Categorisation > Categories. 3. Create...