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
Error in Jenkins builds
Issue When we generate a new build, we get the following error: ERROR: the command "[lcp, deploy, --only-build, --project, resumed, --metadata,...
Rest Application menu (/o/api) contains duplicate items
Issue I have noticed that when I use the headless /o/api Rest Application menu has duplicated items. It is duplicated next time after being selected and used. It does not impact the functionality. Reproduction Steps:...
How to expose large object entries to guest users without manually assigning the permissions
Issue How to expose object entries to guest users without manually assigning permissions to each entry. Assigning permission will work here but if the number of entries in the object is large, it will not be...
GMT Unexpectedly Appears in Time Zone Dropdown
Issue I'm trying to customize the default list of time zones in Liferay DXP by setting the time.zones property in the portal-ext.properties file. I didn't include GMTin the configuration, but it is still showing...
Error Code 403 Forbidden: Timeout Issues when uploading/downloading Large Files to S3
Issue Experiencing timeout and permission issues when uploading/downloading large files (in GBs) using Liferay's simple file system. ERROR [http-nio-0.0.0.0-8080-exec-41][PortletServlet:109] Unable to process...
Warning in logs: "No theme found for specified theme id" after uninstalling a theme
Issue After migrating, the following warning appears in the logs: 2025-05-19 08:51:53,593 WARN [ajp-nio-10.10.13.111-8009-exec-83][ThemeLocalServiceImpl:220] No theme found for specified theme id...
Error in Logs When Accessing "OAuth 2 Administration" in Control Panel
Issue When clicking on the "OAuth 2 Administration" option in the Control Panel, the following error is logged, and the UI displays an unresolved Velocity variable (${processor.processMax()}): Unable to execute...
After changing image file extension it is no longer visible for selection within a fragment
Issue Our team recently noticed that they can't use PNG files anymore and can reproduce it by: Upload PNG file to Documents and Media library (please note that after page refresh Liferay does not show an image preview)...
Configuring the "Module Definition Timeout"
Issue We needed to programmatically configure the "Module Definition Timeout (seconds)" setting found under System Settings > Infrastructure > JavaScript Loader in the Liferay UI. Specifically, we were looking for a...
Document Checkin and Cancel Checkout fails when using Office 365
Issue When I try to check a document in or cancel checkout, it always fails on the first attempt. I see these errors in the logs  com.liferay.portal.kernel.log.LogSanitizerException:...
Workflows are missing from Applications → Process Builder
Issue Some workflows are missing from Applications → Process Builder. I have publications enabled in my environment, and I have edited workflows from withing the publications. Environment Quarterly Releases...
How can you ensure that users from User Groups are properly imported when using LDAP Active Directory with Liferay?
Issue Ensuring that User-Groups users are properly imported when using LDAP Active Directory with Liferay. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution To ensure proper user imports and updates, the User Group...
"Lambda expressions are allowed only at source level 1.8 or above" warning occurs in the logs
Issue The following warning occurs in the logs while configuring the WebSphere application server with Liferay. WARN [WebContainer : 4][code_jsp:162] {code="500", msg="JSPG0049E: /html/common/themes/top_head.jsp...
Hardcoded Text in Commerce Order Importer Not Translatable
Issue Allow hiding the non-required options from CSV template message. We have this csv_template.csv file and sometimes we need to edit its content to remove non-used fields, like requestedDeliveryDate that is...
Tomcat download error encountered when leveraging Liferay Developer Studio / IDE
Issue When leveraging Liferay Developer Studio / IDE to build Liferay 2025.Q1.3, my build fails with indications that Tomcat is not able to download Example error: Execution failed for task...
External Document Management Tool Integration Fails When a Vocabulary is Required
Issue I'm unable to create a new document in Google Drive or Office 365. After editing documents in Google Drive and navigating back to Liferay, the Liferay UI breaks. I currently have at least one Vocabulary...
Brave log-correlation issue
Issue I am using brave (https://github.com/openzipkin/brave) to create a correlation across all logs events from Liferay, portlets and backends. After upgrading from Liferay 7.2 to 2024.Q3.12, which now internally uses...
Custom CK Editor toolbar is registered but not displayed
Issue We followed this blog post to create a custom CKEditor 4 module in workspace. We can see that CKEDITOR.plugins.registered but, we are not able to see it on the CK Editor toolbar UI in Liferay 7.4...
I cannot add a parent page in Menu Display using the Pages Hierarchy
Issue I have an issue with the Menu Display Widget. When I try to select a parent menu in the configuration tab, the preview doesn’t change and after saving the configuration the Pages hierarchy is reset. Reproduction...
javax.mail.Provider: com.sun.mail.imap.IMAPProvider not a subtype
Issue I am encountering the following error when attempting to send emails using Jakarta Mail (version 2.0.1) within my Liferay environment. javax.mail.Provider:com.sun.mail.imap.IMAPProvider not a subtype...