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
RSS Publisher portlet on Widget Pages can be refreshed by guest users
Issue RSS Publisher portlet on Widget Pages can be refreshed by guest users. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Liferay DXP 7.1 Liferay DXP 7.2 Liferay DXP 7.3 Resolution Add an RSS publisher portlet to Wiget Page...
Can not add images in a Paragraph fragment of a Content Page
Issue It is not possible to link an image in the rich-text editor of a Paragraph fragment in a content page.  Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 fix-pack dxp-6 or older. Resolution This is a known and fixed bug....
The Forget Password page is vulnerable to CSRF attack
Issue The Forget Password form can be re-submitted with different cookies which lead to the CSRF issue. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution This is considered as a False Positive, as the user is not logged into...
Migrating a Remote Staging Setup to Liferay Cloud
Issue There are many factors to consider when planning to migrate your on-prem Liferay installation to Liferay Cloud. One of these factors is your Staging configuration. Below is the recommended method to migrate a...
Why am I not receiving Liferay security bulletin emails?
Liferay Support sends security bulletin emails to all customers with an active Enterprise Subscription. These notifications include critical information on potential security...
Page version control information is accessible in sitemap.xml
Issue Page version control information is accessible in sitemap.xml - such information shall not be exposed for security reasons. Reproduction: 1) Start up bundle 2) Access sitemap...
Bundle-Version differences in fixpacks
Issue Why do Bundle-Version differ between MANIFEST.MF in fixpack binaries and the source code? Environment Liferay DXP 7.0+ Resolution To briefly explain the reason it must be clarified the way .jar files are...
Errors occur after Liferay Faces upgrade
Issue After the upgrade of Liferay Faces (by updating the given versions in dependencies shown in the provided screenshots), the following error occurs logs: javax.el.ELException: Function 'p:component' not found...
Reindexing on Elasticsearch is slower than it was on an earlier patch-level
Issue We recently installed fix pack 16 on DXP 7.1, and we noticed that now re-index is really slow compared to fix pack 11, our previous patch-level. We found that both liferay indexes (liferay-0 and...
Are Blade/Gradle FrontEnd NPM 7.0/7.1 portlets still available and supported on 7.2?
Issue Developers are using Blade/Gradle FrontEnd NPM portlets on DXP 7.0 / DXP 7.1, for example: https://help.liferay.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018170751-React-npm-Portlet...
Jenkins builds are failing due to "Cannot run program ./gradlew" error
Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue Builds on Jenkins are failing due to the following...
[CKEditor] Browse Server button is missing from Image Info tab
Issue Using the CKEditor, in Image Properties I cannot see the Browse Server button under the Image Info tab so if I want to change the image, I have to delete it and add it again. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2...
Document is not found for users searching in another language
Issue When searching for a text document (e.g., PDF) by keywords inside the text using the default portal language, the document is shown in the search results. When the language is different, the document cannot...
Site export (or staging enabling) fails with "missing reference(s) that could not be found during the process."
Issue I am exporting a site and it fails with an error like "The Dynamic Data Mapping Template (Automatic Copy): Service Menu has missing reference(s) that could not be found during the process." and a stack trace like in...
Search portlet temporarily unavailable due to ClassCastException
Issue In DXP 7.0 with Elasticsearch 6, when using the search portlet, it becomes temporarily unavailable and the following stacktrace is seen in the logs. Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException:...
How can we use the Notifications portlet in DXP?
Issue In Liferay Portal it was possible to place a Notifications portlet onto a page. However in Liferay DXP 7.2 the Notifications portlet is not a listed Widget and can not be added to pages. Environment Liferay...
How to delete the old data from Audit?
Issue How to delete the old data from Audit? Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Resolution Please note: The following information involves customizations that are beyond the scope of Liferay Support.  Please exercise...
Changing password forces users to log in again
Issue Changing password invalidates current sessions and the users have to log in again. 2020-02-07 13:08:37.558 ERROR [http-nio-8080-exec-2][PortletServlet:112] javax.portlet.PortletException:...
Can't enable staging because the propagation of changes is enabled
Issue When trying to enable Staging for a site the page is blank with the following message on the top: Warning: Staging cannot be used for this site because the propagation of changes from the site...
Pagination not working in 7.2 Fix Pack 5
Issue When navigating to another page of a portlet (such as Asset Publisher) using the dropdown, user is redirected to another page with a "The requested resource could not be found" error. Environment DXP 7.2 Fix Pack 5...
I cannot sync my Contacts to Analytics Cloud
Issue I connected Liferay DXP and Analytics Cloud successfully In Analytics Cloud I navigate to "Configure Data Source" I selected the Sites and Users to sync The process gets stuck at "Syncing - 50.00% Completed"...
How to register the same user using email id in other sites as well
Issue Use case: Creating multiple sites in a single instance of the portal. User1 is registered using the same email id on SiteA and SiteB. If User1 is logged in on SiteA and he/she should not able to open the SiteB...
Session Hijacking issue with https connection
Issue By replacing the sessionId of a logged-in user, the user's session from another browser is replicated. Steps to reproduce Create 2 users like u1, u2 Assign the role for the u1 as "Power user", u2 as "Portal...
Patching Tool 'WARNING: Some of the currently installed fixes are not available' while installing certain fix packs and hotfixes
Issue After installing a fix pack and a hotfix, Patching Tool shows the message - "WARNING: some of the currently installed fixes are not available: <a very long ticket list>": Environment Liferay DXP 7.0:...
How to resolve hudson.model NoSuchFileExceptions when switching the CI to use a StatefulSet for a Liferay PaaS environment
Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue After attempting to update our Jenkins CI image to use a...
How to make the image as clickable with the link in fragments?
Issue How to make the image as clickable with the link in fragments? Environment Liferay DXP 7.1 Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution Please note: The following information involves customizations or implementation ideas that...
The "Add Notification" button does not appear in the notification portlet
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...
Integration of SiteMinder SSO
Issue How to integrate the SiteMinder SSO with Liferay Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Resolution By default, Token based authentication is disabled in the Liferay. To manage the same, refer to this document Token-based...
Using Active directory, after changing the user password, still user is able to login using the old password
Issue Using Active directory, after changing the user password, still, a user is able to login using the old password Environment Liferay portal 6.2  Resolution Under Control Panel -> Portal Settings ->...
Web Content Title not displayed in notification email resulting from Workflow
Issue When implementing a workflow that sends users an email notification when a new Web Content Article is created, the email does not contain the title of the Web Content Article. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2...
Liferay DXP Source Code Access
Liferay DXP repositories are located at https://github.com/liferay/liferay-dxp.  This repository replaces source patching mode, which is no longer available for Liferay DXP 7.3+ and Liferay Commerce 3.0+  ...
How to hide specific pages from search results using the Custom Filter Widget
Issue Is it possible to hide specific pages from search results? For example, we have a site with Page A and Page B. Both pages need to remain public, but we only want Page B to show up in the results when users...
Is it possible to view the field values of a specific Elasticsearch document through the Liferay UI?
Issue I'm aware that the values for a specific, indexed Elasticsearch document can be viewed using the Elasticsearch REST APIs, but can I also view those fields and values within the Liferay UI? Environment DXP 7.2...
In Select File modal window, when clicking on the SITES breadcrumb link, the Global site is not listed
Issue When creating e.g. a web content and adding an image or document to it, I am presented with a popup window for selecting the document/image file, and at the top there's a breadcrumb link (Sites), and when I click on...
Can a guest submit an entry via the form?
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In Select File modal window, when clicking on the SITES breadcrumb link, I see sites that I am not a member of
Issue When creating e.g. a web content and adding an image or document to it, I am presented with a popup window for selecting the document/image file, and at the top there's a breadcrumb link (Sites), and when I click on...
"Version specific upgrade task must return function" error when running gulp upgrade command
Issue While upgrading a theme created with Theme Generator and running the step of upgrading the theme itself (gulp upgrade), the below error message will be returned: [18:20:11] Starting 'upgrade'... [18:20:11]...
Restoring Data
Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). This article has been replaced by Restoring Data from a Backup...
Liferay Cloud cookies
Issue Description about the cookies used in Liferay Cloud platform and their services. Environment Liferay Cloud Resolution Google Analytics cookies: _gat: Numeric It is used to limit the percent request. Term: 1...
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...