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Deployment Approach
Accessibility Menu option available in Liferay
Issue How to enable the accessibility menu on the portal Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution To make it easier for the user to enable certain accessibility properties. Users can access the accessibility menu...
How to retrieve outbound IP address for a Liferay Cloud 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 This article describes how to identify and retrieve the outbound IP...
New User cannot log in to Cloud Console - The invitation link is invalid or expired
Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue Invited a new Admin User to access the Cloud Console When the...
Form rules not being respected when using the ''Jump to Page'' action
Issue By placing some rules on the form, indicating the user to jump to a specific page if the condition is reached, I noticed that the rules are not being respected and the user is not going to the required page....
0Auth2.0 issues new token every time even before token's expiration time
Issue The access_token expiration default is set to 10 minutes. When invoking the /oauth2/token before the previous token expires, a brand new token is issued instead of the original token.  Environment DXP 7.4...
Filter on related elements for custom Objects
Issue When attempting to retrieve a relationship field with a custom Object using the nestedField parameter through the API, we encountered an issue where the field is not included in the response. Environment...
Updated Portal Property Default Values for Virtual Hosts
Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue Virtual Host defaults were changed from a wildcard value to...
Liferay Form Repeatable Field Issues
Issue When adding a field or multiple fields when using Liferay forms, the web page reverts to the top of the form instead of remaining on the newly added fields. In the image below, after selecting the "Duplicate"...
How to configure Google Merchant
Issue In Global Menu → Control Panel → CONFIGURATION → System Settings → COMMERCE there is the Google Merchant option with two configurations:  Product Definition System Configuration SFTP Upload Configuration I...
Test cases bundled in jar using the "react-select" dependency resulting in deployment error
Issue Deployment of a jar that includes "react-select" as a dependency in package.json may fail due to test cases that were bundled as part of the build process, in particular...
Which permissions are needed to enable Staging for a role?
Issue Users with specific role should be able to perform Staging publications and access Staging settings. Which permissions are needed? Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution Grant the following...
Unable to access the data from asset that is going through the workflow process
Issue When running a workflow instance that contains client extensions, users need information from the specific asset version that is going through the workflow process to run the workflow process logic inside...
I cannot update the Order status through PATCH request
Issue Order status does not change after sending a PATCH request. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution The observed behavior is a known bug which is addressed via COMMERCE-11959. The issue has been fixed in...
Control Panel looks distorted or has styling issues
Issue Control Panel looks compressed and distorted or has incorrect styling, such as below. Environment DXP 7.4 Resolution Clear the browser cache, or use incognito/Private window mode to access Liferay.   , content:...
Unable to get default company ID error encountering after upgrade
Issue After the upgrade from Liferay DXP 7.4 to update 75 or above, the following error is showing on the console for non-liferay user domains: ERROR [main][BatchEngineUnitProcessorImpl:279] Unable to get default...
Can we use the same friendly URL in a page's translations?
Issue We have a page where we want to use the same friendly URL for different translations, but when we try to save the page, it fails with an error: Please enter a unique friendly URL. We understand that...
Does having a script in a fragment qualify as a potential XSS vulnerability?
Issue We can put Javascript code in a fragment's HTML section where the code can be executed, when the fragment is opened, like <img src=x onerror="alert(document.cookie)"> Can that be a vulnerability to...
Can we filter the logs by time in the console?
Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue How can we fetch logs by the exact time, hours,...
Analytics Cloud - Change the additions of multiple organizations for the Segment creation condition
Issue When we try to create a new condition using Segments → Create Segment → Dynamic Segment → Organization Attributes → Organization, we find that we can select multiple organizations now. However, when...
Does having a script in a button fragment qualify as a potential XSS vulnerability?
Issue We can put a Javascript code in the Button fragment's URL field, so it can be executed when we click on the button, like javascript:alert(document.cookie) Can that be a vulnerability to Cross Site...
NoSuchUserException in the logs after updating to DXP 7.4 U72
Issue We have deleted the default Test user from our environment in the past Now when we updated to U72 and above, we get an exception in our logs during startup:...
I cannot invite new team member with error: "You've reached your Collaborator limit."
Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue When trying to add a new team member in my Cloud...
Create a sub question in forms
Issue Next question should appear according to a previous answer in Liferay Forms. Need to show questions to end-user based on their previous response. Specifically while dealing with multi-choice questions....
When a user clicks the publish button to add an image, it goes to the default category UI
Issue When users work with categorization, they will notice that the categories admin image selection navigates differently.  Steps to reproduce: 1) Navigate to Global Site> Content and Data> Categorization 2) Add...
Site's custom field value is not available in Staging Site
Issue When using custom field values, it has been observed that the preview is not available in the Staging Site. The custom field values are only present after publishing the page to Live. Environment DXP 7.4...
Unable to add product with same friendly url in different channels
Issue Trying to use duplicate products across multiple channels while using the same friendly URL. The current functionality is that if the user duplicates it, it will add 1,2,.... 5, etc. to the URL. Steps to see...
When moving a web content to another folder, the modification date of the web content is updated
Issue When moving a web content from a folder to another, the modification date of all versions of the web content are updated. Is this an expected behavior? Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Liferay DXP 7.3 Resolution...
Disabling expensive queries in Elasticsearch can cause search issues within Liferay
Issue By default, Elasticsearch sets search.allow_expensive_queries to true. However, if you set it to false, it can cause issues with not being able to search for any content or Liferay Search Blueprints not...
Unable to save home page, must use unique friendly url
Issue Cannot save a public and private page with the same Friendly URL on DXP 7.3. Upon saving you get the following error: Please enter a unique friendly URL. Environment DXP 7.3  Resolution This is an intended...
Price Range is not working properly
Issue The price range filter is not working as expected, such that whenever users click any range in the 'Price Range Filter' widget then other ranges come to zero. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4  Commerce 4.0...
Anchor link does not jump to the tag
Issue Scrolling to a specific div from URL (i.e. www.yourdomain.com/yourpage#scrollme) is not working on Liferay Pages if we add Liferay Form on the page.  Once the form is loaded the page is scrolled to the top...
How can we access portlet preferences in our custom portlet?
Issue We are trying to add a custom Portlet on a page. However, we can't provide it with the portlet preferences by using the javax.portlet.init-param.edit-template property Environment Liferay DXP 7.4...
Some of the common reasons why DXP may need to access the database instead of the cache
Issue Why there are so many journalarticle calls in the database rather than in the cache? Environment Liferay DXP [all versions] Resolution A JournalArticle object in the database represents a Web Content Article,...
NullPointerException when trying to send a Commerce Notification
Issue When trying to send a notification using the CommerceNotificationHelper service as below: _commerceNotificationHelper.sendNotifications(commerceOrder.getGroupId(), commerceOrder.getUserId(),...
Redirect notification when changing language in Liferay SaaS
Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue When changing the language of my Portal, a notification appears...
Block access to the environment by geolocation
Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue Is it possible to limit access to the environment by...
Categories displaying ID in URLs
Issue When using a Category Filter with an Asset Publisher in my Portal, when selecting the category, my URL displays the ID of that category instead of its name. Is it possible to configure my URL so that it displays...
Unable to process SAML request
Issue Some users are unable to login via SAML Steps to reproduce: Login User for the first time The user gets logged-in successfully Now, log out and try logging in again Result: Throws unable to process SAML...
Disable sitemap.xml from non-production instance
Issue The sitemap.xml needs to be disabled as user does not want search engines to crawl the non-prod instances Environment Liferay DXP 7.0+ Resolution Please navigate to Site Builder --> Pages --> Configuration...
Theme embedded portlets cannot be configured in Content Pages
Issue The portlet cannot be edited. Steps to reproduce: 1) Setup 7.2 vanilla with latest FP, start the server 2) Create a minimal theme 'my-liferay-theme' with yo liferay-theme 3) cd into the root folder of the...
Property 'session.timeout.auto.extend=false' is configured but browser still calls 'extend_session'
Issue In portal-ext.properties the following property session.timeout.auto.extend=false is configured, however in the Network tab of the Developer Tools of the browser 'extend_session' is still being called....
Missing path in search results for web content
Issue There is a missing path in search results for web content.  Steps to Reproduce: 1) Create 2 web content folders - folder 1 and folder 2 2) Create contents in those 2 folders with common words in the title...
How can I configure a grid with 3 modules but displaying 2 modules per row in tablet mode?
Issue We have created a content page that contains a grid with 3 modules and it displays 3 modules per row in desktop mode. We need to only display 2 modules per row in tablet mode but Liferay doesn't allow configuring 2...
'Select' button is not disabled for the folder where a document already belongs to
Issue The 'Select' button next to the folder names shows being disabled, but it works as intended when the user clicks on it. Steps to reproduce: 1. Log in to Liferay and Navigate to Content and Data -> Documents...
Unable to download a file through the browser using an href="file://..." link
Issue We create a Web Content to use a link like <a href="file:///test.txt">test.txt</a> in order to download a local file, however, an error is shown in the browser log: Not allowed to load local resource:...
Display Page Template Title Shown Instead of Content Title
Issue When content is displayed in a Display Page Template, the template's name is shown at the top of the window instead of the actual content's title. A more specific title should be shown (just as it is with actual...
Categorization option is not visible after upgrade to Liferay 7.3
Issue Navigate to Site Builder -> Pages -> Page Configuration. Categorization option is blank under General tab. Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Resolution The issue is due to below portal property in...
How to check from a page fragment if the edit mode is active?
Issue From a page fragment code, we want to check if the edit mode is active for the page. Our fragment needs to behave different if the page is in edit mode (for instance, to create a modal fragment). Environment DXP...
When adding a form to a page that contains other widgets, the focus jumps down to the form
Issue When adding a form to the bottom of a page that contains other widgets and navigating to the page, the page automatically scrolls down and focuses on that form. Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Fix Pack 2...
Can my installation be recovered from a corrupted Lucene index without performing a full reindexing?
Issue There is one or more error messages containing information similar to the following lines in one of the cluster nodes log: Initializing Lucene writer failed for 155 java.io.IOException: read past...
Unable to select individual Web Content for export
Issue Users are unable to select the specific web content for export/import.  Steps to reproduce: 1. Create 2-3 Basic Web Contents. 2. Select 3 dots in the top right corner. 3. Select Export/Import. 4. Web...
InvalidNameIDPolicy errors
Issue The following error occurs while configuring Liferay as SP and ADFS as Idp. At Liferay
Price Range Facet is not working on different currency
Issue Steps to reproduce: 1. Create a Minium Site. 2. Go to Catalog Page, and change the currency to "Indian Rupee" of the existing catalog. 3. Navigate to Channel and change the currency to "Indian Rupee" of the...
Date format isn't correctly displayed on view entries
Issue Date format isn't correctly displayed on view entries Steps to Reproduce 1) Navigate to Content & Data > Forms > Add new Form 2) Ensure that English is the default language 3) Add a date field 4) Add...
Blog subscriber unable to view the blog after clicking on "Continue Reading" in the email
Issue Blog subscriber gets redirected to a control panel link instead of blog portlet page link after clicking on "Continue Reading" button in the email, when the blog portlet is placed on a content page. The...
Navigation menu items for public/private layouts are not published from Staging to Live
Issue We have a Navigation Menu in a public page pointing to a mix of public and private pages. When we perform a publication from Staging to Live, only the items pointing to public pages get published. Or vice versa:...
Unable to create Minium Demo site
Issue Users are unable to create minium demo site after creating minium site. Steps to reproduce: 1. Create a minium site. 2. Create a minium demo site. Expected Behavior: Both sites are created without any...
"Content security policy" header is not available in the application response
Issue The "Content security policy" header is not available in the application response. How to add or enable the CSP? Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Resolution Liferay doesn't directly support the CSP as there are no...
Signed SAML response
Issue How can the signed response, which is required by ADFS to complete authentication at the Liferay end, be clarified? Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Liferay DXP 7.1 Liferay DXP 7.2 Liferay DXP 7.3 Resolution...
How to Export a Single Form as a LAR File
Issue How can I export a single form in LAR format? Environment DXP 7.3   DXP 7.4 Resolution During the export process, there are options that allow for the inclusion/exclusion of data. In this example, we'll use...