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Users with no email address should be able to log in and access the portal.

Issue Users having no email address should be able to log in and access the portal. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Liferay Quarterly Releases Resolution Creating a user with no email address. By setting the...

Import and authenticate users from a particular group in Active Directory

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Issue Instead of importing and authenticating all users from Microsoft Active Directory (AD), I would like to only import and authenticate users from a particular group in AD. Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Resolution In the...

Restart required after every Jar Deployment

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Issue When the jar is deployed, it is not reflected until and unless the server is restarted Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Resolution Sometimes, the jar is deployed and is not reflecting on the portal until and unless...

Users Not Appearing in Control Panel After Upgrading Liferay Version

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Issue Users are not appearing in the Control Panel > Users > Users and Organizations section after upgrading to a newer Liferay version. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0, 7.1 Resolution 1. Remove...

Cannot save localized prefix

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Issue After creating a custom prefix in language_XX.properties, the values can display in UI but cannot be saved. Environment Liferay DXP 7.1 Resolution Make sure there are no blank spaces between the comma delimited values....

NullPointerException and blank page after redeploying JSP fragment module

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Issue We start with a state where we have a jsp fragment deployed and is working fine. We then make a change to that module and do a hot deployment. After that, the page on which the fragment is being used shows only the...

Redirect URL is not allowed console error when viewing Blog Entries in Asset Publisher

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Issue When using the Assets Publisher to display Blog entries and using the Asset Link Behaviour "View in Context", you may get "Page Not Found" error when you click on the link for the displayed Blog. In the meantime, a...

Unable to Edit any options in Site settings of a Site.

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Issue Unable to Edit any options in Site settings. That is from: The home page, not able to edit and select the layout/theme. Also, from Control Panel-> Sites-> Select site-> Edit was not able to change the...

Several JGroups messages related to "Accept view MergeView" are appearing in a clustered node

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Issue Liferay's Cluster Link cache replication makes use of JGroups. There are instances when several JGroups messages related to "Accept view MergeView" are appearing while the cluster is running. Environment Liferay DXP...

Why are entries in my Liferay DXP bundle (such as Organization Types) duplicating every restart

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Issue In some situations there have been reports of OSGi entries within a Liferay DXP 7.1 bundle replicating every restart. At first there is one entry for a given configuration, then following a restart there...

When an image with a link to page field is published to live on remote staging, publication fails

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Issue When an image is uploaded on staging and is going to be published to live an error is displayed. Happens when using a Document type with a Link to page field. The Link to page field is not required. The Link to...

Where is com.liferay.portal.cache.ehcache.impl.jar

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Issue Unable to find the com.liferay.portal.cache.ehcache.impl.jar for download Environment Liferay DXP 7.1 Resolution "com.liferay.portal.cache.ehcache.impl-version.jar" is located inside "/osgi/marketplace/Liferay...

Java EL Expression Performance Issue after Upgrade

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Issue I recently updated to Liferay 7.4 and I'm seeing performance issues. I have custom JSP files with EL Expressions (expressions like ${expressionName}) deployed. In thread dumps taken during the performance...

Language Override key are not reflecting on other Nodes

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Issue In the clustered environment, when the user creates a new language override key on one node, it is not displayed on other nodes. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start a two-node cluster of Liferay 7.4. 2. In one node,...

Non-Productive Nodes can see Productive Nodes after switching to JDBCPing

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Issue In the context of having the Non-Productive environment and the Productive environment within the same network, there are MergeView traces in logs where nodes from non-productive and productive environments...

Getting the error 'no schema has been selected' while setting up the connection between Liferay portal and the PostgreSQL database

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Issue It was observed that as soon as the Liferay portal starts creating tables and populating with default data (in the new PostgreSQL 15.2 database), the below error prevents it from doing so: ERROR: no...

The Minification of JS Files are Being Downloaded as Separate Files to the Browser

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Issue Whenever we deploy an NPM portlet (Angular / React), it does not do the minification of js files it has in the package.json file and rather they are downloaded as separate files to the browser which is impacting...

Can We Use Different JDKs for Elasticsearch and Liferay Containers?

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Issue We are running Liferay w/ Elasticsearch and have observed that the specific versions are compatible only with different JDKs. How does this work? Can we use two different JDKs per container? Environment DXP 7.4...

Does Liferay support Enums as Request Parameters?

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Issue We have a custom module that was created using a REST Builder Template and have observed that our query parameters are not functioning correctly after setting an enum. We tried executing through both Postman and...

When will Java 17 be supported?

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Issue I believe Java 17 is necessary for Spring 6 compatibility, and for being ready for the future of many Java libraries, I think Liferay should be compatible to Java 17 as soon as possible. Resolution We are working...

Email notification using incorrect SMTP server in Virtual Instance

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Issue When using virtual instances with separate SMTP server configurations, email notifications are sent using the SMTP server of a different instance instead of the correct instance's SMTP server. Environment...

ReadCount column removed from DLFileEntry table

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Issue We are upgrading from Liferay DXP 7.0 to 7.4 and noticed that the ReadCount column of the DLFileEntry table has disappeared post-upgrade. Could you please provide us with some information how this column is...

Incorrect time displayed for all-day events

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Issue When the "All Day" checkbox is selected and saved in the Calendar widget, default times are shown when the event details are opened. This behavior is unexpected, as the start and end times should not be...

Set up the Apache web server and connect it to Tomcat-based Liferay using mod_jk

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Issue How can we install an apache web server and connect the same with the application server over a Linux-based operating system? Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution The following are the steps that...

Getting java.lang.StackOverflowError when starting the server after applying patch

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Issue While performing an upgrade to the Liferay 7.0 environment (applying the patch), the server is not starting and the following error is observed: SEVERE [localhost-startStop-1]...

Error upgrading from a Quarterly Release due to a "1_WAR_lcsportlet"

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Issue Our terminal is populating the following errors: ERROR [main][DBUpgrader:70] com.liferay.portal.kernel.upgrade.UpgradeException: java.sql.BatchUpdateException: (conn=574269) Data too long for column 'name' at...

Encountering LPKGBundleTrackerCustomizer Rollback bundle installation error

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Issue The following error is encountered in the logs after installing fixpack-1 on Liferay DXP 7.2 GA1 ERROR [ModuleFramework-Static-Bundles-1][LPKGBundleTrackerCustomizer:344] Rollback bundle installation for []...

"No JSON web service action with path /assetcategoryproperty/get-category-properties and method null for null" when upgrading to 7.4

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Issue After upgrading Liferay to DXP 7.4, I encountered multiple errors in the logs related to the get-category-properties method: 2024-01-31 00:01:37.016 ERROR...

Not able to change the change the Hello World in Client extension

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Issue Javascript client extension is not working, which can change the Hello World! text with Hello UserName! when the user deploys the below Liferay sample module:...

Upgrading to Quarterly Release 2024.q1.1+ fails with a Duplicate entry in v3_4_1.LayoutFriendlyURLEntryUpgradeProcess#doUpgrade error

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Issue I tried to upgrade to the Quarterly Release 2024.q1.1. However, the upgrade fails with the following error in the log: Duplicate entry in v3_4_1.LayoutFriendlyURLEntryUpgradeProcess#doUpgrade Environment Below...

ConfigurationModelListener runs in both nodes

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Issue I developed a module to track system configuration changes using a model listener that implements ConfigurationModelListener. While everything is functioning correctly, there's an issue where this module executes on...

Connect a single portlet to a different database other than the Liferay Database

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Issue How to connect portlet to some other database which is separate from Liferay database using the conventional method like Connection and DriverManager of Java SQL classes and interface where the Database...

ORMException buffer increment error when using the multiple files upload feature

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Issue When the users are trying to upload more than one document through multiple files option, they are having a performance issue in their portal. Steps to reproduce: 1. Start Liferay DXP 7.3 DXP 1 2. Navigate to...

ORA-38029 during upgrade when statistics tables are locked

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Issue While upgrading from DXP 7.2 to DXP 7.4, the below errors were encountered: ERROR [main][DBUpgrader:70] null com.liferay.portal.kernel.log.LogSanitizerException: com.liferay.portal.kernel.upgrade.Upg...

Glowroot page broken using a custom portal context

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Issue If we define a context other than ROOT in our portal, for example myportal, the Glowroot administration pages are not displayed or are displayed with visual errors. Environment Liferay DXP 2023.Q4...

Liferay hard session timeout

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Issue Is there any configuration available in Liferay OOTB (out-of-the-box) for forcing logout users after 4 hours? Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Liferay DXP 7.3 Liferay DXP 7.4 Quarterly Release Resolution A...

Where can I extract the tcp.xml file in Quarterly Releases?

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Issue Prior to Quarterly Releases, thetcp.xml file could be extracted from $LIFERAY.HOME/osgi/marketplace/Liferay Foundation-Liferay Portal-Impl.lpkg/com . liferay . portal . cluster . multiple - [version]. jar/lib /...

Custom login page redirection with child page

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Issue The properties: "auth.login.site.url=/sign-in", "auth.login.url=/sign-in" are not working for the custom login page redirection if a user is working with child pages who does not have Guest user’s VIEW...

PATCH request is not working for custom fields

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Issue Steps to reproduce: 1. Start up Liferay, change the password to 'a' 2. Go to Control Panel >Configuration > Custom Fields 3. Select Organization. 4. Tap the + icon to add a new Custom Field. 5. Select Input...

Is it Possible to Access the Entire Document Hierarchy Page with API?

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Issue How to access the entire document hierarchy page using API? Environment All environments Resolution By default, the GET Documents call in the Liferay API restricts access to the root page, preventing...

org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class [com.sun.proxy.$Proxy6] java.lang.reflect.UndeclaredThrowableException

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Issue When setting up Liferay with Oracle 19c, the following errors were encountered during Liferay startup. 2024-02-19 11:39:07.830 INFO [main][ModuleFrameworkImpl:1309] Starting initial bundles 19-Feb-2024...

How to print a query string with parameter values

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Issue When the property hibernate.show_sql=true is set, the SQL statements executed are shown in the system log, but with bind variables. For example: Hibernate: SELECT COUNT(*) AS col_0_0_ FROM BlogsEntry...

No JSON web service action with path /journal.journalarticle/get-articles and method GET for journal and similar JSONWS API errors

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Issue When invoking a JSONWS API method like /journal.journalarticle/get-articles the following error is sometimes thrown: No JSON web service action with path /journal.journalarticle/get-articles and method GET...

Upgrade process fails with the following ERROR: Failed upgrade process for module com.liferay.search.experiences.service

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Issue When trying to upgrade from 7.4 to Quarterly Release 2023, the upgrade fails with the following error. Failed upgrade process for module com.liferay.search.experiences.service...

Warn message populates when upgrading to Quarterly Release 2023.Q4.6 from 7.4: sun/misc/Cleaner

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Issue The following WARN message populates in the terminal when reindexing: WARN [liferay/background_task-2][IndexerWriterImpl:188] Error reindexing all com.liferay.document.library.kernel.model.DLFileEntry for...

PostgreSQL JAR file can be safely removed?

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Issue We are deploying Liferay using the Tomcat bundle and noticed the inclusion of a postgresql.jar file. Since our environment utilizes MySQL, can we safely remove this file from all our deployments? It's being...

Calendar displays incorrect time when creating event in Month view

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Issue The Calendar Widget does not reflect the correct time when creating an event in the "Month" view. After configuring the event time and publishing it, the displayed time in the event window does not match...

Configurations file is not reflecting for Elasticsearch

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Issue When users try to change configurations using .config files, these may not always be reflected. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution The concerns outlined above mostly happen when the configuration is saved...

How to write some logs to a different log file

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Issue We would like to move a trace from the main log file to a separate log file. Environment DXP 7.3+ Quarterly Release Resolution We can use a portal-log4j-ext.xml file to to add a new appender where we...

Custom login page instead of default sign-in portlet

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Issue Need to have a custom login page instead of a default sign-in portlet when a user tries to access a private page without being logged in. The private and public pages are not having Guest user’s VIEW...

Audit log files in 7.4 are not created due to outdated portal-log4j-ext.xml file.

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Issue Audit log files are not generated despite following the steps as shown in: https://help.liferay.com/hc/en-us/articles/360029134891-Configuring-Audits#reporting-audit-events-in-liferays-logs-and-console This is due...

How to change Liferay Private default friendly URL

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Issue I would like to know how to change the Private default friendly URL from "/group" to "/private" on Liferay DXP bundled with Tomcat. Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Tomcat 9.0 Resolution Add the following property...

Rollback an upgrade on Liferay DXP

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Issue How can user rollback an upgrade to it's earlier version in DXP? Environment Liferay DXP 7.3+ Resolution Liferay's upgrade process upgrades the DB schema to make it compatible with the specific higher version...

Accessing login without a server restart after running Liferay setup wizard

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Issue Is there a scenario that users would be able to immediately access the login screen after running the setup wizard without a server restart? Environment Any Liferay DXP environment Resolution A Liferay setup would...

Dual login count in Audit_auditevent table

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Issue When a new user is created and logged in for the first time, the login count in the audit_audit event table will show 2 instead of 1, and when he logs in again, the count will only increase by 1. How does the...

WARN Unable to add list type when executing the upgrade

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Issue We are executing the upgrade from 7.0 to 2023.Q3 version and we are getting following warning: 2024-02-02 08:28:57.379 INFO [main][UpgradeProcess:119] Upgrading com.liferay.portal.upgrade.v7_4_x.UpgradeListType...

Error after installing Liferay Reports App

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Issue After installing the Reports App in Marketplace, the bundle starts with the following errors in the logs and the Reports App is not available. 2023-12-22 12:03:06.499 ERROR [Framework Event Dispatcher: Equinox...

Service builder upgrade issue related to class: "java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.liferay.portal.kernel.service.PersistedModelLocalServiceRegistry cannot be found by com.mchi.master.service.service_1.0.0"

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Issue ClassNotFoundException error while upgrading the Service builder of DXP 7.2 to DXP 7.4 2023 Q4.0. The error looks like this: 2024-01-18 09:31:22.491 ERROR [Refresh Thread: Equinox Container:...

Glowroot is not working : Connect to localhost:4000 [localhost/127.0.0.1] failed: Connection refused

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Issue Glowrrot is not working and giving these errors: ERROR [http-nio-8080-exec-5][GlowrootProxyServlet:66] null org.apache.http.conn.HttpHostConnectException: Connect to localhost:4000 [localhost/127.0.0.1]...

Error "PWC6345: There is an error in invoking javac. A full JDK (not just JRE) is required" presented in the logs

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Issue When trying to open Blogs, WebContens or other Liferay features, the following error is displayed in the Logs: 2024-01-19 15:48:45.179 ERROR...

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