Digital Asset Management

Unable to edit form if interface configured in other locale other than English language

Issue Unable to edit email in form or save any form if the user configured their interface in other than the English language. Reproduction steps: 1) On clean instance, configuration leaves only 'Spanish' as...

Multiple rich text fields assign the same default value

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Issue If several 'Rich Text' components are included in a form and assigning a different default value to each of them, then while saving, it assigns the same value to all the fields. Steps to reproduce: Start a...

Paragraph field and Rich Text field lose field values in Forms

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Issue The paragraph field loses its field value when navigating through the Forms Builder, for example: After adding a paragraph field with some text, adding a Rich Text field with a pre-defined value causes the...

Updating Dynatrace Users

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Issue I can't invite or modify the permissions of my team members on our Liferay Cloud-provided Dynatrace tenant. Environment Liferay Cloud Resolution This behavior is expected. At this time, the only way to add...

Custom Excluded Paths in SPA

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Issue So far, it's been possible to disable SPA across an instance, for some portlet or for an individual element. However, having more flexibility to disable SPA has been requested multiple times. What if I want...

Where to place pre-startup scripts in Liferay Workspace

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Issue We are building Docker images so we run the task "gradle buildDockerImage" to build our image. We would like to know the following: Where do we have to place in our workspace "pre-startup" scripts? We...

Liferay Portal stops working after changing the theme to Minium or Speedwell

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Issue When I changed the Current Theme in the Public Pages settings to Minium, Freemarker errors are thrown and Liferay Portal immediately stops working: ERROR [default task-16][runtime:59] Error executing...

Error when a file in Sharepoint repository contains special character in title

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Issue If a Sharepoint repository contains a file with a special character in its title (ex: 'File#s.docx'), opening the Sharepoint repository in the Documents and Media portlet leads to a blank page with the following...

'Portlet is temporarily unavailable' error for Sharepoint Connection

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Issue A day or two after successfully configuring a Sharepoint Connection, I now see a "Portlet is temporarily unavailable" error in the UI and the following error in the Liferay logs when attempting to open the...

Requirement of blog multi-lingual functionality

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Issue Why isn't the blog multi-lingual where many other asset types are? Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Liferay DXP 7.1 Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution Currently, blogs are not multi-lingual (localized) in Liferay. For...

Analytics scripts added to a site is displayed on a page

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Issue When I add analytics scripts in Site Settings, I see that the script is displayed at the top of the page and is not properly added to the site. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0+ Resolution This behavior is reported and...

What does the TempFileEntriesMessageListener actually do?

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Issue In our logs we see some errors apparently related to an hourly job, TempFileEntriesMessageListener the triggering interval of this job seems to be set in System Settings/ Documents and Media/Service/Temporary File...

Site Builder elements adds bottom padding when text box is updated

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Issue For Site Builder elements that contain text boxes for text, if those elements are edited, a bottom layer of spacing is automatically added to the element, without choice from the user and cannot be removed ...

How to make Liferay blogs visible to search engines like Google

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Issue How to make Liferay blogs visible to search engines like Google Environment Liferay DXP 7.1+ Resolution The sitemap URL should be added to the robots.txt file to make it available to search engines like...

Master page template export is not including themeSpritemap client extension configuration

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Issue The themeSpritemap extension is missing from the Master Page template. When I apply an imported Master Page template, the themeSpritemap configurations are not included. Steps to Reproduce Create a...

"The URL used in English (United States) already exists in other sites or asset libraries" warning when publishing Web Content

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Issue After upgrading to 7.4 u66 we are seeing the following warning message when we publish some Web Content: Warning: The content has been published but might cause errors. The URL used in English (United States)...

Nested Application Widget Unavailable

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Issue I cannot add a Nested Application on a widget page. The Nested Application widget is no longer available. Steps to reproduce In a 2024.Q1.1 bundle, navigate to the Product Menu > Site Builder > Pages...

Observing 'Your connection is not private' Warning on Help Center Downloads

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Issue When trying to download a quarterly release from Liferay's Help Center we are getting a browser error that says 'Your connection is not private... Attackers might be trying to steal your information...'...

Critical Remote Code Execution Backdoor Vulnerability

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Issue A critical remote code Backdoor vulnerability was discovered on the open source XZ utils. This is CVE-2024-3094 with a maximum CVSS3 score of 10.0 Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution The Docker images,...

Do Units Of Measure need to be configured individually for each SKU?

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Issue Units Of Measure (UOM) need to be created and configured for each SKU. Can we create UOM centrally and then only select it (reuse it) for SKUs? Environment Commerce Resolution UOM needs to be defined...

Form is not showed to guest (unauthenticated) users

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Issue We have a form, based on a custom object, in a page. This form is not showed when user is not logged in. Whereas the form is showed when user is logged in. Environment 2024.Q1 Resolution Check if the 'guest'...

Wrong guest view permission assigned to images inserted into message boards threads (not following the thread's guest view permission)

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Issue if there is no private page on a site, and we create a message boards thread with "Viewable By"="Site Members", and you insert an image in the message (with the editor's image icon), that image will in the Documents...

Color Field Error when using Web Content Structure

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Issue When using the "Color" Field in a Web Content Structure, it doesn't save the previously selected value and the "Color" field doesn't load. Steps to reproduce: Create a structure, add at least one "Color" field...

Using quarterly release tags in my workspace

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Issue I would like to use the quarterly release tags for liferay.workspace.product and liferay.workspace.target.platform.version properties in the gradle.properties file. e.g. liferay.workspace.product=dxp-2024.q1.1...

'liferay-ddm' taglib not working for Web contents in 7.4+

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Issue We have some custom developments that use liferay-ddm taglib. After an upgrade to 7.4+, that taglib does not work. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4+ Resolution Starting in 7.4, Web Contents stopped using the DDM...

Including custom language keys in a custom theme

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Issue Is it possible to include language keys from a language module in a custom theme? Environment Liferay DXP 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4. Quarterly Releases. Resolution At this moment, there is no way to...

What is the minimum Database Privilege Required for Liferay?

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Issue Is it safe to limit the database permissions in any way? Can it be customized to use the minimum amount of Database Privilege and still be functional? Environment DXP 7.0+ Quarterly Release Resolution...

BaseUpgradeServiceModuleRelease not available in 7.4 anymore, is there a replacement class?

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Issue The class BaseUpgradeServiceModuleRelease was previously available in 7.3 and below and is used as a start/stop method to override and be used as a service tracker. Environment DXP 7.4+ Resolution This class...

Whitelisting IPs in Liferay Cloud

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Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue You need to enable an IP or set of IP addresses to access your...

Make prefix URLs configurable - Feature request

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Issue Make prefix URLs configurable - LPD-6813 We are waiting for this for a while. In which Quarterly it is going to be included? Resolution LPD-6813 is a story ticket and is part of the feature request LPD-640,...

What is the user password algorithm and format of the stored passwords?

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Issue We would like to understand the formatting of passwords as they're saved in Liferay. What algorithm, salt, and hash format is being used to store passwords? Environment DXP 7.1 Resolution Example Password:...

Missing Folder Hierarchy in Related Assets Selection for Web Content

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Issue Currently, it's only possible to find and select related files in a Web Content by searching by name. This becomes impractical when dealing with thousand of files that don't have semantic names but are...

Time format displayed in AM/PM format instead of 24 hour

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Issue Liferay displays Time format differently on the site's time picker than on the OS. Environment DXP 7.4 + Resolution This behavior is due to the changes of LPS-169277 where the old time picker has been replaced by...

Localization Issue - Languages showing as "English (US)" when applied to "Current" column

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Issue When upgrading from Liferay DXP 6.x to 7.4, the following Language localization issue has been observed: Languages / locales listed in the portal-ext.properties file are not available to be assigned for users...

<@liferay_aui.script> taglib JavaScript is executed twice in Journal Article templates with disabled cache

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Issue JavaScript added within the <@liferay_aui.script> taglib inside a web content template executes twice, leading to unintended behavior. For example: <@liferay_aui.script use="aui-base,aui-video">...

Liferay's OpenID Connect implementation does not account for language variations for ui_locales

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Issue Liferay's OpenID Connect implementation does not account for language variations for ui_locales. For example, Selecting English (United States) on Liferay sets ui_locales to en. Selecting Chinese (either Traditional...

Custom Service Builder module, functional in Liferay DXP 7.4, no longer works when updated to Quarterly Releases

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Issue A custom Service Builder module functional in Liferay DXP 7.4 no longer works in a QR environment. Unsatisfied references appear when inspecting the custom Service Builder module. Environment Quarterly...

Web Content Structures not available when folder restriction is set up

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Issue Web Content Structures fail to appear available when structure restrictions in folders are setup Creating new web content in the designated folder shows no available Web Content Structures to choose from...

What MySQL version is supported in Liferay Cloud?

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Issue User wishes to know which MySQL version is supported in Liferay Cloud. Environment Liferay Cloud Resolution Currently MySQL 5.7 is supported in Liferay Cloud. Additional Information MySQL ,...

How to increase the limit of articles per page in Blogs?

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Issue I would like to know if it is possible to increase the default Maximum Items to Display in the Blogs Widget. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution You can modify the default blogs.entry.page.delta.values...

API Response for commerce products with relationships does not contain manufacturerProducts nested fields

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Issue Steps to reproduce: 1. Create a Minium site (so that you have products generated). 2. Create a new object "manufacturer" (I set it to company scope, and to appear in Applications/Content - "Panel Link"). 3. I added a...

Sites and Libraries breadcrumb only displays current site

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Issue When making a selection from a web content display widget, clicking the “Sites and Libraries” breadcrumb link only displays the current site. Here are the steps to reproduce: Start a 2023.Q4.4 instance. Add a new site...

Retrieve display page template configured in web content article

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Issue The goal is to retrieve, via Liferay's API, when a web content article is associated with a Display Page Template. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4+ Resolution Attached is a Groovy script as an example, through which...

How to identify customized pages

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Issue I need to locate pages that specify an outdated attribute in their custom look and feel. I haven't found what database column indicates that a page is customized. Can you please point out the column to identify...

Is it Possible to enable the “Learning to Rank” feature in Liferay Paas or Saas?

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Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue I would like to use the Learning to Rank feature in my...

Timeout Error During Restore or Deploy Operations

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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 attempting to perform restore or deploy operations...

Can I sort Liferay object entries in alphanumeric order?

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Issue After sorting by the field name in ascending alphanumeric order, the results are currently sorted lexicographically. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Liferay Quarterly Release Resolution This is the expected...

Is it possible to manage resources per instance in Liferay?

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Issue You have a Liferay server and several virtual instances, and want to know if it’s possible to configure resources for each virtual instance. Environment DXP 7.2+ Resolution Unfortunately handling...

Publish button inaccessible with long titles

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Issue A long Web Content title forces the top menu bar, hiding the publish button and preventing the user from saving the changes made. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution To solve this behavior, open a Help...

Elasticsearch 7.17.19 and 8.13 could abruptly stop with JDK version 22

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Published on: Apr 10, 2024. This article is based on an Elastic knowledge base entry, edited to include Liferay specific details. Environment Liferay DXP 7.3, 7.4 and Liferay DXP 2023/2024 Quarterly Release...

Unable to process OpenID Connect authentication response: Requested value and approved state do not match

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Issue From time to time, error messages like the following appear in logs: 2024-02-14 13:31:55.099 ERROR [http-nio-8080-exec-120][OpenIdConnectFilter:132] Unable to process OpenID Connect authentication response:...

Unable to build the module: Could not find com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.api errors

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Issue Sometimes users face the following error while building their modules: Task modules: test-search-results-limit:compileJava FAILED FAILURE: Build failed with an exception. what went wrong: Execution failed for...

How Can I Identify Which Widget Templates Are in Use?

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Issue How can I know which of my Widget Templates are in use? How can I see where my Widget Templates are being used throughout the Liferay instance? Environment Liferay DXP Resolution For users on Liferay...

JournalArticleAssetRenderer.getSummary method no longer returns the first 200 characters of the Web Content when description field is empty

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Issue Considering the following scenario: A Basic Web Content with no description but non-empty content field. An Asset Publisher configured to display all the Basic Web Contents of the site with the following Asset...

Guest users get a 200 OK response when calling URL

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Issue When guest users call http://<server>:<port>/manage, they get a 200 OK response. Steps: Start a vanilla Liferay DXP server Log in Go to the Personal Menu, click the user's avatar Log out Go to...

Jenkins builds failing in Liferay Paas

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Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue Jenkins builds are failing. We can see below trace in...

The eclipse button is not available

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Issue The eclipse button is missing from the journal list page. Steps to reproduce: 1. Start the server 2. Add a new web content. 3. Go to the web content list page. Observed behavior: The Eclipse button is...

Linking content while impersonating includes ?doAsUserId

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Issue When linking content while impersonating a user, sometimes the `?doAsUserId` is included in the link. `doAsUserId` parameter is included in document URL when selected from Repository Browser...

ObjectFieldNameException$MustNotBeDuplicate when updating Object Definition

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Issue When trying to update an object definition from one environment (eg. dev) to the other (eg. uat), the process fails with the following error:...

Getting session ID from groovy script embedded in a workflow definition

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Issue I have an SEO requirement to track some information for my website. To that end I have inserted a groovy script in a workflow, which gets the user session, but it returns a null session ID. Steps to reproduce: 1....