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Liferay sites are customizable spaces for building personalized digital experiences. Each site includes applications for creating content, designing pages, and more. With these features, you can bring your custom solutions to life, whether intranets, public sites, customer portals, or e-commerce storefronts. In fact, you can leverage Liferay's multi-site capabilities to create multiple such sites in the same Liferay instance.

Feature
Deployment Approach
How to use JQuery client extension?
Issue How to upgrade jQuery version using client extension? Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution By using a client extension, user can add new features or customize existing ones without modifying the core code. ...
Image uploaded from the Document and Media is blur as compared to image uplaoded from tomcat ROOT folder
Issue When the image is uploaded in the system using the Document and Media and also using the ROOT folder of the tomcat server (/tomcat-9.0.75/webapps/ROOT/html), then the image uploaded from the Document and...
Images viewed by guest users should not be searchable in the search results to guest users
Issue Images stored in the Document and Media library are set to be viewable by the Guest user (public access). These images should not appear to Guest users in the Liferay internal search results. The...
LCP Command Fails with "UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT_LOCALLY" Error
Issue When deploying a microservices client extension using the LCP command in a Liferay Cloud environment, the command fails with the following error message: UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT_LOCALLY. Environment...
Search Bar text suggestions does not show content created in a publication
Issue Steps to reproduce: Navigate to Control Panel->Applications->Publications and Enable Publications. In Production, create a web content “testProd” Create a new publication P1. In P1, create a web content...
Unable to edit documents after rejection in workflow
Issue User is unable to edit documents after they are rejected in a single approval workflow. The edit buttons are disabled, which prevents them from making changes before resubmitting. Steps to Reproduce: Log in...
When building Liferay DXP, SAML modules are not included in .BOM files
Issue When building Liferay DXP, the .BOM dependencies file does not include SAML modules. Environment DXP 2023.Q4.0 Resolution It is not an issue and is confirmed to be intended as it is. DXP...
Feasibility of Viewing Old and New Changes in Workflow
Issue Is it possible for a reviewer to compare both the Old and New versions when a user makes changes and resubmits for workflow approval in Web Content, Document & Media, and Commerce Products? Environment Liferay...
Unable to Provision Users via SCIM
Issue User provisioning via SCIM is failing. Liferay logs indicate a permission error: ERROR [org.wso2.charon3.core.protocol.endpoints.AbstractResourceManager] Unable to provision a portal user for null...
Search Result Limit Resets to 10000 After Container Restart
Issue We changed the index.search.limit property in portal-ext.properties We also set the same value in Control Panel -> System settings -> Search -> Elasticsearch 7 -> Max Result Window The search result limit...
Downloading Large Log Files from Liferay Cloud
Issue Unable to download complete log files from the Liferay Cloud console. The downloaded file size appears truncated. Environment Liferay PaaS Resolution The Liferay Cloud console limits log file downloads to...
Can Liferay pass User Roles to the Service Provider?
Issue In a SAML configuration where Liferay acts as the Identity Provider, is Liferay able to pass its User Roles to the Service Provider?   Environment Liferay 7.4   Resolution Yes, it is possible. Liferay will send...
Redirecting a non-www Domain to a www Domain
Issue How can I redirect traffic from my non-www domain (e.g., example.com) to my www domain (e.g., www.example.com)? Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Quarterly Releases Resolution You can configure a redirect using Liferay's...
Documents and Media images Not Visible to Guest Users
Issue Images and files uploaded to Documents and Media are not visible to guest users, even with "View" permission granted to the Guest role. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 [and above versions] Resolution Guest...
Liferay shows SQL Syntax errors when connected to MariaDB 10.3+ in Oracle_Mode
Issue When connecting my Liferay server to MariaDB 10.6, I get the following error when creating a widget page:  (conn=143451) You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB...
NoSuchFileEntryException when updating web content with images in a task executor
Issue When updating web content within a task executor, if the web content structure includes an image field (fileEntry), the update JournalArticle updateArticle(article.getUserId(), article.getGroupId(),...
"Interval is either equal or less than 0" error is produced during the upgrade and checkInterval is reset to zero
Issue When upgrade from 6.2 to 2024.Q4, following error is produced in the log files: 2025-02-11 20:48:20.910 ERROR [main][ROOT:47] bundle com.liferay.journal.web:5.0.180...
Unable to Save Forms After Enabling ModSecurity
Issue After enabling ModSecurity with the default settings, forms with more than three fields cannot be saved. The following error message is displayed in the logs: ModSecurity: Access denied with code 400 (phase 2)....
Admin UI breaks after changing site default language
Issue After changing a site's default language to a non-English locale and disabling English (United States) support, the Admin UI breaks. The issue occurs when the "Use Localized URL" option is selected in...
Most Viewed Assets Portlet Ignores Category Filters
Issue We created our categories programmatically (using APIs). These categories are ignored by the Most Viewed Assets portlet. Even with category filters configured, the portlet shows assets based on views only,...
"Select Master Page is temporarily unavailable" when trying to add a Display Page Template
Issue I want to add a Display Page Template and I get the following error: In the logs, I see: 2025-02-10 18:18:39.160 ERROR [http-nio-6080-exec-8][PortletRequestDispatcherImpl:295] Unable to dispatch request:...
Security questions and answers are stored unencrypted
Issue User security questions and answers are stored unencrypted in the Liferay database and LDAP. Environment All Liferay versions. Resolution Liferay does not offer, out-of-the-box, the ability to...
HTML in Text field in structures is not escaped
Issue After upgrading to 2024.Q4, HTML markup found in the Text field within structures is no longer being escaped properly The HTML markup is showing up as plain text   Environment 2024.Q4 Resolution This is the...
Request to /o/change-tracking-rest/v1.0/ct-collections returns 403
Issue When accessing Publications through the UI, they are not displayed. The request to `/o/change-tracking-rest/v1.0/ct-collections` returns a 403 Forbidden error when it goes through the Web Application Firewall...
Updating Parent Object Fields from Child Object Actions
Issue How to update a field's value in the parent object when a new child instance is created using object actions of the child object. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4+ Resolution Use a Groovy script Action triggered by...
How to Exclude User Names (userName field) from Search Queries in Liferay
Issue We want to exclude the userName field from search queries. This is to prevent irrelevant search results based on user names. For instance, if a user's name contains a common search term, Liferay will return content...
Dynamic Blueprint parameters with Search API
Issue Blueprints offer static filtering by field values, but a dynamic approach is needed where search fields enable filtering based on user-provided values for specific structure fields, Is possible to...
Add New Custom Domains and Avoid Downtime while Let's Encrypt certificate Is Generated
Issue When new custom domains are appended to to the existing list under "customDomains" in the "certs" part of the webserver LCP.json file, a new Let's Encrypt certificate is issued to include them. In the mean...
Documents and Media widget displays "Copy to" action for Guest users
Issue The "Copy to" option is displayed in the Documents and Media widget for Guest users, even though they lack the necessary permissions to perform this action. This can lead to a poor user...
Client Extensions Not Visible After Deployment in SaaS
Issue Client extensions are successfully deployed to SaaS, the service registers as ready, and are listed in the Client Extensions Control Panel app, but they are not visible in the Widget UI when trying to add them...
Unassign Site Template from a Site / Export a site without the template it was based on
Issue Is there a way to unassign a Site Template from a Site? When importing a site using a .lar file into a company where the associated Site Template doesn't exist, an error occurs: "Site cannot be Imported as Site...
How to Get Website Availability Report for PaaS
Issue I would like to request a Website Availability Report from Liferay. It should include overall uptime, downtime, incident reports. Environment Liferay PaaS Resolution Liferay monitors API uptime. A report...
Is integration of mTLS possible in Liferay?
Issue We are required to use mTLS (Mutual Transport Layer Security) for certain requests Is it possible to integrate mTLS with Liferay? Environment DXP 7.4 Quarterly Releases Resolution Yes, it is possible to...
SAML - Can you end the Identity Provider's session when the Service Provider's session times out?
Issue We have Liferay configured as a SAML Service Provider (SP), and we use third-party software as the Identity Provider (IdP) Our IdP is used for multiple applications, so its session timeout is set for a...
Creating Display Page Templates for Calendar Events in DXP 7.3
Issue The documentation Using Display Page Templates in learn.liferay.com mentions you can create Display Page Templates for calendar events, but this for calendar events is missing in Liferay DXP 7.3. Environment...
Custom Widget Gets Rendered Twice
Issue After defining a Custom Element widget and placing it on a page, it is observed that the widget is loaded twice. Sometimes this happens so fast that it is unnoticeable, other times a couple of seconds...
Collection Display Fragment is not responsive when using the CSS Medium Screen Size (col-md)
Issue We've observed that when using the Collection Display fragment to display a collection of data/items and selecting the medium screen size (col-md), the responsiveness becomes unreliable.  Environment Quarterly...
XSS Vulnerability present when using Web Content Article's source code
Issue We've observed a XSS Vulnerability present when using Web Content Article's source code.  This vulnerability appears to be present when involving the deployment of a payload via the source code.  Steps to...
Old version of an updated file gets downloaded instead of the new version
Issue Some team members had to go into the 'Current Assets' asset library and re-version some files that needed updating. After re-versioning the files, when Person A went to download the files to see how...
The site name is appended to every Event/Meeting created in Liferay Calendar
Issue The site name is appended to every Event/Meeting created in Liferay Calendar. Environment DXP Quarterly Release 2024.Q2.0 Resolution Liferay calendar displays the site name as default when the event or...
Can we filter users and child organisations separately in a parent organisation view?
Issue Currently, when viewing users and child organisations assigned to a parent organisation, both entities appear in a unified list. This prevents users from viewing only child organisations or only users in a...
Use of the same ElasticSearch infrastructure for several Liferay DXP versions
Issue I would like to use the same ElasticSearch installation for different versions of Liferay DXP such as 7.3, 7.4, and 2024.Q3. Environment Quarterly Releases: 2024.Q3, 2024.Q2, 2024.Q1, 2023.Q4, 2023.Q3 Liferay...
Can we get the Info panel visible in search results when selecting a specific Web Content?
Issue When you go to Web Content, the Info Panel is visible on the top right corner. It is also visible when you select a specific Web Content and gives you valuable information. However, when you perform a search, the...
Automated third-party translations: Translation Usage Metrics / Analytics
Issue We would like to see more translation usage metrics or analytics about our translations when they are translated using third-party tools. For example, seeing the number of words displayed would be useful. Is this...
Renaming a fragment set folder creates a duplicate fragment set
Issue Renaming a fragment set's folder and redeploying it creates a duplicate fragment set in Liferay DXP. Environment Liferay DXP 2024.Q1.5+ Resolution This is expected behavior. The folder name serves as an...
Third-party translation engine: is it possible to generate translations tailored to a specific brand tone?
Issue If using a third-party translation engine, does Liferay provide options to generate translations tailored to a specific brand tone? Environment Liferay DXP 7.4+ Liferay Quarterly Release Resolution Currently,...
S3 Requests Causing Timeouts in Environments Without Internet Access
Issue We observe very long loading times (over 60 seconds) when accessing certain content management pages in the admin area, particularly: Editing a page in the page editor for the first time after login...
Sitemap does not show the complete page tree
Issue Using following URL http://my-domain/sitemap.xml does not show the complete page tree. What should we take into account for all pages are included in sitemap? Environment 2024.Q1.10 Resolution When you...
Is it possible to offer both SAML and OIDC as SSO options?
Issue Both SAML and OpenID Connect(OIDC) can be configured on the same Liferay instance. However, the option to authenticate using OIDC is missing whenever SAML is enabled. Is it possible for a user to select either SSO...
Java & Liferay - 2025 and Beyond
The next major evolution of Java is here and Liferay is poised and ready to embrace the next generation. Like with any software or technology change, adoption will require work and will take time. That's why...
Resolving 401 Errors When Using Authorization Bearer Tokens in RestBuilder APIs
Issue When making calls to a REST API service created with RestBuilder that includes the Authorization Bearer token header, the responses often return a 401 Unauthorized status. However, when the same service is...
How to overcome BOMs pointing to wrong JARs?
Issue When compiling our custom code, we encounter issues where our OSGi modules fail to start due to unresolved references to the Liferay packages. For instance, the following error is thrown:...
JournalArticleAssetEntryClassTypeIdUpgradeProcess WARN traces during upgrade process
Issue After upgrading from 7.3 to 2024.Q3 we are getting lots of WARN traces related to com.liferay.journal.internal.upgrade.v5_1_1.JournalArticleAssetEntryClassTypeIdUpgradeProcess upgrade process: 2024-11-20...
Avoid last name field being mandatory when creating users
Issue When creating new users, some fields (such as first name and last name) are mandatory, marked with a red asterisk. How can one specify the mandatory fields? Environment Quarterly Release 2024.Q1, 2024.Q2,...
Access a site other than the default one without /web
Issue By default, it is possible to access the pages of the website included with the default installation both with and without /web. This article addresses the need to change the site where this behavior is required,...
HTML elements disappear when creating new Object entries
Issue An embedded video (iframe) and other HTML elements within a Rich Text field of an Object are not persisting after saving a new entry. Environment Liferay DXP 2024.Q2 Resolution This is an expected behavior due...
Wikis with friendly URL
Issue When accessing a wiki article, the URL looks something like this:...
Is it feasible to hide fields in the upload Section of Document and Media?
Issue Is there an OOTB feature to hide the following fields in the Document and Media Upload section? Document Type Display Page Categorization Expiration Date Friendly URL Related Assets Permissions Environment...
Multilingual PDF search indexing fails with web content
Issue Why does the main document entry contain only the metadata and not the content of PDFs? Is it possible to add the content of PDFs along with the metadata of PDFs in the main document entry? Steps to...
Is there a release date for implementing the Content Security Policy (CSP) at Liferay?
Issue If CSP is in beta mode, how is Liferay protecting its system from vulnerability? Is there a timescale for when the CSP will be fully deployed in the portal? Once the CSP has been successfully implemented,...