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Published Jun. 30, 2025

Guest unable to add entries to object longtext field

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Anishq Sharma

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Issue

  • Guest is uanble to add entries to a form containers.
  • Steps to reproduce:
    • Create an object with a custom field(say TestField) of type Long Text.
    • Edit the custom field and add a limit of 500 and save this object
    • Go to Details, Change the scope to site-scoped and add the Panel Category to Site Administration → Content & Data. Save and publish.
    • Go to a content page and add a Form Container here, choose the object created, and publish the page.
  • Result: Guest users are unable to add entries after some entries

Environment

  • Liferay DXP 7.4

Resolution

  • Navigate to System Settings --> Objects and increase the value of Maximum Number of Guest Object Entries per Object Definition in order to re-enable guest entries.

 

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