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Published Jul. 2, 2025

Expando Permission Exception

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Laura Li

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A user who is assigned to a role that can manage web content may encounter "Web Content is temporarily unavailable" error on the page. If the following error message shows up in the log, it means the user needs update permission on related custom fields.

00:45:31,439 ERROR [http-bio-8080-exec-1][render_portlet_jsp:132] null
com.liferay.portal.security.auth.PrincipalException ...
(see Additional Information section for full error message).

Resolution

  1. Navigate to Control Panel > Configuration > Custom Fields
  2. Click "Edit" for Web Content Article
  3. Click on "Actions" button and select "Permissions"
  4. Select "Update" for the related Role
  5. Click Save

Additional Information

00:45:31,439 ERROR [http-bio-8080-exec-1][render_portlet_jsp:132] null
com.liferay.portal.security.auth.PrincipalException 
at com.liferay.portlet.expando.service.permission.ExpandoColumnPermissionImpl.check(ExpandoColumnPermissionImpl.java:36)
at com.liferay.portlet.expando.service.permission.ExpandoColumnPermissionUtil.check(ExpandoColumnPermissionUtil.java:33)
at com.liferay.portlet.expando.service.impl.ExpandoValueServiceImpl.addValue(ExpandoValueServiceImpl.java:51)
at com.liferay.portlet.expando.service.impl.ExpandoValueServiceImpl.addValues(ExpandoValueServiceImpl.java:83)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.proceed(ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.java:115)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.transaction.DefaultTransactionExecutor.execute(DefaultTransactionExecutor.java:62)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.transaction.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:51)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.proceed(ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.java:111)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ChainableMethodAdvice.invoke(ChainableMethodAdvice.java:56)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.proceed(ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.java:111)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ChainableMethodAdvice.invoke(ChainableMethodAdvice.java:56)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.proceed(ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.java:111)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ServiceBeanAopProxy.invoke(ServiceBeanAopProxy.java:175)
at com.liferay.portlet.expando.service.ExpandoValueServiceUtil.addValues(ExpandoValueServiceUtil.java:88)
at com.liferay.portlet.expando.model.impl.ExpandoBridgeImpl.setAttributes(ExpandoBridgeImpl.java:518)
at com.liferay.portlet.expando.model.impl.ExpandoBridgeImpl.setAttributes(ExpandoBridgeImpl.java:500)
at com.liferay.portal.model.impl.BaseModelImpl.setExpandoBridgeAttributes(BaseModelImpl.java:81)
at com.liferay.portlet.journal.service.impl.JournalArticleLocalServiceImpl.copyArticle(JournalArticleLocalServiceImpl.java:837)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.proceed(ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.java:115)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.transaction.DefaultTransactionExecutor.execute(DefaultTransactionExecutor.java:62)
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