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How to change the screen name and email-id of the Liferay's default admin user

Issue How to change the screen name and email-id of the Liferays default admin user Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution The respective admin user can change his/her screen name by logging into the...

Wrong Apache Commons Lang3 library version added to module manifest

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Issue We have a service builder module that uses Apache Commons Lang3. Our Liferay version uses Apache Commons Lang3 version 3.11. In our module, we have defined the dependency as follows inside the build.gradle:...

Local Liferay Admin Users unable to authenticate when LDAP is Configured on Virtual Instance

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Issue When a main Liferay instance and a second virtual instance are both connected to the same LDAP server, local Liferay admin users are unable to log in when the “Required” box is checked. In the case where the LDAP...

Issue with Rating functionality

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Issue Steps to reproduce: 1. Navigate to Configuration-> Settings-> Social-> Ratings and change the Web Content type to Like with the help of the dropdown and save it. 2. Navigate to Design-> Widget Templates-> Create...

Is Form fields and pages are limited?

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Issue We tried to create a Form with 50 fields and 9 pages but we could not save it. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution This is limited but if this limit is not enough it can be raised even a higher...

Is Liferay compatible with macOS?

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Issue Can I use Liferay DXP 7.2 with macOS? Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution The compatibility matrix is made for production systems, however, developers can also use other operating systems with...

Video and audio files cannot be played and generate thumbnail on Linux/Unix based OS with Xuggler enabled

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Issue Xuggler is enabled to play video and audio files. When running on a Linux/Unix-based system, the audio and video files are displayed without any thumbnail and cannot be played. They do not start when...

'getRealUserId is not a function' when upgrading to 7.3 u6+

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Issue When upgrading to 7.3 update 6+, some undesired behaviors occur and the console log shows the following error: Uncaught TypeError: themeDisplay.getRealUserId is not a function Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Update...

AWS S3: does Liferay support the x-amz-server-side-encryption header with server side encryption?

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Issue I am using an S3 bucket as the store for our Documents and Media I have configured it with a Service Control Policy that requires encryption and the presence of the x-amz-server-side-encryption header, something like...

Getting error "Please enter valid content" when saving/updating a workflow

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Issue I cannot save a workflow, I get error "Please enter valid content", possibly because there is something wrong in the workflow xml syntax. How can I get more specific information about what could be wrong the workflow...

Modify the URL to remove /w when using a display page template for web content

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Issue If you are using a display page template to display the web content data on the page then it will generate the URL as like "https://localhost_or_domain:port/w/WCTitle". In order to make SEO friendly URL, there...

SSL Certification isn't provided by Let's Encrypt, even though it is set up correctly

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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 Let's encrypt isn't providing SSL certification to my...

Guest users are not redirected to Private Pages after logging in

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Issue When navigating to a private page as a guest user, the user does not get redirected to the private page they were attempting to access after logging in. Environment DXP 7.4 Resolution Log in as an administrator and...

Emojis are sanitized into Chinese characters

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Issue Emojis are being sanitized when AntiSamy is enabled. A warning is thrown in the logs where the character codes are matching the previously written emoji: Could not execute JDBC batch update The emoji is...

SAML IDP is unable to initiate SLO

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Issue SAML Identity Provider is unable to initiate Single Log Out Notes 1. Set the different virtual hosts as below as an example 127.0.0.1www.bbb.com (For IDP) 127.0.0.1www.sp.com (For SP) 2. Using thetest...

Content Page changes are propagated when created using a Template

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Issue Changes to Content Pages are automatically propagated when created using a Content Page Template. This conflicts with the intended behavior where edits made to Content Pages should not be propagated. Environment DXP 7.3...

Removing View Permission for Guest Users on a Newly Created Site Causes 404 Error

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Issue Removing View permission for guest users on a newly created site on DXP 7.4 U29 causes the page to thrown an error even if the following page on the list has this permission enabled. The expected...

Comments on Workflow tasks

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Issue Comments added when assigning, approving or rejecting a Workflow task, are not presented in the 'Comments' section of the Review/Workflow task page. My Workflow Task page: Comment to Approval: Review/Workflow...

Changes to preferences in one breadcrumb portlet are replicated in the other breadcrumb portlets

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Issue I added the breadcrumb portlet on two widget pages. When I change a preference for a portlet on one page, the same settings are replicated in the portlet on the second page. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2...

When working with Information Templates, can I access the Asset Entry Object?

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Issue An 'Information Template' configured with Type: 'Asset' doesn't give access to the actual Asset Entry Object. Is there a way to access it? Environment DXP 7.4 Resolution At the time of writing, this is not a...

Thumbnails of documents and images are not being displayed

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Issue We set up our Amazon S3 repository and then noticed that the document and image thumbnails are not showing up. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution Please review our documentation Setup Liferay’s document...

Hide options on Style session when editing Fragments

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Issue There are fragments that have Style options that are not applicable. Example: Separator - It has functions like alignment and text formatting and these functions do not apply to the fragment itself. Is it...

The alt attribute of an image fragment is set to the image title instead of the description

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Issue When mapping a Documents and Media image to an image fragment, the alt attribute is set with the title of the image instead of the description. Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution Update...

Breadcrumb in Display Page Template does not display the correct path

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Issue When adding the BreadCrumb Widget in a Display Page Template (DPT) we can't configure it to display the correct path. Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution Unfortunately, currently it is...

Elasticsearch error: This is not an HTTP port

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Issue When configuring a remote Elasticsearch server the Search > Connections screen shows the error java.lang.RuntimeException: error while performing request. The logs show the message: Not a valid...

Why are Fragments still marked as used in the Home page(Draft) even though it was removed?

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Issue When a test fragment is created and then removed from the page, it is still marked as being used on a draft of a page. When I go to "View Usages" of the created Fragment, the Home page(Draft) under Fragment...

Banner Slider restarts navigation after image selection

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Issue After uploading an image to a Banner Slider Fragment, the Banner Slider restarts the navigation to the first position. Environment Liferay DXP 7.3.X Resolution Please request a Hotfix with LPS-163496 to...

Slider restarts navigation after image selection

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Issue After uploading an image to a Slider Fragment, the Slider restarts the navigation to the first position. Environment Liferay DXP 7.3.X Resolution Please request a Hotfix with LPS-161282 to resolve the...

ThemeDisplay.getDevice(request) returns null or a dummy implementation

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Issue Calling themeDisplay.getDevice(request) from a theme template returns null or a dummy implementation of Device interface Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution The classes which provided the...

Cannot publish from Staging to Live from non-master nodes

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Issue When performing a Staging publication from a cluster node that is not the master, the publish operation is not executed and an exception is written to the log file: 2022-08-11 22:15:28.704 ERROR [[ACTIVE]...

Deploying Commerce Hotfix 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 How to deploy a Commerce hotfix in Liferay PaaS?...

Pagination works until a certain page but not for the remaining pages

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Issue Users are not displayed properly with delta value 5 Steps to reproduce : 1) Created 200 and more users 2) Set 'Delta' value '5' Observed Behavior: No page is displayed if the user clicks '....' and then...

Exceptions when executing script in custom workflows

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Issue When for example, an email notification is being sent to a specific recipient through the label <scripted-recipient> as a result of an action in the workflow, an ScriptingException is thrown:...

All existing groups are imported from LDAP after logging in with a user

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Issue After logging in with an LDAP user, all existing groups are imported from the LDAP server. In earlier versions (DXP 7.1 and DXP 7.2) only the groups to which the user has been assigned are...

Asset Publisher Loses Sorting by Custom Field

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Issue The Asset Publisher loses sorting by custom fields when more than one type of structure is selected. This happens even if the structure fields of selected structure/templates are identical. Environment Liferay DXP...

Importing web content structures with fieldset fails

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Issue Import fails if a web content that contains fieldset in structure, is added in the LAR. Steps to Reproduce: Go to Content & Data --> Web Content --> Structures and create 3 structures like the following:...

When all pages are selected, a new page is not published to live

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Issue A new page is not published to live with all of the pages selected. Steps to reproduce: 1) Create a blank site with a widget page. 2) Enable local staging. 3) Go to the staging site page and click on Publish...

The pagination type is Simple

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Issue Regular pagination is the same as Simple pagination Step to reproduce: Add three web contents Add an Asset Publisher to a widget page Change the Asset Selection to dynamic Change the Number of Items to...

Records are not removed from samlspsession table if the user closes the browser instead of logging out

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Issue Records are not removed from `samlspsession` table if the user closes the browser instead of logging out. Steps to reproduce: 1. Setup two instances of Liferay to use SAML - one as IDP and one as SP....

Cryptography Encryption Algorithm used in Liferay

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Issue Which algorithms are used as part of cryptography in standard Liferay implementation? What is key rotation approach? Environment Liferay DXP 7.1 Resolution Liferay DXP and Liferay Portal utilize...

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