2025.Q4 Default Setting and Feature Flag Changes

Most new versions of Liferay DXP include changes to the default settings. If you rely on the defaults from your old version, review the changes and decide to accept the new defaults or keep the defaults from your old version. The portal.properties file describes the properties and provides examples.

Some of the changed properties are feature flags. These properties are typically added as dev feature flags before they are ready for production, but their types change as the features progress through their life cycles.

These properties changed from 2025.Q3 to 2025.Q4:

Portal Property	2025.Q3 Default	2025.Q4 Default
`admin.obfuscated.properties`	See property	See property
`cms.broken.links.checker.enabled`	Not applicable	`true`
`com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.absoluteredirects.AbsoluteRedirectsFilter`	`true`	Removed property
`company.mx.update`	Not applicable	`true`
`database.partition.enabled`	Not applicable	`false`
`database.partition.schema.name.prefix`	Not applicable	`lpartition_`
`database.partition.thread.pool.enabled`	Not applicable	`true`
`discussion.comments.allowed.content`	`a[href];em;p;span[class];strong;u`	`a[href];em;i;li;ol;p;span[class];strong;u;ul`
`mail.audit.trail`	(Empty string)	Removed property
`mail.batch.size`	`0`	Removed property
`mail.mx.update`	`true`	Removed property
`mail.send.blacklist`	See property	Removed property
`mail.session.mail`	`false`	Removed property
`mail.session.mail.pop3.host`	`localhost`	Removed property
`mail.session.mail.pop3.password`	(Empty string)	Removed property
`mail.session.mail.pop3.port`	`110`	Removed property
`mail.session.mail.pop3.user`	(Empty string)	Removed property
`mail.session.mail.smtp.auth`	`false`	Removed property
`mail.session.mail.smtp.host`	`localhost`	Removed property
`mail.session.mail.smtp.password`	(Empty string)	Removed property
`mail.session.mail.smtp.port`	`25`	Removed property
`mail.session.mail.smtp.starttls.enable`	`true`	Removed property
`mail.session.mail.smtp.user`	(Empty string)	Removed property
`mail.session.mail.store.protocol`	`pop3`	Removed property
`mail.session.mail.transport.protocol`	`smtp`	Removed property
`mail.throws.exception.on.failure`	`false`	Removed property
`permissions.checker`	`com.liferay.portal.security.permission.AdvancedPermissionChecker`	Removed property
`pop.server.notifications.enabled`	`false`	Removed property
`pop.server.subdomain`	`events`	Removed property
`setup.database.url[db2]`	See property	See property
`spring.configs`	See property	See property
`upgrade.database.preupgrade.data.cleanup.enabled`	`false`	`true`

Added Feature Flag Properties

These feature flag properties were added to portal.properties in 2025.Q4:

Feature Flag Property	Default Value
`feature.flag.LPD-17564.dependencies`	`LPD-32050,LPD-34594`
`feature.flag.LPD-17564.type`	`beta`
`feature.flag.LPD-20379.dependencies`	`LPD-58472`
`feature.flag.LPD-20879`	`false`
`feature.flag.LPD-20879.type`	`release`
`feature.flag.LPD-22473`	`false`
`feature.flag.LPD-22473.type`	`beta`
`feature.flag.LPD-29737`	`false`
`feature.flag.LPD-29737.type`	`beta`
`feature.flag.LPD-38564`	`false`
`feature.flag.LPD-41306`	`false`
`feature.flag.LPD-45613`	`false`
`feature.flag.LPD-45613.type`	`release`
`feature.flag.LPD-45613.system`	`true`
`feature.flag.LPD-51356`	`false`
`feature.flag.LPD-51356.type`	`beta`
`feature.flag.LPD-56434`	`false`
`feature.flag.LPD-56434.type`	`release`
`feature.flag.LPD-57332`	`false`
`feature.flag.LPD-57332.type`	`release`
`feature.flag.LPD-57655`	`false`
`feature.flag.LPD-62272`	`false`
`feature.flag.LPD-63311`	`false`
`feature.flag.LPD-63311.type`	`beta`
`feature.flag.LPD-66179`	`false`
`feature.flag.LPS-186360.system`	`true`

Removed Feature Flag Properties

These feature flag properties were removed from portal.properties in 2025.Q4:

Feature Flag Property	Previous Default Value
`feature.flag.LPD-6378.type`	`release`
`feature.flag.LPD-10889`	`false`
`feature.flag.LPD-10889.type`	`release`
`feature.flag.LPD-11232`	`false`
`feature.flag.LPD-21926`	`false`
`feature.flag.LPD-21926.type`	`release`
`feature.flag.LPD-24055`	`false`
`feature.flag.LPD-30371`	`false`
`feature.flag.LPD-30371.type`	`release`
`feature.flag.LPD-35914.system`	`true`
`feature.flag.LPD-36464`	`false`
`feature.flag.LPD-36464.type`	`release`
`feature.flag.LPD-39967`	`false`
`feature.flag.LPD-42577`	`false`
`feature.flag.LPD-45375`	`false`
`feature.flag.LPD-45375.type`	`release`
`feature.flag.LPD-47858`	`false`
`feature.flag.LPD-50377`	`false`
`feature.flag.LPS-134060`	`false`
`feature.flag.LPS-134060.type`	`release`
`feature.flag.LPS-179669`	`false`
`feature.flag.LPS-179669.type`	`release`