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Cannot publish or import site (due to missing references) when asset publisher shows displays from another site

Issue An asset publisher in a site A can be configured to show assets from site A itself and from other sites (B, C, ...). If such a site A is then exported and imported to a site in another environment, or...

Admin is not able to see any user in droplist to whom the task can be assigned

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Issue After applying a 'Single Approval Workflow' on web content. The admin user is not able to assign any task to any other user as the droplist becomes disabled. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution A 'Regular...

Field value is not shown in Web Content if the Structure field is configured as non-localizable

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Issue When creating a Structure (Content & Data > Web Content > Structures) and configuring a field as non-localizable, the value defined in the Web Content created from that structure is not shown. Environment...

Commerce - Users with membership to the same account cannot view each other's orders

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Issue I can't view an order made by another member of the same account Sample scenario: ---------------------------------------------- Setup 1 Minium Site (Title: MiniumABC) 1 Account (Title: AccountABC) 2 Users...

HTML formatting lost when toggling the code view

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Issue After installing Fix Pack 9 or Fix Pack 10, the formatting that can be seen when viewing the HTML code view is lost when toggling back and forth between the different view options. For Example, initially, the...

Cleaning Data in Embedded Elasticsearch 7

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Issue When starting up Liferay DXP 7.3 with a clean database, I'm encountering a Red Health status for my embedded Elasticsearch server: 2021-04-08 18:27:44.067 ERROR [main][ElasticsearchEngineConfigurator:93] bundle...

Using LMDD with Browser Mobile Emulators

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Issue I'm seeing that the LMDD does not always properly detect a mobile device if I'm using a browser mobile emulator. In this example, the LMDD app was set up to display mobile device information using the Device...

Form Storage Adapter is not visible in the form storage type dropdown.

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Issue Post deploying the form storage adapter module it's not visible in the form storage type dropdown. Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Resolution While creating form storage adapter "ddm.storage.adapter.type" value...

Content can not be updated: The MySQL server is running with the --read-only option

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Issue Any kind of update transactions do not work and users are not able to create/update web content, files, etc, in the portal. There are several errors in the Liferay Service's log about java.sql.SQLException: The...

FreeHTML - shows text undefined when clicking on it's preview

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Issue Steps to reproduce: Create a content page and drag the Free HTML component on it from the default fragments list. Edit some text Then click in the preview on the right. It will show text undefined. Again making...

Sorting using localizable and indexable fields from structure is not working

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Issue When trying to get a search result, sorted by some localizable and indexable fields defined in a structure, the configured Sort widget does not work properly. The issue can be reproduced with these steps:...

Facing issues with the workflow powered application

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Issue When trying to create a workflow-powered app, It's changing the app version which is as expected but when clicking the app again to modify or edit anything then the 'NullPointerExceptions' in the Liferay...

Custom editor configuration is not applied to repeatable fields

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Issue After implementing a custom EditorConfigContributor to override the configuration of a web content editor, e.g. as below: @Component( immediate = true, property = { "editor.name=alloyeditor",...

What if I cannot find a Fix Pack in Nexus BOM?

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Issue I opened the following link: Nexus BOM (Repository Manager) but I cannot find a certain fix pack. Environment DXP 7.0+ Resolution If you find that the Fix Pack is still not available a couple of days after its...

Can not save a Form after adding a validation rule to a numeric field on a Form with a translation

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Issue In forms with a translation, if you add a Numeric field and add a validation rule to this field, you can not save the form. You will see the following message: Error: The validation expression () set...

SharePoint Repository Location

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Issue Not able to find the SharePoint Repository Location Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution To use the Sharepoint the portal should be on fix-pack dxp-4 or above. Also, the Sharepoint plugin is required which can...

Workflow is not getting triggered on a custom entity

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Issue The below errors are observed on the Liferay console whenever trying to apply a 'Single Approval Workflow' on a 'Custom Entity' ERROR...

Custom widget template for breadcrumbs doesn't get applied in control panel and breadcrumbs aren't shown

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Issue When a widget template is configured via system settings in system scope it doesn't show any breadcrumb. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2. Resolution Those configurations are made inside System Settings ->...

Service keeps on restarting

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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 The service running on Liferay SaaS keeps on...

Portlet drop-down menus don't collapse with a custom theme

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Issue When deploying a custom theme generated using the Theme Generator, the drop-down navigation menu of a portlet (in mobile view) does not close/collapse after the menu is expanded. This behavior does not occur when...

Authorising 'Data Source' using https/http

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Issue When authorizing from analytics, observed an error which seems like the 'HTTPS' request is getting converted to 'HTTP'. Environment Liferay 7.2 Resolution The browser never makes a request, it's AC which...

Tooltip Messages appear twice when hovering over icon

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Issue User sees tooltip messages appearing twice when hovering over various icons (i.e. help icon) throughout the portal. Environment DXP 7.2 GA1 to Fix Pack 9 Resolution This behavior is caused by a regression bug and...

"JSON text did not start with array or object and option to allow fragments not set" error on Liferay Screens iOS-SDK

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Issue When trying to login on Liferay-iOS-SDK Screenlet on a DXP 7.0+ project, the operation will fail, throwing the below error: "LoginScreenlet | Failed to log in: Error Domain=com.liferay.mobile.sdk Code=1 \...

No content shown in Content Pages responsive mode

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Issue When trying to preview a Content Page in responsive mode on DXP 7.3 (Tablet, Landscape Phone, Portrait Phone), no content will be shown: Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Resolution Warning! Being this issue...

SAML Authentication Issue: Message context was not authenticated

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Issue After enabling the SAML, when the user is trying to log in, authentication failed with the following message. ERROR [http-nio-8080-exec-36][BaseSamlStrutsAction:59]...

DNSName components must begin with a letter error while starting LDAP server in Apache DS

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Issue During the configuration of Apache DS I encountered an issue that resulted in an IOException that interfered with starting the LDAP server:...

Users without Admin role cannot initiate SSO on the SP when using expando fields

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Issue When using expando field as "Name Identifier Attribute Name=expando:concurid", user without Administrator role can not initiate SSO. Steps to reproduce: On IdP end Add a custom field 'field1' for user. Go to SAML...

Cannot read property 'help' of undefined error when trying to upgrade a theme to Liferay DXP 7.2

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue While following this tutorial: https://help.liferay.com/hc/en-us/articles/360029005512-Upgrading-Your-Theme-from-Liferay-Portal-7-0-to-7-2, users may encounter the below error: $ gulp upgrade...

Solr Error when searching for Users or Organizations

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Issue When I perform a search for Users or Organizations, I see a blank screen and an error like the following in the logs: 2021-01-29 00:15:48.429 WARN [http-nio-8080-exec-5][ProxyMessageListener:86]...

How to resolve "User 'x' must have 'y' permission" errors encountered while performing staging publication processes

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Issue Our team would like our staging managers to not be administrators, so we are only providing them with select permissions. However, publication attempts encounter errors such as: ERROR...

Text Area (text fields with multiple line) no working in IE

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Issue Steps to Reproduce: 1) Take Liferay-dxp-tomcat-7.2.10-ga1 and install fix-pack dxp-1. 2) Go to Content > Forms. 3) Add a new Form. 4) Add text field. 5) Set text field as multiple lines. 6) Publish Form. 7) Now...

Site is insecure after adding a new custom domain into Liferay Cloud

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Issue After adding a new custom domain, the SSL certificate is no longer working and a website (in which the certificate was working just fine before) is now marked as insecure. Environment Liferay Cloud...

HTTP 500 error when logging in via Liferay App Screen

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Issue Users may occasionally be unable to authenticate in Liferay DXP with Liferay Screens for Android. The following errors might be observed in the web server logs: POST /c/portal/login HTTP/1.1" 500 And the...

Dev Studio 3.9.0 does not start up with macOS Big Sur

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Issue Due to an issue with the bundled version of Eclipse, Dev Studio 3.9.0 on macOS Big Sur fails to start up, showing an error message "Alert: Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine." Environment Dev Studio 3.9.0...

Additional JavaMail properties not being considered in mail server configuration

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Issue JavaMail properties defined in the field Manually specify additional JavaMail properties to override the above configuration are not being considered. Environment Liferay 7.0+ Resolution Each property should...

"Unable to initialize Elasticsearch cluster" error occurs after installing a new Fix Pack

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue After installing a new Fix Pack on your current environment you might encounter the following errors in the logs due to Liferay Connector to Elasticsearch version update:...

Commerce modules fail to deploy due following license expiration

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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 There has been a documented case where Commerce modules fail to...

Sensitive Information disclosed via Application Status 400 Error

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Issue Application Server errors at times may identify software, software versioning and hint at how user input is processed. This sample trace to demonstrate was triggered by having invalid characters (namely a set...

Unable to define user in a Workflow Definition by identifier other than user-id

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Issue When writing a Workflow Definition, I want to specify a user to receive a Workflow notification by an identifier such as screen-name or email-address. However, when I attempt to define the user by these...

Receiving no 'View Usage' count with embedded web content after deploying a custom theme

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Issue The usage count in 'view usages' does not change when the web content is embedded through the theme Steps to reproduce Create 'Site' Create 'Content Pages' Create 'Web Content' Copy the friendly URL of the...

Webhooks not being created with GitLab due to GitLab connection to Jenkins

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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 Webhooks are not being created when trying to connect a GitLab...

Button '-' doesn't work when creating a structure with repeatable field

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Issue When clicking on the '-' button, the field should be deleted Steps to Reproduce: 1) Navigate to Content & Data > Web Content > Structures. 2) Create a new structure as follows: Field 1 Type: Text Localizable:...

Errors Suggesting a Search Bot Attack

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Issue We are seeing many abnormal errors in our Liferay catalina logs all of sudden. We have tried restarting, but the errors continue. What could these mean? ERROR [ajp-nio-0.0.0.0-8009-exec-19][MVCPortlet:557]...

Segment not working with request parameter option

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Issue Segment not working using Request Parameters filed. The issue can be replicated using Widget Page as well as Content Page. Steps to reproduce: Create a Blank page named "test" Create a Basic Web Content Go to...

Whitespace below document on an embedded page

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Issue While using an embedded page with single page PDF url, a big white-space gets added to the page affecting the look and feel of the page. Steps to reproduce the issue: Upload a PDF document of single page on...

Widget title gets saved without clicking on '✓' icon

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Issue While editing the title of any widget on a widget page, it gets saved even without clicking the '✓' icon. Steps to reproduce: Create a widget page. Add a 'Document and Media' widget over the page. Double...

liferay-asset:asset-display doesn't show the items

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Issue When changing from <liferay-ui:asset-display> taglib to <liferay-asset:asset-display> taglib using same parameters, the latter doesn't show any items. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution You have to...

Screen reader doesn't read the full page upon page load

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Issue Screen reader does not read the full page upon new page load. Environment DXP 7.4, 7.3 Resolution There are technical limitations due to how Single Page Applications (SPA) work of screen readers not being able read...

Search doesn't return results after reindexing

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Issue After a full reindex the search doesn't return any results. The Webserver protocol is set to HTTPS (This is set by the web.server.protocol in portal-ext.properties) and the Tomcat server is not...

Non published page as home page causes 404

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Issue When an unpublished page becomes the home page it will cause a 404 error to display. Environment DXP 7.4 Resolution To resolve this behavior, update your installation to 7.4.13 DXP U47, or open a help...

When enabling Cross Cluster Replication error "leader index [liferay-0] does not have soft deletes enabled. soft deletes must be enabled when the index is created by setting index.soft_deletes.enabled to true" is thrown

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Issue When we try to enable Cross Cluster Replication in our Elasticsearch 6 installation, we are getting the following error: leader index [liferay-0] does not have soft deletes enabled. soft deletes must be enabled...

ADA Accessibility: Drag and Drop functionality not accessible using keyboard, screen reader when creating new Document Types.

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Issue When creating a new Document Type, elements in the Builder fields section sidebar are accessible and operable only by Drag and drop motion using the mouse, presenting an accessibility issue for visually...

ADA Accessibility: Drag and Drop functionality not accessible using keyboard when adding new web content Structure

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Issue When adding a new Web Content Structure, the elements in the expanded Builder sidebar are accessible and operable only by Drag and drop motion using the mouse. This presents an accessibility issue for...

Deploying Multiple Environments with Cloud

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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 When deploying multiple environments to Liferay Cloud, the...

How to disable the portal default canonical url generation

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Issue Customer has a custom development to generate canonical urls and it clashes with portal default canonical url generation, so it has to be deactivated. Environment 7.4 Resolution To avoid the default behavior...

File upload to Documents and Media is slow or even fails

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Issue The upload process is so slow or even fails for uploading files with certain extensions. For example, an MP4 file is processed in 1 second, but an Excel file takes more than 100 seconds. Environment DXP...

My Javascript code is rendered twice when SPA is enabled

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Issue The following code renders a modal window when the DOM Content is loaded: ... if (document.readyState === 'loading'){ document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", onContentLoaded); } else { onContentLoaded();...

How to use multiple virtual hosts with the correct friendly URL for Web Content?

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Issue We have 2 virtual hosts: virtualhost1.com and virtualhost2.com, and also a web content with a link in the content field that points to a page or entity within the Liferay instance. When we have a web content with...

Cannot list web content templates

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue After upgrading to Liferay DXP 7.4, the web content templates cannot list in the pop-up window when trying to add new web contents. The error message is like below: ERROR...

HTML tag can not be interpreted in form fields

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Issue HTML code won't be interpreted in the body text of the form fields. Environment DXP 7.1 Resolution To change the size and style of the text you input, you can use the Alloy Editor that comes with Liferay., content:...

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