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URL redirection between sites in Liferay DXP 7.4

Issue After migrating from Liferay DXP 7.3 to DXP 7.4, URL redirection rules defined in rewriteurl.xml (no longer supported in 7.4) and through .config files stopped working. Liferay’s built-in redirection...

Groovy Scripts not working on Partner Portal

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Issue While filling out the upgrade request form on Partner Portal, the groovy scripts 'ee_6_2-all.groovy' and 'PrintDatabaseInfo_DXP_Modified.groovy' are not working. Environment Liferay Portal 6.2...

JournalContentSearchLocalServiceUtil.getLayoutIds returns an empty list

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Issue When trying to retrieve the pages where a web content article is displayed using its articleId, an empty list is returned. After instantiating a web content in a Content Viewer, the following...

Receiving resource not found error when creating commerce product through headless API

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Issue When creating a product using headless API. After creating it, the product status shows 'Approved'; however, when searching for the product or clicking the product to open it, that shows the resource not...

String ¿¿¿¿¿¿ is displayed in several Web Contents after upgrading

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Issue After upgrading, some Web Contents are displayed with the string ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿. Environment Quarterly Releases: 2023.Q3, 2023.Q4, 2024.Q1, 2024.Q2, 2024.Q3 Resolution The string ¿¿¿¿¿¿ is codification of the...

Database Upgrade from Liferay 6.2 to DXP 2024.Q4 Fails on Oracle 19

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Issue When upgrading from Liferay 6.2 to DXP 2024.Q4 quarterly release using the `db_upgrade_client.sh` script, the process fails with the following error: Type change is not allowed when altering column name. Column...

Video loads multiple times on page refresh/ page navigation

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Issue When a video is added to the page and the page is refreshed, the video gets loaded multiple times which is ultimately impacting the performance of the page. Steps to reproduce: 1. Go to Documents and...

ERROR [SystemExecutorServiceUtil-5][BundleBlacklist:198] Unable to uninstall org.eclipse.osgi

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Issue After restarting the server, the system shuts down and displays a 503 error. The following error appears in the logs: 2024-11-29 22:12:03.912 ERROR [SystemExecutorServiceUtil-5][BundleBlacklist:198]...

Error when projecting a clob field in a DSL query with an Oracle database

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Issue Given the following DSL query: DSLQuery testQuery = DSLQueryFactoryUtil.select(ddmfaTable.largeAttributeValue) .from(ddmfTable) .innerJoinON(ddmfaTable,...

Unable to disable Email Verification in the Control Panel Instance Settings

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Issue When attempting to uncheck the "Require strangers to verify their email address?" option under Instance Settings → User Authentication and clicking Save, the setting reverts to being checked. Environment Quarterly...

Null captcha text in a custom development using liferay-captcha taglib

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Issue After adding the captcha taglib in a custom JSP, for example: <liferay-captcha:captcha url="${captchaURL}" /> CaptchaUtil.check(actionRequest) is returning an error since CAPTCHA_TEXT is null....

WAR Deployment Issue with Java 17

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Issue I'm seeing the following error when deploying a war portlet that was compiled using Java 17: ERROR [fileinstall-directory-watcher][DirectoryWatcher:988] Unable to start bundle:...

"Single Node (Memory Clustered)" type of jobs are not scheduled

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Issue When restarting the Liferay portal, the job schedulers are not auto-scheduled in a Single Node (Memory Clustered) environment. Expected result: Next Run Date will show an actual date Actual result: Next Run...

Using the "ehcache.multi.vm.config.location" property, the "java.lang.NullPointerException: Configuration Path is Null" error occured

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Issue After configuring the "ehcache.multi.vm.config.location" property in portal-ext.properties, the following errors occurred. ERROR [SCR Component Actor][ROOT:47] bundle...

Error: HikariPool-1 - Failed to validate connection org.postgresql.jdbc.PgConnection@xxxxxx (This connection has been closed.). Possibly consider using a shorter maxLifetime value

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Issue Facing the following error in the logs and the Liferay node became unresponsive: HikariPool-1 - Failed to validate connection org.postgresql.jdbc.PgConnection@6c009ca1 (This connection has been...

NullPointerException when evaluating AuthLoginGroupSettingsUtil.isPromptEnabled

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Issue The following error is thrown in the logs every once in a while: 2024-07-29 06:55:37.018 ERROR [http-nio-8080-exec-7][CTCollectionPreviewFilter:53] java.lang.NullPointerException...

NullPointerException on assetRendererFactory after Upgrade

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Issue After upgrading to Liferay DXP 2025.q1, the upgrade process completes successfully. However, upon restarting the server, the following error is shown in the log: ERROR [render_portlet_jsp:122] Cannot invoke...

Updating Web Content's Custom Integer Field Using Headless API

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Issue When trying to update the web content's custom field value of type Integer with API, an errorClassCastException occurs. Steps to reproduce: Create a custom field of integer in the web content article. Create...

Changes Not Reflecting Across Nodes

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Issue In a clustered Liferay environment, changes made on Node 1 are not consistently reflected on Node 2. The changes only appear after restarting the Liferay server. Environment Liferay DXP [All versions]...

Error in Jenkins builds

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Issue When we generate a new build, we get the following error: ERROR: the command "[lcp, deploy, --only-build, --project, resumed, --metadata,...

Running script to import Result Rankings data fails

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Issue When attempting to run the script from step 2 on Importing the Search Tuning Indexes in 7.4 to import the Result Rankings data, execution fails with the following errors: startup failed: Script1.groovy: 3: unable to...

OHS IP Appended to Image URLs on One Application Server Node

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Issue Inconsistent behavior is observed between two application server nodes with identical configurations. One node appends the OHS (Oracle HTTP Server) IP address to image URLs, causing 404 errors, while...

Receiving ClassNotFoundException:JspTagHandlerPool in traces

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Issue When starting the server, receiving the ClassNotFoundException:JspTagHandlerPool in the gowroot traces: Steps to reproduce: 1. Start the server by giving this command: ./catalina.sh glowroot run. 2. Now...

Exceptions in the log when the Glowroot page times out

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Issue I see a lot of exceptions in the Glowroot logfile. It is caused by administrators accessing the glowroot page and leaving it open in a tab. Then the session times out and since the frontend tries to update the...

How to Optimize Language Selection for SEO

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Issue The language selector in Liferay DXP uses the /c/portal/update_language URL, which calls the UpdateLanguageAction.java action. This action sets the selected language and redirects the user to the...

Incorrect Pagination Behavior in the SearchResultsPortlet

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Issue I have an issue with the search results portlet pagination. When searching for an item by selecting a page after page 20, the first page results are shown instead of the selected page. Steps to reproduce: Set up...

Email Sender Configuration is not being saved

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Issue When modifying the Email Sender Name in our PROD environment by following these steps: Control Panel > Instance Settings > Email Access "Email Sender" in the left menu Set "XYZ" in the "Name" field > Save the...

"Information Templates" page is blank

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Issue We've observed an undesirable behavior when trying to access "Information Templates". When navigating to Design > Templates > Information Templates, the page is blank. There is no option to create a new...

Deploys failing due to "requested flag is either misspelled or unsupported by this database type"

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Issue New deploys fails due to the database service and backup restores too Checking the database service logs you identify the following: INFO May 15 14:54:39.664 1904 database 75b864bd48-zzc6n [INFO] Instance...

Display date disappears if you update a web content

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Issue I have an issue with the web content article display date. When I update the web content by changing the title, the published date disappears. Reproduction Steps: 1. Start 2025.q1.8-lts 2. Go to Content & Data...

Rest Application menu (/o/api) contains duplicate items

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Issue I have noticed that when I use the headless /o/api Rest Application menu has duplicated items. It is duplicated next time after being selected and used. It does not impact the functionality. Reproduction Steps:...

Duplicate Web Content Articles are Published if 'Publish' button is clicked several times in succession

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Issue When publishing Web Content Articles, I noticed several duplicate Web Content Articles are created when the "Publish" button is clicked multiple times in a row Each Web Content Article would have identical...

Why is the Back Button not working?

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Issue Users have reported that the back button does not function as expected in certain areas of Liferay. Environment Liferay 7.4 Resolution Kindly navigate to Control Panel → Instance Settings → Content...

Builds not deploying to dev environment

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Issue Jenkins builds are successfully created, but deployments to the dev environment do not start after clicking "Deploy Build". Direct deployments from Jenkins using LCP_CI_DEPLOY_BRANCH and...

Objects API PUT Calls Partially Update Resources Instead of Replacing Them

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Issue When using the Objects headless API, PUT commands for Objects are only overwriting fields included in the API call, rather than replacing the elements entirely. PUT calls should update every object...

Reindexing Errors and Warnings After Upgrade

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Issue After upgrading Liferay, reindexing throws errors and warnings in the logs. Liferay starts up successfully, and the database upgrade finished without errors. Errors: 2025-04-15 11:58:36.632 ERROR...

Company-scoped objects' workflow tasks do not get assigned to users with only site-scoped roles

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Issue Given: A company-scoped custom object A workflow assigned to the above-mentioned object (at Global Menu > Applications tab > Workflow section > Process Builder > Assignments tab) And a workflow task...

Web Content Structures Not Visible in Second Instance After Upgrade

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Issue After upgrading to a Quarterly Release, web content structures are not visible in the second instance when creating web content. Environment Liferay Quarterly Release upgraded from a previous version...

Object entry reviewer to have access only to currently reviewed object, not to all entries

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Issue Issue description: I have enabled a review workflow for an object and noticed that if I want the reviewer to be able to edit the submitted object entry during the review task, I need to add the "Access in Control...

Hidden Heading () and Incorrect role="main" Usage in Liferay DXP Theme

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Issue An unnecessary hidden heading, <h1 class="sr-only">Navigation</h1>, is present in the page source code. Although hidden visually, it is still picked up by screen readers, which can confuse users...

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