Changelog per Version

XperienCentral R29

Release date: July 20, 2020

The following issues have been resolved in this version of XperienCentral.

Bug

[GXWM-37196] - Language switch doesn't always switch to the existing language version
[GXWM-37276] - Language switch on the backend does not always work properly when fallback languages are enabled
[GXWM-37298] - Indexing articles fails in alternative languages
[GXWM-37302] - Indexer thread breaks on removed or planned Display on page
[GXWM-37456] - Unexpected behavior encountered when using SEO Alternative URLs in planned content item versions

Improvement

[GXWM-37165] - Provide a preview option in unpublished content for non XC users
[GXWM-37167] - Add support for configuring a maximum image upload size
[GXWM-37171] - The "Not used" function sometimes shows content items that are actually used
[GXWM-37174] - Add support for reverting content items to a previous revision
[GXWM-37180] - Add the ability to customize the columns shown in Advanced Search
[GXWM-37182] - Show the size of images and downloads in the thumbnail view of Advanced Search
[GXWM-37185] - Preserve SEO URLs after removing a version of a content item
[GXWM-37186] - Add support for adding custom SEO URLs to page versions
[GXWM-37260] - Make IAF presentations use standard ordering and assign the first by default
[GXWM-37307] - BLM: Remove potentially offensive terms from the Documentation Wiki
[GXWM-37311] - Add support for sorting by file size in Advanced Search

Change Request

[GXWM-14738] - Represent Downloads by their friendly URL, not by /[context]/filename
[GXWM-36964] - Add an explicit language selection to the Dynamic Content Overview
[GXWM-37264] - Add support for changing the language of existing media item versions
37328
37370

Add ons

Content API 3.6.1

Bug

[XA-470] - The wrong result is returned when importing a page with 2 versions
[XA-438] - Add support for media item language versions to content staging

Monitoring Framework 1.1.9

Bug

[XA-464] - The context path in Monitoring Framework plugins is hardcoded
[XA-512] - Disabled monitoring jobs are re-enabled when the plugin restarts

Modular Content 2.0.6

Improvement

[XA-511] - Implement a referenced content items facet for Modular Content

XperienCentral R28

Release date: May 13, 2020

The following issues have been resolved in this version of XperienCentral.

Bug

[GXWM-34728] - When duplicating a custom media item, the image properties are not copied
[GXWM-36861] - Make it possible to start instances of the XperienCentral frontend without having to build the JCR index
[GXWM-36877] - Nested personalizations don't work
[GXWM-36930] - usehttpsession=true doesn't work when the HTTP session is renewed
[GXWM-36952] - Sidebar widgets based on an archetype break the add widgets pop-up in NL edit language
[GXWM-36972] - Articles on a website with a context path containing a "-" result in a 404 error
[GXWM-36985] - A NullPointerException is thrown when getting imageValues from a ModularContent TemplateProperty
[GXWM-37096] - Personalized links containing the character "/" causes a stacktrace
[GXWM-37099] - Tags are not indexed by Solr for Download media items
[GXWM-37103] - Cannot delete content type using an identifier that was in use before
[GXWM-37136] - Validations of upload form fragments are lost when importing forms
[GXWM-37151] - A null pointer exception is thrown by the Monitoring Framework when you create a new channel
[GXWM-37168] - PageImpl.getUseHttps for page sections throws a stacktrace
[GXWM-37172] - XperienCentral behaves erratically when switching the language of a media item with multiple expired versions

Improvement

[GXWM-36866] - Add language facet for media items to Advanced Search
[GXWM-36971] - Support language version for media items in the Sitemap
[GXWM-36988] - Remove the Performance Dashboard from XperienCentral
[GXWM-37154] - Make it possible to explicitly define a System user

Change Request

[GXWM-36871] - Show the thread ID in /web/admin/threads
[GXWM-36944] - Make bulk actions extensible
[GXWM-37158] - Change the name of the "Actions" button in Advanced Search to "Bulk Actions"

Add ons

Content API 3.5.10

Bug

[XA-445] - Improve timezone support on the Job tab
[XA-446] - Cannot delete tags from modular page metadata
[XA-449] - Mouse events in the Modular Content panel don't work in Firefox
[XA-462] - Cannot remove a modular content type that extends image
[XA-465] - Duplicate component identifier error when activating modular image content type
[XA-490] - Page section export is broken

Improvement

[XA-443] - Archiving of import/export logs takes up too much time
[XA-485] - Support the importing of modular content templates, content types and predefined lists

Modular Content 2.0.8

Impovement

[XA-356] - Support changing the type or subtype of a template property definition
[XA-461] - Enhance the Modular Content API to support import/export
[XA-467] - Create a REST API for exporting Modular Content
[XA-472] - The small and large icons of Modular Content types are always updated even when they haven't been changed
[XA-485] - Support the importing of modular content templates, content types and predefined lists

Change Request

[XA-448] - Replace XPath dependencies in the Modular Content and Connector APIs
[XA-453] - Create a wizard UI for importing modular templates
[XA-454] - Create logic for importing modular templates
[XA-457] - Create logic for exporting modular templates

Monitoring Framework 1.1.8

Bug

[XA-476] - Add the ability to exclude specific servlets from the Monitoring Framework logging
[XA-489] - The Monitoring Framework add-on request listener functionality does not listen to configuration changes

Impovement

[XA-456] - The Solr status check in the Monitoring Framework takes up more resources than necessary

Headless Integration 2.2.1

Change Request

[XA-148] - A headless presentation has been added for Interactive Forms

XperienCentral R27

Release date: March 26, 2020

The following issues have been resolved in this version of XperienCentral.

Bug

[GXWM-33955] - Form timestamps are not set when a form section is updated
[GXWM-36746] - Pages with links to redirect pages should immediately point to the target page
[GXWM-36761] - Upload fragments in forms try to validate MIME types even when no file has been uploaded
[GXWM-37016] - Out of memory condition caused by client and server errors not being reset
[GXWM-37011] - The Mediacollection element getMediaItems method returns double content IDs
[GXWM-36698] - Form timestamp is updated when switching from Forms to Form Sections
[GXWM-36762] - Prevent previous contentitem metadata from being loaded before the current item's metadata is shown
[GXWM-36875] - Preconditions on subforms do not work
[GXWM-36735] - Contenttypes with 2 or more underscores in identifier break editor on refresh

Improvement

[GXWM-36658] - Support language versions for media items
[GXWM-36934] - Show media item versions only in current editing language
[GXWM-36867] - Upgrade support for media item languages
[GXWM-36864] - Fallback language for Image, Download and Image Map elements
[GXWM-36917] - Use Solr 6 configuration and index
[GXWM-36845] - Add support for Oracle 19c
[GXWM-36853] - Remove deprecated methods from the API
[GXWM-36862] - Migrate from Nexus 2 to Nexus 3

Add ons

Connector API 3.5.7, 3.5.8

Change request

[GXWM-36782] - Add the Separator element identifier to content features that can be imported/exported

Bug

[XA-405] - Page not imported correctly
[XA-425] - Content export zip uses wrong slash on windows

Modular Content 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5

Change request

[XA-398] - Add customizable help text for content managers to property definitions
[XA-211] - Change order of predefined list items
[XA-73] - Added validation to ensure id of a predefined list item is unique

Bug

[XA-458] - An SQL exception is thrown on Linux/MySQL
[XA-80] - Change in "Use in page metadata:" on creation is not saved
[XA-58] - Deleting of a content type that shares a template with another content type is not possible 
[XA-415] - Modular Content throws exception on first startup

Monitoring 1.1.6, 1.1.7

Change request

[XA-99] - Update Maximum Software versions for Monitoring Dashboard
[XA-158] - Removed deprecated 'slowest_pages_enabled' from the configuration
[XA-420] - Solr 6.6 support
[XA-336] - Add capacity prediction indicator

XperienCentral R26.1

Release date: January 21, 2020

The following issues have been resolved in this version of XperienCentral.

Bug

[GXWM-11224] - Duplicating a planned version when a published version exists duplicates the published version instead
[GXWM-30102] - When copying/pasting a layout, line feeds are removed
[GXWM-30487] - Clarify which properties are general or specific for content items in the Properties Widget
[GXWM-34525] - <p> and </p> tags are sometimes used incorrectly in HTML rendered by XperienCentral
[GXWM-35606] - Interactive forms that have been de-published can still be submitted
[GXWM-35718] - Adding a layout containing an iFrame to a page forces a logout from XperienCentral
[GXWM-35873] - When saving an interactive form, the form view is not always refreshed
[GXWM-36354] - The publication status of content items is not always shown correctly in the Properties Widget
[GXWM-36412] - oEmbed does not function correctly when connecting through a proxy server
[GXWM-36743] - When closing a panel, the cursor sometimes scrolls to the very top of a content item
[GXWM-36910] - Errors appear in the log when indexing a website

Change Request

[GXWM-29799] - Add the ability to define the title of a link (see Adding Links)
[GXWM-32026] - Upgrade to Apache Solr 6

Improvement

[GXWM-36579] - Remove the Context Path definition from web.xml
[GXWM-36782] - Add the Separator element identifier to content features that can be imported/exported

Documentation

[GXWM-36640] - Update the documentation for Scheduled Tasks (see Scheduled Tasks)

XperienCentral R26

Release date: December 11, 2019

The following issues have been resolved in this version of XperienCentral.

Bug

[GXWM-34441] - When form sections are nested, preconditions between them do not function correctly
[GXWM-36438] - Add HTTPS-specific settings for proxy servers to the Setup Tool
[GXWM-36553] - It is possible to delete versions of a page when you do not have permission to do so
[GXWM-36625] - Content import/export logs report an incorrect number of successfully imported/exported content items
[GXWM-36670] - Prehandling redirects in Interactive Forms use HTTP instead of HTTPS
[GXWM-36693] - The ProfilerService can cause out-of-memory errors
[GXWM-36731] - Creating a new password that is roughly the same as the previous returns an error message
[GXWM-36744] - It is not possible to select a custom image contenttype in an Image element

Improvement

[GXWM-36527] - Add pages and page sections to content that can be imported/exported
[GXWM-36691] - Support returning content id and type in wmedit:selectFromObjectManagerButton

Add ons

Modular Content 2.0.2

Bug

[XA-114] - Property subtype 'All Content types' field is empty and template is no longer editable
[XA-379] - Errors on read-only node when activating modular content type
[XA-387] - Template property subtype "All types" does not work for pages

Improvement

[XA-145] - Newly created predefined list is not immediately available
[XA-404] - Limit modular content type ID to 80 characters

Monitoring Framework 1.1.5

Bug

[XA-182] - An error is thrown every 5 minutes from the CPU indicator set on Windows 

XperienCentral R24.2

Release date: November 19, 2019

This release contains a number of security improvements.

XperienCentral R25

Release date: October 9, 2019

The following issues have been resolved in this version of XperienCentral.

Bug

[GXWM-29590] - A stacktrace appears when deleting a Download element containing no file
[GXWM-34068] - Language labels are not synchronized between read/write and read-only nodes
[GXWM-36346] - The Image content type cannot be extended
[GXWM-36355] - Deleting a Modular Content item throws exceptions
[GXWM-36356] - A cluster event keeps being triggered when the target does not exist
[GXWM-36373] - An upgraded Oracle environment fails on the upgrade command "Changes for cluster tables."
[GXWM-36375] - The scheduled Solr indexer doesn't index any articles
[GXWM-36378] - There is a deadlock between NodeStateMerger and CachingHierarchyManager
[GXWM-36413] - Cannot retrieve the content of a Download element in a planned state
[GXWM-36426] - Cannot attach a Download element from a system session
[GXWM-36428] - A "Not implemented" error is thrown when invoking WorkflowService.publish() for a media item
[GXWM-36433] - There is no Java API for the Google Sitemap "Update frequency" and "Priority" properties in the SEO tab
[GXWM-36437] - WARNING messages appear in the log after creating and deleting a media item using the API
[GXWM-36443] - An image is not returned by getImage() after attaching it to an Image element
[GXWM-36446] - A null pointer exception occurs when creating a media item after creating a form
[GXWM-36513] - The input stream is not closed after attaching a lead image via the API
[GXWM-36517] - setFocusPointY() and getAlignment() in the Image element do not work as expected

Change Request

[GXWM-27548] - Make it possible to add wildcard URLs to the license file
[GXWM-36332] - The Imaging API does not support assigning multiple values
[GXWM-36363] - Change the content index so that it supports dynamically created/updated classes
[GXWM-36441] - Add the setter setContentDependentOperator() to MediaCollectionOverviewElement
[GXWM-36528] - Add an Export button to the Actions menu of Advanced Search
[GXWM-36628] - Content items should be assigned an originid in order to identify unique items in Content Staging
[GXWM-36629] - Add support for importing and exporting Articles, Download and Image content types
[GXWM-36630] - Make the Bulk Actions functionality extensible

Improvement

[GXWM-36372] - Extend the Presentation API to support the importing and exporting of content items
[GXWM-36429] - Improve the default behavior of Solr synonyms
[GXWM-36444] - The method hasCaption() in ImageElement is missing
[GXWM-36449] - API methods are missing in ListElement
[GXWM-36452] - API methods are missing in PageCollectionElement
[GXWM-36453] - API methods are missing for the Query element
[GXWM-36500] - The API is missing for the RSS Feed element
[GXWM-36501] - The API is missing for the for the Search element
[GXWM-36502] - The API is missing for the WYSIWYG element
[GXWM-36505] - The API is missing for pages and page versions
[GXWM-36533] - The setTitle() method is not implemented in RssFeedElementImpl
[GXWM-36538] - There is no API for deleting queries

Add ons

Content API 3.5.4

For release R25, the Connector API component, which was a reusable, has been extended to support the new Content Staging functionality and has been made part of the standard XperienCentral release as an add on.

Monitoring Framework 1.1.4

[XA-110] - The error "Failed to determine website for host" appears in the log
[XA-171] - Add a REST and Java API to support interrupting measurements

Modular Content 2.0.1

[XA-106] - Implement multiple value support for remaining property types
[XA-107] - Errors in the log when starting the Modular Content add on
[XA-86] - Add custom metadata to the default content types Image and Download
[XA-209] - There is no API for retrieving predefined list values
[XA-90] - Add custom metadata to Solr
[XA-82] - Add support for multiple values
[XA-76] - Add support for the new field type "Tag"
[XA-135] - Add facets for predefined lists in Solr
[XA-340] - In a Modular Template details page there are errors on multiple fields
[XA-330] - Unable to remove content item in Modular Content element
[XA-216] - Predefined list keeps adding the same list item over and over
[XA-242] - Adding Modular Content template element to a page with predefined list throws an exception
[XA-129] - Deleting multi-valued properties does not work for all property types
[XA-84] - The file upload fragment is not visible in JSON
[XA-97] - No valid URLs in JSON
[XA-77] - Modular content types are not registered on additional channels after restarting
[XA-137] - The ID of multiple predefined lists are shown as the selected value in the backend
[XA-141] - The ID of a predefined list item is indexed in the backend search instead of its value
[XA-136] - Multiple predefined list properties are not indexed
[XA-130] - Styling issues in the Modular Content Item Editor
[XA-124] - Selected multiple tags in Modular property are not shown in "default" tags field
[XA-109] - Changing the node type sometimes throws an exception
[XA-78] - Changes to Modular content types are not reflected on other nodes
[XA-111] - The initial upgrading of content does not work
[XA-108] - A stacktrace appears when changing content template in Modular Content element

Headless Integration 2.0.0

[XA-101] - All custom metadata disappears in JSON
[XA-102] - Media Feed is missing some custom metadata
[XA-122] - Multiple tags are not shown in headless JSON
[XA-123] - Add "Last Modified" property to JSON in Headless Media Feed
[XA-138] - The value of a predefined list is not shown in the JSON
[XA-126] - Template properties should be rendered in a separate JSON object structure
[XA-89] - Add image focus point to JSON output
[XA-92] - Add image size to JSON
[XA-93] - Add unique contentid to JSON
[XA-106] - Implement multiple value support for remaining property types

XperienCentral R24.1

Release date: July 2, 2019

The following issues have been resolved in this version of XperienCentral.

Bug

[GXWM-30085] - Preconditions for radio buttons and checkboxes in Interactive Forms do not work
[GXWM-31063] - The wm:getMediaItems tag does not support a shared Content Repository
[GXWM-32760] - Logging does not work in classes which are not used within the thread loading the bundle they are in
[GXWM-32987] - Server side validation routes to display on page without contentid for  Interactive Forms in page sections
[GXWM-33062] - Links to pages with a redirect ignore parameters (contentid, for example)
[GXWM-33135] - Media Feeds are never removed from the cache
[GXWM-34763] - Linking directly to a content item does not function correctly if the locale does not match that of the current user
[GXWM-36144] - Sometimes preconditions cannot be selected from a drop-down list
[GXWM-36181] - Preconditions on form sections do not function correctly
[GXWM-36270] - Resizing an empty Image element returns an error
[GXWM-36317] - The Meta Description for content items has disappeared
[GXWM-36319] - The data store cleaner runs very slow on large JCRs

Change Request

[GXWM-33133] - Options were added to the Voting servlet that make it possible to overrule the default behavior
[GXWM-33507] - A method was added to the Search service that makes it possible to directly update Solr index properties
[GXWM-33800] - Options were added to the Discussion servlet that make it possible to overrule the default behavior
[GXWM-36071] - Setting the property relaxedQueryChars to | in the server.xml produces a warning in Tomcat 8.5.x

Improvement

[GXWM-36146] - Support was added for Tomcat 9.x
[GXWM-30231] - Make logout actions visible to the backend so filters can act on it
[GXWM-30813] - The Notifications service runs slowly in environments containing multiple channels
[GXWM-33368] - Make it possible to perform custom actions in the backend container login flow
[GXWM-34649] - Support the use of coordinates in the Solr index
[GXWM-34715] - Support was added for Oracle 12.2
[GXWM-35413] - Support was added fpr Open JDK 11 and Oracle JDK 11 runtime

Add ons

Monitoring Framework 1.1.0

[GXWM-36163] - It is now possible to refresh the data in indicator sets

XperienCentral R24

Release date: June 5, 2019

The following issues have been resolved in this version of XperienCentral.

Bug

[GXWM-34792] - ObjectTag always logs an error when the object ID does not exist
[GXWM-35666] - Context time is not applied to the requested date/time
[GXWM-35746] - Sitemap.xml doesn't take "Include in searchengine" of displayon page into account for articles
[GXWM-35987] - Changes to formlogic definition (adding/renaming parameters) are not updated in variants
[GXWM-35990] - Improve image type support
[GXWM-36109] - The focus point cannot be selected from page metadata when using the wmedit:image tag
[GXWM-36207] - Database Items not shown in Advanced Search
[GXWM-36234] - The URL of an image from another channel uses HTTP instead of HTTPS

Change Request

[GXWM-33186] - Extra database entity information that is indexed through ResourceInstanceExtension should be used in Advanced Search
[GXWM-35475] - Add the possibility to set the content-disposition of a download
[GXWM-35638] - FormFragment title is "Fragment"

Improvement

[GXWM-35997] - Add a mechanism to manipulate/filter the contentStream before it is checked and saved
[GXWM-36027] - Improve the API for selecting custom media items from the Content Repository
[GXWM-36068] - Exclude redirect pages from Google sitemap
[GXWM-36070] - Add functionality that makes it possible to debug the cache
[GXWM-36185] - Introduce the RequestListener for monitoring purpopses

Add ons

Modular Content 1.1.0
Monitoring Framework 1.0.0

XperienCentral R23.1

Release date: April 8, 2019

The following issues have been resolved in this version of XperienCentral.

Bug

[GXWM-15728] - When upgrading IAF: Failed to find a suitable entity factory for nodes
[GXWM-18879] - Disabled contentypes can still be found in search panel
[GXWM-25961] - Dynamic content overview shows non-relevant items
[GXWM-30605] - Save successful notification when save is cancelled because of workflow constraint
[GXWM-31036] - Contentindex for articles incomplete when there is an article without a version
[GXWM-32999] - Invalid precondition expression disables all clientside framework logic
[GXWM-35103] - Prehandling kicks in in edit mode, when opening form element
[GXWM-35167] - Audit logging in authorization component logs more changes then actually performed
[GXWM-35201] - No audit logging on user password update
[GXWM-35202] - Backspace removes content for users with limited permissions
[GXWM-35409] - No warning shown on creating User when XC Loginname is already existent
[GXWM-35522] - Starting XC with plugins in work/deploy breaks
[GXWM-35760] - Removed tag in Media Feed URL makes the query broken
[GXWM-35788] - Typo in IAF handler for profile registration and deregistration
[GXWM-35846] - Empty editionbundle zip error on startup unix
[GXWM-35989] - Interactive forms element error messaging
[GXWM-36018] - Cluster table creation upgrade statements fail on Oracle
[GXWM-36032] - Empty facets when using Resource Instances

Change Request

[GXWM-34522] - Add option to filter on keyword categories in backend search

XperienCentral R23

Release date: March 8, 2019

The following issues have been resolved in this version of XperienCentral.

Bug

[GXWM-10532] - Content-type header can not be set within a JSP
[GXWM-14712] - It is possible to downgrade a plugin via the edition-bundles directory
[GXWM-33593] - The friendly URL for database pages cannot be updated
[GXWM-34416] - The available content types sometimes are deselected after a new deploy
[GXWM-34875] - The file store does not synchronize sized images on Windows
[GXWM-35083] - An orphan node is created in the JCR when modifying an existing element
[GXWM-35757] - The Entity Manager leaks "trashcan" nodes in the JCR
[GXWM-35763] - The CurrentRolloverDetector creates nested sessions if it takes too long to finish
[GXWM-35973] - Facets in Advanced Search do not appear if getIdentifier is not implemented

Change Request

[GXWM-35379] - Support for Angular-based panels has been added

Improvement

[GXWM-34991] - SEO support for database pages has been improved

Story

[GXWM-35720] - A new imaging API has been added
[GXWM-35755] - XperienCentral can be used in headless mode
[GXWM-35756] - XperienCentral version numbers now use the format Rxx (R23 for example)

Documentation

[GXWM-35346] - Modular Content
[GXWM-35713] - Media Feeds panel
[GXWM-35715] - Headless presentations

Add-ons

• Headless integration - Presentation 1.0.0
• Modular Content 1.0.0

XperienCentral version 10.22.1

Release date: January 9, 2019

The following issues have been resolved in this version of XperienCentral.

Bug

[GXWM-18680] - Some properties of a content item are not copied when creating a new version
[GXWM-32055] - The SearchService doSearch() method is single-threaded
[GXWM-32998] - wm:editable bodyless tags do not render links for article content
[GXWM-33017] - Removing a language label causes missing child node entry errors
[GXWM-33912] - The "Links to this item" property in the "Links" tab in the Properties widget only shows one link
[GXWM-34618] - An error occurs while writing a file to the file store
[GXWM-34922] - HTTP connections to an Edit server sometimes run out
[GXWM-35194] - A JavaScript error occurs when clicking an element in Edit mode for the first time
[GXWM-35630] - Layouts are sometimes incorrectly rendered when a page is copied

Change Request

[GXWM-34721] - Java 7 support has been dropped
[GXWM-35239] - Prevent the accidental removal of workflow activities

Improvement

[GXWM-33838] - Add version numbers and status icons to Content Item Version dialog box
[GXWM-34587] - Support Apache Maven 3.6.0
[GXWM-35111] - JCR datastore cleaner service error messages now identify corrupt nodes
[GXWM-35321] - Support Apache Tomcat 8.5.35