Release Notes
We added External Reference Codes for references in widget configurations in Content Management applications. This helps promote data integrity when pages and their widgets are migrated across environments.
Highlights:
References within the following page widgets now use ERC’s instead of internal ID’s:
We added several API endpoints for Documents & Media to improve programmatic management of these entities.
Highlights:
Users can now add, delete, and retrieve document types via headless API (DocumentDataDefinitionType)
Users can now add, delete, and retrieve document metadata sets via headless API (DocumentMetadataSet)
It is now possible to subscribe to documents and folders, allowing users to receive notifications when they are updated.
Highlights:
Users can now subscribe to documents and folders through the “Subscribe” action and through the Subscribe icon in the Info Panel
If a user subscribes to a folder, all documents and subfolders within it will be automatically subscribed to as well
During the publishing process, users can both define and manage permissions, as well as schedule publication dates for their web content. When creating content for the first time, users will have the opportunity to conveniently review and manage permissions. Furthermore, when editing previously created content, users can also adjust permissions directly from the editor view. Additionally, users can easily select the desired publication date for their content during the publishing process.
Users can select and reorder categories for a blog’s friendly URL, so they can preview the order of the categories in the friendly URL and determine how the categories will be presented in the friendly URL along with the title.
Users are able to set different values for the asset types separators in the friendly URLs. Also, they are able to reset to default value, so for those asset types that they have clicked on this option, the separator will be the value defined by default for those specific asset types.
This release expands the support of the Timeline History feature to Blogs, Wiki pages, Bookmarks, Forms, Knowledge base, Message boards, and Categories. The feature enhances the publication toolbar with tools to detect and manage collaboration conflicts.
A timeline icon shows recent modifications in the same asset, which may have been done in production or parallel Publications.
The user can view, discard, or move these changes directly from the toolbar.
Warning icons appear to make users aware of current conflicts in the Publication.
Key benefits:
Enhanced context for content editors and managers for a streamlined collaboration.
New capabilities to detect conflicts before publishing time, while users may have more time to decide how to resolve conflicts without the go-live pressure.
This set of improvements aims to simplify the manual work users must do to resolve conflicts when publishing a publication. Now, instead of raising a conflict to be resolved manually by the user, the system will try to overwrite conflicting changes in production with the modifications done in the publication, meaning that the Modification and Modification deletion conflict types won’t be presented for the user anymore.
In the case of a Deletion modification conflict, the system won’t resolve it automatically, but now it makes it easier to keep the modifications made in the publication. In the Conflicting changes screen, we added a button with the option to "Restore in Production" for conflicts in which the asset was deleted from production and is now in the Recycle bin.
Key benefits:
Reduce the amount of manual work by automatically solving most of the conflicts.
Improve user satisfaction and reliability on publications by ensuring that assets supported by Recycle Bin can be quickly restored, avoiding requiring the user to discard needed changes.
Provided an option to turn the “Out-of-date” feature on/off. When turned on (the default behavior before this release), ongoing publications created in previous Liferay versions were labeled as “Out-of-date” after the upgrade and could not be modified or published. This feature is now off by default, and users can publish these publications without Liferay support.
Key benefit:
Increase manageability over publications and the ability to publish any previous modification, including after Liferay upgrades.
This release introduces in-context translation for text-based form fields (Text, Rich Text, and Textarea) directly within the page editor. This empowers content creators to easily create localized form experiences for their users, enabling them to complete forms in their preferred language. Only designated localizable form fields will be translated, ensuring precise control over localized content. |
The two separate option menus currently displayed in the Web Content Display widget have been merged into a single, consolidated dropdown menu for content creators. This new menu will improve the user experience by reducing confusion and unnecessary clicks, ensuring all relevant widget actions (e.g., Hide Widget, Duplicate, Export/Import, etc.) are easily accessible.
Added logging to indicate the completion of fragment deployments via the deploy folder. This provides better visibility into the deployment process and allows for tracking deployment duration.
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Improved keyboard navigation and column resizing for Miller columns. Users can now navigate between columns both horizontally (deeper levels) and vertically (same level) using the keyboard. Column widths are also responsive, adapting to different screen sizes.
Boost Liferay’s platform with drag-and-drop, multi-selection, and cut/copy/paste features for easier field and fragment organization.
Fine adjustments in the User Experience when managing page components through in bulk multiselection
The updated Clay chart colour palette improves accessibility and usability by creating more contrast and adding more variations. Now users can easily distinguish charts, icons, and field sets, reducing confusion and improving clarity.
Key benefits:
Now we have more design flexibility for Liferay’s current and future products.
Accessible and distinguishable colours that will improve and unify the platform usability and UI.
The addition of new translations and locales ensures that users in regions like Macedonia, Norway, Belgium, Switzerland, and Austria can interact with the platform in their preferred language or regional variation.
Key benefits:
Tailors the user experience for specific markets and regions, improving relevance and usability.
We made the platform more inclusive by expanding language and locale options.
This improvement allows users to customise the appearance of their Liferay instance more effectively with new properties in the .yaml file for Theme CSS and CSS Client Extensions.
Key benefits:
Admins can personalise the interface for both the admin panel and the entire platform.
A more cohesive, branded appearance will improve usability and satisfaction for all users.
Allows fine-grained control over where customisations are applied.
Elasticsearch 8.17 has been tested and added to the compatibility matrix.
Liferay Self-Hosted deployments can update the Elastic stack to this version. For Liferay PaaS projects, as usual, a new Elasticsearch image will be provided under Liferay Cloud’s Docker Hub account.
As it was first highlighted in the Release Notes of 2024.Q3, per Elastic’s product lifecycle, Elasticsearch 7.17.x versions are supported and maintained until Elasticsearch version 9 is released.
While Elastic does not provide specific release dates for future releases, for Elasticsearch 9.0.0, the new release is anticipated in early calendar year 2025.
Compatibility with Elasticsearch 8 is available on Liferay DXP 7.4 U81+: 
Note: The Elasticsearch 8.x compatibility is provided through the bundled Elasticsearch 7 connector and the REST API Compatibility of Elasticsearch 8.
Official release of Liferay Data Sets, moving from Beta to Release! Data Sets are a powerful and flexible way to retrieve, manage, visualize, and interact with structured data in Liferay DXP. Built on top of Objects and leveraging Liferay’s robust ecosystem, Data Sets exemplify the “build Liferay with Liferay” philosophy. With seamless integration with compatible Headless APIs, administrators can easily configure Data Sets and empower end-users with a rich, customizable experience for consuming and interacting with data.
Key benefits:
Retrieve Data: Fetch information from any compatible Headless API to use as a Data Set source.
Manage Flexibility: Administrators can customize what parts of the API response are included, along with filters, sorting options, and available actions.
Visualize Data: Multiple visualization options make it easier than ever for end-users to consume data meaningfully.
Enable Interaction: End-users can interact dynamically with data using the filters, actions, and tools configured by administrators.
To ensure the quality, stability, and modernity of Liferay DXP, we've updated to React 18, bringing significant benefits in security, performance, and compatibility. This update is critical to maintaining DXP's status as a robust and future-proof platform.
Key benefits:
Security Enhancements: Older library versions can expose vulnerabilities. Upgrading to React 18 mitigates these risks by incorporating the latest security patches.
Performance Improvements: React 18 introduces features like concurrent rendering, which enhances responsiveness and load handling for better user experiences.
Enhanced Compatibility: Upgrading ensures DXP aligns with modern tools and frameworks, minimizing integration challenges and future-proofing our development processes.
Continued Support: Staying current with React’s ecosystem ensures ongoing access to community updates, bug fixes, and innovations.
We’ve introduced robust Content Security Policy (CSP) capabilities to enhance the security of your digital experience platform. This feature supports eight key directives, including script-src and style-src among others, ensuring secure handling of scripts, styles, images, and more. By leveraging these directives, developers can mitigate cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks and data injection risks. The CSP implementation aligns with modern web security standards, offering both flexibility and protection. Administrators can now enforce stricter security policies without compromising functionality.
Key benefits:
Enhanced Security: Mitigates risks of XSS and data injection attacks by controlling resource loading and execution.
Compliance-Friendly: Aligns with industry-standard security requirements, supporting stricter compliance protocols.
Customizable Policies: Allows developers to tailor CSP directives to meet specific project or organizational needs.
Improved Trust: Strengthens end-user trust by providing a more secure and reliable platform experience.
Official release of Liferay Data Sets, moving from Beta to Release! Data Sets are a powerful and flexible way to retrieve, manage, visualize, and interact with structured data in Liferay DXP. Built on top of Objects and leveraging Liferay’s robust ecosystem, Data Sets exemplify the “build Liferay with Liferay” philosophy. With seamless integration with compatible Headless APIs, administrators can easily configure Data Sets and empower end-users with a rich, customizable experience for consuming and interacting with data.
Key benefits:
Retrieve Data: Fetch information from any compatible Headless API to use as a Data Set source.
Manage Flexibility: Administrators can customize what parts of the API response are included, along with filters, sorting options, and available actions.
Visualize Data: Multiple visualization options make it easier than ever for end-users to consume data meaningfully.
Enable Interaction: End-users can interact dynamically with data using the filters, actions, and tools configured by administrator
In order to make it easier to manage and override portal language translations, modules have a new configuration that allows language keys to be defined specifically for a single module. This also allows the user to override a system-wide language key programmatically within the module. An existing feature allows modules to use the Language Resources header ( A new variable was added within this header, |
Allow users to move workflow settings between environments
Key benefit:
Addresses a feature gap when moving applications built on Liferay between environments
Allow users to move Object Definitions and Entries between environments
Key benefit:
Addresses a feature gap when moving applications built on Liferay between environments
Previously, when managing complex data models, users must create scripts or code in order to make changes to multiple related objects. Now users are able to configure multiple objects as if they are one object. Related child objects now inherit permissions and account restrictions and more from the top level parent, making object management more convenient.
Key benefits:
Simplifies the management of multiple objects through a configuration on the relationship between objects
Permissions and Account Restrictions for the child objects are inherited from the Top level parent
API endpoints are nested under the same namespace of the top level parent
Allow users to move display pages containing Object or Form widgets across environments
Key benefit:
Addresses a feature gap when moving content pages across environments
Allow applications built on top of Service Builder to leverage the benefits of the Liferay Objects framework
Key benefit:
Applications built on top of Service Builder can now be migrated to Liferay Objects
The batch engine's export endpoints now support filtering for object entries. This addresses a previous limitation where filtering was not applied to object entries during batch exports. This update ensures consistent data handling and filtering behavior across all entity types.
Key benefits:
Until now, there was no way in batch engine to export and import object entries and their permissions simultaneously. This new capability allows users to do that, streamlining workflows and reducing manual effort.
Key benefits:
Execution in only one call.
Possibility for users to choose to take into account (or not) permissions with object entries.
Data imports, using batch engine, now allows users to preserve content creator information (if required). Previously, imported content with batch was always assigned the user performing the import, resulting in loss of original authorship data when moving content. This update ensures accurate attribution of content ownership (if required).
Key benefits:
Able to keep critical user information during data promotion between environments
Can be configured separately per import process
Implemented proactive access token management with automated email notifications. Users will now receive alerts 1 month, 10 days, and 1 day prior to token expiration, allowing for timely renewal and preventing service disruptions. Notifications are automatically cancelled if a new token is generated.
Key benefits:
Users are notified before token expiration, allowing for timely renewal and uninterrupted access.
Reducing administrative overhead, as automated notifications eliminate the need for manual monitoring and intervention.
By prompting timely renewals, the risk of using expired and potentially compromised tokens is minimized.
The vendor has deprecated OpenSSO/OpenAM, so there's no reason for us to keep it. The alternative, which is PingAM can be integrated using our existing OpenID connector or SAML Authentication.
The SSL Certificate Management view now provides expiration alerts for certificates nearing expiration (e.g., within 30 days) and those that have already expired. Certificates must now be defined exclusively through the LCP.json file, simplifying management and ensuring consistency across deployments. This update reduces manual errors and ensures secure and uninterrupted deployments.
Highlights:
Expiration Alerts: Notifications for certificates nearing expiration and those already expired, with clear visual indicators.
Exclusive LCP.json Configuration: Certificates can only be defined through the LCP.json file.
Improved Visibility: Organized list view showing certificate names, types, associated domains, and expiration dates.
Proactive Management: Tools and alerts to help users maintain secure SSL/TLS configurations.
The Marketplace release of the Liferay Connector to OpenSearch 2 provides an alternative to Elasticsearch for Self-Hosted Liferay deployments.
This connector integrates Liferay DXP with OpenSearch 2.12+, the open source and enterprise grade search engine. OpenSearch offers lexical search for text data, robust scalability and extensibility, and vector search for applications using embeddings, such as Liferay's Semantic Search.
The installation of this app requires specific configurations covered in the official documentation. For detailed compatibility information, see the Search Engine Compatibility Matrix.
The OpenSearch integration is currently a Beta feature with the intention to make it GA in the future.
Liferay Cloud now provides CI/CD support for Client Extensions on Liferay PaaS. Developers can integrate Client Extensions into their Git-based CI/CD pipelines, ensuring automatic builds and deployments alongside core Liferay services. This update enables automated validation, independent deployments, and faster release cycles for Client Extensions.
Highlights:
Dedicated CI/CD Pipeline: Separate build pipeline for Client Extensions to prevent conflicts with core Liferay services.
Automated Builds: Every commit triggers a new Client Extensions build, packaged as a LUFFA archive.
Independent Deployments: Client Extensions builds deploy separately, improving release flexibility.
Seamless Integration: Works with existing Git-based workflows on Liferay PaaS.
Zero Downtime Deployments: Deploy client extensions without affecting the main Liferay service.
Liferay 7.4 introduces the ability to manage language translations directly within client extensions. This enhancement allows developers to provide multilingual support for custom labels and properties without relying solely on OSGi bundles.
Key benefits:
Developers can now define and manage language keys and translations within the client extension itself, ensuring that all labels and custom properties are displayed correctly across different languages.
This feature eliminates the issue of untranslated labels with dashes, providing a consistent and professional appearance on multilingual sites.
Simplifies the process of adding translations, reducing the need for manual intervention and external OSGi bundles, thus accelerating the development and deployment of multilingual features.
Empowers developers to create more flexible and fully localized custom elements and themes, enhancing the overall versatility of the Liferay platform.
Seamlessly integrate cloud payment method apps into the DXP. Allow users to directly download and install these apps available in the Marketplace from within the DXP, eliminating the need to leave the platform. This enhanced integration ensures users have access to a wider range of payment methods, addressing potential limitations that may exist within their current DXP instance.
Available only for Payment Method Free cloud apps.
Note: Before using the feature, ensure that the user has teh right permissions to view and install the payment methods needed.
Key Benefits:
This feature enhances flexibility and convenience for users by allowing them to easily expand their payment method options within the DXP. Users can seamlessly discover, purchase, and integrate new payment methods availbale in the Marketplace directly from the DXP, eliminating the need to navigate external platforms or seek manual solutions. This streamlined process empowers users to quickly adapt to evolving market demands and offer a wider range of payment choices to their customers, ultimately improving their overall user experience.
Publishers can now easily upload and offer low-code fragment configurations via an intuitive workflow on the Liferay Marketplace. In this initial phase, customers can download these fragments directly from the Marketplace. The next quarter will introduce seamless installation of fragments within the Liferay DXP page builder (LPD-34938).
This update also allows publishers to list Client Extensions and Composite Apps on the Marketplace. Customers can then download and install these app types directly into their Liferay instances, following the developer guidelines provided on the app details page.
Key Benefits:
This feature allows buyers to actively select their preferred currency from a list of currencies enabled by the administrator for the specific sales channel they are interacting with. Once a currency is selected, all prices will be displayed in that chosen currency throughout their shopping experience.
Changing the currency automatically creates a new order in the newly selected currency.
Crucially, this feature allows merchants to better manage their international pricing strategies (e.g. smart pricing per currency), fine tuning prices when not relying on exchange rates only.
Key Benefits:
Easy Currency Selection: The new Currency Selector Fragment provides a user-friendly interface for buyers to change their preferred currency at any point during their shopping session.
A new toggle has been added within the Specifications and Product Specifications sections of the admin UI.
This toggle allows Catalog Managers to easily show or hide individual specifications associated with a product. This functionality provides the flexibility to curate the information displayed to customers on product detail pages.
Key Benefits:
Improved Data Accuracy and Relevance: Hide internal or less relevant specifications, ensuring that customers only see information pertinent to their purchasing decisions.