Now users can configure the values for the following properties from settings (system, instance or site settings):

• session.timeout.auto.extend
• session.timeout.auto.extend.offset

This feature allows you to leverage the functions of Liferay’s caching framework. Our current measurements indicate about 10%/30% performance increase in database writing operations, also 10 times faster reading performance!

When the Upgrade Report is enabled, the output directory of the report can be configured with the new portal property upgrade.report.dir

If this property is not set, the upgrade report can be found in the default directory:

• portal-tools-db-upgrade-client/reports for the upgrade tool.
• {liferay-home}/reports if upgrade was executed on startup.

With this feature we extending the SCIM implementation with User Group un/provisioning as well with the User Group membership un/provisioning.

Previously customers would add captchas using a TagLib. But this is no longer useful since customers are not deploying JSPs. The Captcha API enables this functionality to be used in arbitrary contexts.

The user experience of the Management Toolbar present in multiple applications (Web Content, Blogs, Documents & Media) has been improved:

• Separate sections for filter and order.
• Changed “+” with “New” for clarity.
• Moved info icon to the right.

Sell and manage SKUs by adding different Units of Measure to the SKU. Configure the Unit of Measure to optionally allow for sales in decimal quantities. Units of Measure have their own pricing and inventory. Once configured, they add to the shopping experience of the buyer who can now purchase SKUs in different Units of measure.

Now, users are able to fill out object entries in parts, allowing them to save data as draft and return at their convenience to complete.

Our new Bulk Permission Management empowers administrators to modify access rights for multiple pages effortlessly. This new feature offers a multitude of benefits:

• Effortless Management: Save valuable time by managing permissions for multiple pages simultaneously.
• Enhanced Security: Gain complete visibility into page access, ensuring all intended audiences can access the content they need.
• Optimized Accessibility: Quickly identify pages not accessible to Guests and make adjustments for optimal user experience.

The Category Facet uses assetVocabularyCategoryIds field for aggregation. The required mapping and indexer changes have been available since 7.4 GA46/U46 (LPS-156503: Display, Scope and Filter Categories by Vocabulary in the Category Facet).

Note: Reindex is required after all upgrades.

A new set of tooling is being provided, to centralize all the different tooling into a single solution, therefore, stand-alone tooling like the Fragments Toolkit does not make sense anymore as a stand-alone tool. In addition to that, the fragment toolkit needed upgrades to prevent some vulnerabilities that could happen. Therefore, we recommend adopting other solutions for now. The Fragment Toolkit will remain available for a minimum of one year. 

Now, if an asset type (for example, an Object definition) has several related Display Page Templates, and one of them is marked as Default, we allow to map links to any of the existing Display Page Templates for that Asset Type, in addition to the Default one.

This new possibility allows some interesting use cases for customers, such as:

• Differentiated View Display Page and Edit Display Page for Object entries.
• Multi-step processes (that need different step URLs) can be now created by using one Display Page per step.

Capabilities:

1. PSC Connection Support: Allows direct integration of specific Kubernetes services or namespaces via Private Service Connect.
2. Tunneling Solutions: Provides a dedicated channel for GCP services or different GCP VPCs to connect securely within Liferay Cloud.
3. API-Driven Provisioning: Enables users to automate and configure PSC connections programmatically.
4. Combined Utility with Cloud Interconnect: Offers a mechanism to securely link on-premises data/systems with GKE or Google Cloud Storage.

Benefits:

1. Enhanced Security: Bypassing the public internet ensures data protection during transmission.
2. Reduced Latency: Direct connections speed up data transfer and interactions.
3. Predictable Performance: Stable and consistent network performance between on-premises and Liferay Cloud.
4. Flexibility & Automation: API-driven provisioning provides users with a more flexible setup and deployment process.

We have created a new application that helps developers to build APIs based on custom Objects in a Low Code/No Code UI. This new feature allows users to define the whole structure of the API, from the endpoint’s name to the data model of the request and response schemas.

And, because the persistence layer of the API Builder is Objects, all capabilities are available at the API layer and every object has its own CRUD API application created by default.

So, from the UI or from the API, now users can create custom API Applications from scratch.

The scope of this beta feature only covers the creation of GET methods to retrieve a collection of elements with the possibility of creating pre filters and sorts.

Admins now can define views and select fields that are localized, so users will access the corresponding translation when visiting the page. Additionally, the names of the columns and filters are also localizable.

In order to use this feature it is needed to enable “Translation Support for Object Entries” in the Feature Flags menu before enabling “Data Set Manager” in the beta section of the Feature Flags menu.

Reducing downtime, improving operational and resource utilization efficiency with the new Concurrent and Sync reindex execution modes providing high-availability in search capabilities while the operation is running.

Now admins can define the default sorting for a dataset view. You can select the field to sort by when users access the page with the data set view as well as the direction (ascending or descending). It is possible to add more than one field. In this case, results will be sorted following the order of the fields, so it will start sorting based on the first field, for elements with the same value for that field, it will continue sorting based on the second field and so on.

Integrated Logging in Cloud Console for both Client Extension and DXP. Capabilities:

1. Unified Logging View: Enables users to simultaneously view both Client Extension and DXP logs.
2. Log Interactivity: Allows users to filter and sort logs based on parameters like timestamp and severity.

Benefits:

1. Comprehensive Insight: Eliminates the need to toggle between separate log sources, offering a holistic log view.
2. Efficient Troubleshooting: Enhanced filtering and sorting make it easier to pinpoint and address issues.

Capabilities:

1. Azure DevOps Authentication: Supports integration of Azure Git repositories via Azure DevOps with Jenkins, including PAT generation for authentication.
2. Jenkins Build Integration: Configure Jenkins to poll or check the Azure repository based on specific triggers.
3. LCP.json Setup for CI Service: Define Azure DevOps as the SCM provider and specify details for Jenkins interaction.
4. Deployment Configuration: Allows push from GitHub to Azure DevOps and deployment from Jenkins to the designated infra environment.

Benefits:

1. Versatility: Users can leverage Azure DevOps as their Git repository provider while working within Liferay Cloud.
2. Automated Updates: Automatic polling of the Azure repository every 5 minutes, ensuring timely builds upon detected changes.
3. Security: Utilizes Personal Access Tokens for specific and secure authentication, combined with best practices for token management.

New terms available in notification templates related to the current user and entry creator were added, in order to improve the power of dynamically generated templates.

Added terms:

1. [%CURRENT_USER_ID%]

2. [%CURRENT_USER_FIRST_NAME%]

3. [%CURRENT_USER_LAST_NAME%]

4. [%CURRENT_USER_EMAIL_ADDRESS%] 

5. [%OBJECT_AUTHOR_ID%]

6. [%OBJECT_AUTHOR_FIRST_NAME%]

7. [%OBJECT_AUTHOR_LAST_NAME%]

8. [%OBJECT_AUTHOR_EMAIL_ADDRESS%]