Traditionally in Liferay, it has been hard to manage features deprecation because customers kept using the old features even if we announced deprecation and eventual replacements.

Now, we are able to better manage deprecation processes with the following changes:

• Features deprecation notice is increased from 6 months to 12 months. It applies to the Intended Functionality, as described in our Support Policy.
• Now, deprecated features might be kept inside a Deprecation Feature Flag during the deprecation period. These feature flags work as follows:
  • For upgrades, Deprecation Flags are active by default, therefore customers still see the deprecated feature. No disruption is perceived.
  • For new instances created, Deprecation Flag is inactive by default, therefore, the deprecated feature is hidden and it requires activation to be used. It prevents users from unconsciously using a deprecated feature.

• Deprecated features are identified in DXP with a new deprecation badge.

 

When “Manage Users” permission is added to an Account Admin, the Admin can invite, assign and create Users. We separated the “Invite User” permission so it can be used without providing the other permissions to the User.

Before this feature when somebody wanted to activate/deactivate a User they needed to have “Delete” permission. We created two new permissions called “Activate” and “Deactivate”. Users with “Delete” permission still able to activate/deactivate users.

We also created two new Headless-API endpoint:

/headless-admin-user/v1.0/user-accounts/by-status/${status}

Status can be either "active" or "inactive," allowing you to fetch users by their status.

 /headless-admin-user/v1.0/user-accounts/by-email-address/${emailAddress}

This endpoint lets you retrieve a user by their email address, regardless of their current status.

This feature addresses the inconvenience of not being able to remove specific entries from user invitation forms, enhancing the user experience for admin users who create these forms. It solves the problem of inefficient form management, allowing users to remove entries without starting over.

The feature enables users to remove entries from the invitation form by clicking a designated removal button, with a confirmation modal to prevent accidental removal.