Release Notes
New Account Type of Supplier. A Supplier can be linked to a catalog and to a channel to allow the supplier manage their own products, price lists, promotions, catalogs, discounts, inventory and channel in order to be able to fulfill orders for their own products.
This feature enables users to export a CSV file containing detailed information about segment membership, including a list of all known individuals within a segment and their associated data, providing valuable insights for stakeholders.
Highlights:
Export Capability: Allows users to generate a CSV file containing segment membership data.
Comprehensive Details: Includes a list of all known individuals in a segment, with details such as names and email addresses.
Actionable Insights: Equips stakeholders with valuable data for analysis and decision-making.
This feature allows warehouse managers to define granular eligibility rules for accounts and account groups to access specific warehouses. This enables fine-grained control over which customers can see and purchase inventory from which warehouses.
Key benefits:
1. Improved Inventory Management:
Prevent unauthorized access to inventory data.
Strategically control product visibility based on inventory quantities and stock levels.
Optimize inventory allocation across customer segments.
2. Enhanced Customer Experience:
Provide a more relevant and personalized shopping experience.
Improve customer satisfaction by prioritizing access for key customer segments.
3. Increased Revenue:
Generate higher revenue from valuable customer segments by prioritizing their access to inventory.
4. Reduced Lost Sales:
Minimize lost sales due to stockouts by limiting product visibility for certain customer groups.
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.
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
Allow users to move Object Definitions and Entries between environments
Key benefit:
Addresses a feature gap when moving applications built on Liferay between environments
Allow users to move workflow settings between environments
Key benefit:
Addresses a feature gap when moving applications built on Liferay between environments
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.
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.
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
You can use Liferay’s revamped organization management chart to view, manage, and search through organizations, associated accounts, and users. Users with permissions can now view or edit more details of it on the chart.
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:
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, users are able to visually understand the structure of their objects and how they connect with each other to result in the platform model.
Used in Conjunction with Supplier Accounts, this object's rule, once configured, splits Commerce Orders automatically by the Catalog that each Product belongs to. The Channel on the Order is updated to be the channel linked to the same supplier that the catalog is linked to. The order splitting rule effectively allows the supplier to manage orders for their own specific products.
Added External Reference Codes for references in widget configurations in Commerce and User Management applications. This helps promote data integrity when pages and their widgets are migrated across environments.
Key benefits:
References within the following page widgets now use External Reference Codes instead of internal IDs:
Cart
Cart Summary
Category Content
Commerce Addresses
Commerce Category Navigation
Mini Cart
Open Carts
Option Facet
Order Forecasts Chart
Organization Management
Placed Orders
Product Comparison Bar
Product Comparison Table
Product Details
Product Downloads
Product Publisher
Search Results(Commerce)
Specification Facet
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 External Reference Codes for Categories and Tags and their associated API’s, improving their portability for data migration scenarios.
Highlights:
Users can now perform CRUD operations using a Tag’s ERC through its headless API (Keyword)
Users can now perform CRUD operations using a Category’s ERC through its headless API (TaxonomyCategory)
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)
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.
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.
With our latest enhancements, Content Admins will enjoy effortless content organization, regardless of folder structures, along with enhanced filtering capabilities for precision content management discovery.
Features added in this Release:
In response to user feedback, several enhancements have been introduced for content creators. The first functionality addresses the challenge of easily finding and managing Web Content created within specific structures, allowing creators to review and edit content more efficiently. The other functionalities enable refined filtering and searching options, including the ability to search in the title, filter by categories and tag, filter search results and multi-select filters.
In order to improve user experience and avoid difficulties with sharing and reporting insights from AC to other members of the organization, we are introducing the Download Reports feature. This functionality allows users to easily download their dashboards as PDFs and specific lists (e.g.: segment membership) as CSVs, streamlining the process of socializing this information with stakeholders.
This new feature provides the ability for the Order Manager to make refunds against on-line payments using the stand alone payment gateway. While the refund amount can be configurable, the refund is always made against the payment method of the original payment.
The Path Analysis tool has been enhanced with the addition of Exit Pages. This feature allows marketers to not only visualize users' entry points (referrer pages), but also their exit points (exit pages). With this user flow analysis, marketers can enhance user engagement and reduce bounce rates.
This feature decouples the payment gateway from the order engine in order to allow you to capture payments against objects and to support new payment methods via client extension.
We have expanded the capabilities of AB Testing to allow the selection of a Collection Display Fragment as the Click Goal of an AB Test. This will allow customers to AB Test the clickthrough rate of different Collections or Collection Providers, empowering them to optimize which content is shown to end users.
External Reference Code is now supported in Currencies.
It is also now possible to use the ERC to update and delete Currencies via their headless APIs.
Additional ERC support for the entities that have a relation with a currency has been added when creating new Catalogs, Channels, Price Lists/Promotions, Orders and Payments.
Key benefits:
Enhanced Data Management;
Improved Integration Capabilities;
Enhanced System Scalability;
Reduced Errors
This feature enhances the filtering capabilities within the headless-admin-user endpoints by enabling filtering based on custom fields for Accounts and Account Groups.
Key benefits:
Improved Data Retrieval Efficiency
Enhanced Data Management
Increased User Productivity
Users can access a new Performance tab on the Content Dashboard, which provides detailed metrics for assets, including visitor behavior and the top pages where each asset is featured. Data can be filtered by anonymous or known visitors. These metrics are available for Blogs, Documents and Media, and Web Content and are exclusively accessible to users connected to Analytics Cloud.
This enhancement introduces configurable default permissions for newly created pages. Admins can set these permissions at both the instance and site levels. Instance-level settings are managed in a new Instance Settings panel, while site-specific overrides can be configured in the Site Configuration area.
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 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.
Use the platform's configurable purchasing rules to dictate which product options need to be purchased together when setting up products with options. You can set which product options must be purchased together and/or which product options cannot be combined together to create a valid product bundle. You can also limit the number of products from a particular group of products that can be purchased together.
When adding validations in Objects, many times it is necessary to validate dates against the current date.
Key Features:
Dynamic Date Comparison - Users can compare a selected date with the current system date. This empowers you to create rules that trigger based on the relationship between a date field and the present date.
Versatile Date Range Checks - Validate whether a date falls within a specified date range relative to the present date.
Users can add read-only fields to object definitions that automatically increment for each new entry.
Key Features:
Customize Starting values - Users can set a starting value. This flexibility allows for better alignment with specific business needs and workflows
Customize labels - Users can set prefixes and suffixes to provide alphanumeric keys appended to the incrementing values
The ability for a buyer or sales agent to edit a product bundle directly from the mini-cart has now been added. Previously, if a change had to be made the bundle had to be deleted from the cart and added again. This allows more speedy alterations to be made before proceeding with check out.