INC-156797 · Issue 618991
Property check handling updated for Ajax requestor
Resolved in Pega Version 8.6
SECU0001 alerts were seen when submitting a case in the interaction portal. Logging indicated the errors were related to the 'pxRequestor.pyLatitude' and 'pxRequestor.pyLongitude' properties which are included in an Ajax request when they exist in the DOM and the 'pyGeolocationTrackingIsEnabled' when rule is true. The error was traced to a condition where a new thread request results in an unexpected property check that encounters a clipboard which doesn't have any pages created for that thread. To resolve this, the 'pxRequestor.pyLatitude' and 'pxRequestor.pyLongitude' properties have been added to an allow list to handle the unexpected properties check.
INC-158489 · Issue 623452
Captcha control updated to support ClientValidation
Resolved in Pega Version 8.6
The required checkbox for the pzCaptcha control was not working when using a custom configuration, allowing a case to be submitted with a blank captcha even when the required parameter was selected on control. This was traced to a required parameter not being correctly populated to the pzCaptcha control, and has been resolved by adding ClientValidation into the pzCaptcha control so that if a required parameter is selected on the control it will be applied during case execution.
INC-160024 · Issue 625831
Deprecated authentication methods removed
Resolved in Pega Version 8.6
After upgrade, attempting to trigger the Pega hosted API externally through Post Man resulted in the exception "The method getAuthenticationService() is undefined for the type OAuth2AccessTokenValidation". This was traced to the use of references to the methods getAuthenticationService() and getAuthenticationServiceType(), which are not in use from v8.5 onwards in pzOAuth2AuthenticationActivity and have now been removed. For OAuth2 authentication, the service package should use authentication type as OAuth2; the system will then take care of validating the token and establishing the operator context.
INC-161660 · Issue 633032
Authorization token handling and cleanup improved
Resolved in Pega Version 8.6
When using a mobile app configured with default authentication, clicking on the "Trouble logging in?" link opened a new window and displayed the message "please contact your system administrator" along with the error "Only authenticated client may start this activity: RULE-OBJ-ACTIVITY CODE-SECURITY PZGETAUTHORIZATIONCODE". This has been resolved. In addition, the OAuth token generation and handling has been improved, and the purge agent has been updated to accept a DSS setting for the max number of expired records to purge each time it is run. The default value is 5000.
SR-SR-D79737 · Issue 602304
Improvements for Report Definition OperatorID filtering
Resolved in Pega Version 8.6
Report Definition filters were not working as expected when data from the OperatorID page was used and authentication was enabled. This was traced to the OperatorID page not being correctly populated. To resolve this, the authentication logic has been modified to always create the OperatorID page at requestor level, and the HTTP API layer has been updated to remove the thread level OperatorID page if exists. In addition, an enhancement has been added for improved debugging on log appenders provided by log4j which allows log filtering based on the requestor and thread for a given appender at a specific log level.
SR-D5904 · Issue 490489
Discard changes dialog now showing for local actions
Resolved in Pega Version 8.1.7
After having modified case data without saving and clicking on a menu entry (left menu, search, ...), the system shows a dialog box to ask the user to confirm it is ok to discard changes. However, this confirmation dialog did not work with local actions, leading users to lose their work without any warning nor any way to step back. This was traced to a difference in the dirty form check, which was not present when launching a local action from a case. An enhancement has now been added to the handleMenuAction js function in pypega_ui_harnessactions.js which will perform a dirty form check with a prompt.
SR-D23723 · Issue 503090
pxGenerateExcelFile updated for handling blank dates
Resolved in Pega Version 8.1.7
When using a custom template for exporting to Excel, blank DateTime property column values defaulted to the current date. To resolve this, the pxGenerateExcelFile activity has been updated to ensure that an empty date will be exported as blank and that given dates will appear in the correct datetime format.
SR-D24950 · Issue 494566
Added explicit step page to resolve null-pointer exception with custom error message
Resolved in Pega Version 8.1.7
A null pointer exception was generated during case run time harness refresh after a custom error message was inserted. This was traced to a blank step page related to the custom message, and has been resolved by adding a primary step page at step 10 of the New(Work-) activity to prevent the null-pointer exception on harness reload.
SR-D42679 · Issue 509565
oLog.infoForced has been replaced with oLog.debug in GetAssignmentDetailsInternal to reduce excessive logging
Resolved in Pega Version 8.1.7
The Rest API used by Robotics was generating excessive logging on the application server due toPzGetAssignmentDetailsInternal generating several lines of logs with each REST call. In a high volume system, this can make the logs difficult to utilize. To resolve this, oLog.infoForced has been replaced with oLog.debug.