SR-D90687 · Issue 560431
IOException handling improved to resolve broken pipe errors
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.2
Frequent "connection reset by peers" exceptions were being generated and broken-pipe exceptions were seen in the logs. Investigation traced the issue to unhanded IOExceptions on the server side that were a result of the client application not always closing the TCP connection gracefully. To resolve this, error handling for IOExceptions has been improved.
SR-D67408 · Issue 554900
Directory traversal blocked in zip import
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.2
One of the files contained in a zip archive was not deleted from the system after zip import. This was due to the file being created by a third-party archive that included of a directory traversal character that caused it to be inflated outside of the temp directory. To resolve this, a check has been added to that a file with directory traversal characters in its name will not be inflated.
SR-D81572 · Issue 551028
JDBC URL handling added for Oracle over TCPS
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.2
While attempting to upgrade an environment over TCPS, the generateDDL.sh script was failing. The same environment ran without issue on Tomcat with the same URL. Investigation showed the JDBC url was not correctly generated while running the upgrade: in a standard scenario, there will be no spaces in the JDBC URL specified. However, because Oracle can send spaces as part of JDBC URL and cause this issue, an update has been made which will quote the JDBC URL argument for the ant target in setupDDL.xml.
SR-D84364 · Issue 551403
Check for circular references added to SearchInventoryImpl to prevent recursive call
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.2
An out of memory error was traced to SearchInventoryImpl infinitely recursing over a clipboard property, where the child property referenced a parent property and resulted in an endless loop. This has been resolved with the addition of a depth check to ensure that the search does not recurse infinitely.
SR-D85100 · Issue 556262
ProductInfoReader updated to fetch only most recent version information
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.2
After upgrade, running Hfix scanner on Pega Marketing 8.2 displayed missed critical Hfixes for Pega Marketing 8.1. This has been resolved by modifying ProductInfoReader.runQuery to fetch only latest version of DAPF instances during a scan.
SR-D98404 · Issue 558207
Handling added for hotfix Rule-Application instances
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.2
A null pointer error during DL file expansion performed as part of the second phase of a hotfix installation caused the hotfix install to fail. The null-pointer exception was thrown because the code, primarily used for export, performed a database lookup of a Rule-Application and assumed the response would be non-null without checking the result. During export the Rule-Application would normally exist because the system would have interacted with it already during the export by identifying it and writing it to the archive. During phased hotfix installation, rules are staged to the database in a different table during the first phase and reconstituted during the second phase. The scenario for this error was a missed corner case specific to the unusual combination of including Rule-Application instances in a platform hotfix. To resolve this and prevent further issues, handling has been added for this use case.
SR-119963 · Issue 176108
Corrected record imports in multitenant environment
Resolved in Pega Version 7.1.8
In the multitenant environment, reimporting an operator record using application -> import was causing an 'IntegrityConstraintViolationException' exception. This was caused by the query not being properly tenant-qualified for the environment, and has been corrected.
SR-121277 · Issue 181001
Deployment user privileges updated for upgrades
Resolved in Pega Version 7.1.8
When attempting to upgrade some installations, the upgrade script was failing while trying to determine the current PRPC version. This was caused by the deployment user lacking the DBA privileges to read/write the tables in the rules and data schema, and has been updated.
SR-121709 · Issue 179068
New default directory setting added to DDL generation
Resolved in Pega Version 7.1.8
If the DDL for a new PRPC installation was generated without using the optional parameter for the file location, the file was created in the root directory. To avoid this, a default gen_dir setting (./schema/generated) has been added to generateDDL.sh to handle cases when the parameter has not been set.
SR-122215 · Issue 180037
Resolved installation errors for DB2 Z/OS with WebSphere
Resolved in Pega Version 7.1.8
A problem was encountered while installing split schema on a DB2 z/OS system with WebSphere. This was caused by an erroneous system setting where the ports to the DB2 database were not open in this environment. While the Admin could correct the environment to open the ports and allow the application server node to connect to the DB2 database, this has been changed in the software to default to the correct settings.