INC-172692 · Issue 650613
InsID will be derived from handle if null for upgrade
Resolved in Pega Version 8.5.4
Upgrade from Pega 7.2.x to Pega 8.4.x failed with a null pointer exception in the “Upgrade Context” target. This was traced to a rule where the pxInsID was null. To resolve this, an update has been made to derive the InsID from handle when needed.
INC-173092 · Issue 648737
Checks for Apache Tomcat 6 with MSSQL removed
Resolved in Pega Version 8.5.4
After implementing a specific local Tomcat configuration that removed the Tomcat version number from displaying on Tomcat standard error screens, the error "Tomcat 6 not supported or unable to detect version for custom Tomcat: Apache Tomcat. Contact Pega Customer Support!" appeared and Tomcat failed to start. Because Tomcat 6 was not supported for use with Microsoft SQL Server Systems, Pega used the ServletContext.getServerInfo() method to determine the Tomcat version; if the system used Tomcat 6 or an undetermined version in combination with MSSQL then the system would purposefully not start. As Tomcat 6 is no longer supported in Pega 8.5.2 and above, this check is unnecessary in those versions and the Tomcat version 6 checks in ClassMapImpl have been removed to allow serverAllowsMerge to return as true.
INC-174296 · Issue 650754
Delayed JS/DF initialization failures will trigger alert
Resolved in Pega Version 8.5.4
In order to ensure better cluster monitoring, a PEGA0102 alert has been added for job registration failure that will be triggered if there are startup issues. The logging will include the JOB_NAME for improved troubleshooting.
INC-175205 · Issue 652286
Agent restart made more resilient
Resolved in Pega Version 8.5.4
During a timeout outage, agents intermittently encountered a NoClassDefFound error and were disabled. After the database connection was restored, the agents were not automatically restarting. This has been resolved by making the code more resilient to errors; agent will be restarted when a temporary issue is detected, and the restart will be immune to most exceptions.
INC-175672 · Issue 652942
ServicePackage threads properly released
Resolved in Pega Version 8.5.4
After completing a system stress test, the requestor pool threads for the ServicePackage were not released. Investigation showed that the threads were waiting for Data Pages to be loaded in the background even though there was no background job corresponding to those data pages in the Async Services pool. This has been resolved by making an update to avoid removing the object handlers when the load-datapage finds that an entry exists with a NOT_STARTED state.
SR-D19131 · Issue 490187
Resolved command line BIX/PRPCUtils creating unreachable nodes
Resolved in Pega Version 8.3.1
BIX and PRPCUtils scripts were creating nodes that showed as unreachable or that were never cleared. This was traced to a code change that resulted in nodes starting as stream nodes unless given a node type or DSS settings, and has been resolved by setting the asyncExecutor/enable setting value as false in the prconfig.xml. The BIX command line JVM argument should also be set to NodeType=BIX.
SR-D21555 · Issue 501104
Resolved command line BIX/PRPCUtils creating unreachable nodes
Resolved in Pega Version 8.3.1
BIX and PRPCUtils scripts were creating nodes that showed as unreachable or that were never cleared. This was traced to a code change that resulted in nodes starting as stream nodes unless given a node type or DSS settings, and has been resolved by setting the asyncExecutor/enable setting value as false in the prconfig.xml. The BIX command line JVM argument should also be set to NodeType=BIX.
SR-D20763 · Issue 500403
DASS added to allow toggle of indexpurpose filter in declare index join
Resolved in Pega Version 8.3.1
A performance issue was seen when using a declare index join to add a pxIndexPurpose filter to a very large index_workparty table, either taking a long time to process a search request or intermittently timing out. This was traced to recent modifications in the DeclareIndex Join filter conditions to better handle multiple declare index rules pointing to the same index table, As a result, doing a declare index join on one of the declare indexes returned results that included those that corresponded to other declare index rules. To resolve this, a DASS has been provided to toggle the inclusion of the indexpurpose filter in a declare index join to allow for better customization.
SR-D22075 · Issue 501343
Wild card character escape added for filtering data records
Resolved in Pega Version 8.3.1
It was not possible to export data type records which were filtered with either _ or % in the value. This was due to the characters being wild card characters in the SQL-like operator, and has been resolved by modifying the NativeSQLAPIResolver to add escapecharacter to the runtime value of the filter.
SR-D22468 · Issue 504393
Bix extract performance improved by only checking cipher type for encrypted properties
Resolved in Pega Version 8.3.1
Previously, if no cipher was configured in extract Rules the cipher type defaulted to null and wasn't cached. This caused performance issues when running against the database. In order to improve performance, the code has been modified to only check for cipher type if the property is encrypted.