Release Notes for XWiki 6.4.3
This is the release notes for XWiki Commons, XWiki Rendering, XWiki Platform and XWiki Enterprise. They share the same release notes as they are released together and have the same version.
This is a stabilization release that fixes important bugs discovered in the 6.4.2 version.
This release introduce a new internal group cache in the security module. This group cache is affected by a serious issue. In certain situations, it causes group members not to be recognized as such, leading to incorrect access decisions. If you follow the XWiki best practices for setting rights (which recommends to minimize use of denies), this issue will result mostly in unexpected access denials, which obviously does not seriously compromise the security but cause real annoyance to legitimate users. See for more technical detail about this issue.
New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 6.4.2)
Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 6.4.3.
Please note that the default preferences (the XWikiPreferences document) has been moved from xwiki-enterprise-ui-admin-user to xwiki-enterprise-ui-mainwikipreferences.
Translations
The following translations have been updated:
- Catalan
- Czech
- Danish
- German
- Spanish
- French
- Galician
- Italian
- Korean
- Latvian
- Portuguese
- Portuguese (Brazil)
- Romanian
- Russian
- Slovak
- Swedish
- Turkish
- Vietnamese
- Simplified Chinese
- Traditional Chinese
Tested Browsers & Databases
Failed to execute the [velocity] macro. Cause: [The execution of the [velocity] script macro is not allowed in [xwiki:TestReports.ManualTestReportSummaryXWiki643]. Check the rights of its last author or the parameters if it's rendered from another script.]. Click on this message for details.
org.xwiki.rendering.macro.MacroExecutionException: The execution of the [velocity] script macro is not allowed in [xwiki:TestReports.ManualTestReportSummaryXWiki643]. Check the rights of its last author or the parameters if it's rendered from another script.
at org.xwiki.rendering.macro.script.AbstractScriptMacro.execute(AbstractScriptMacro.java:178)
at org.xwiki.rendering.macro.script.AbstractScriptMacro.execute(AbstractScriptMacro.java:58)
at org.xwiki.rendering.internal.transformation.macro.MacroTransformation.transform(MacroTransformation.java:311)
at org.xwiki.rendering.internal.transformation.DefaultRenderingContext.transformInContext(DefaultRenderingContext.java:183)
at org.xwiki.rendering.internal.transformation.DefaultTransformationManager.performTransformations(DefaultTransformationManager.java:88)
at org.xwiki.rendering.internal.macro.include.IncludeMacro.lambda$execute$0(IncludeMacro.java:204)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.security.authorization.DefaultAuthorExecutor.call(DefaultAuthorExecutor.java:98)
at org.xwiki.rendering.internal.macro.include.IncludeMacro.execute(IncludeMacro.java:203)
at org.xwiki.rendering.internal.macro.include.IncludeMacro.execute(IncludeMacro.java:59)
at org.xwiki.rendering.internal.transformation.macro.MacroTransformation.transform(MacroTransformation.java:311)
at org.xwiki.rendering.internal.transformation.DefaultRenderingContext.transformInContext(DefaultRenderingContext.java:183)
at org.xwiki.rendering.internal.transformation.DefaultTransformationManager.performTransformations(DefaultTransformationManager.java:88)
at org.xwiki.display.internal.DocumentContentAsyncExecutor.executeInCurrentExecutionContext(DocumentContentAsyncExecutor.java:396)
at org.xwiki.display.internal.DocumentContentAsyncExecutor.execute(DocumentContentAsyncExecutor.java:269)
at org.xwiki.display.internal.DocumentContentAsyncRenderer.execute(DocumentContentAsyncRenderer.java:112)
at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.block.AbstractBlockAsyncRenderer.render(AbstractBlockAsyncRenderer.java:157)
at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.block.AbstractBlockAsyncRenderer.render(AbstractBlockAsyncRenderer.java:54)
at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.syncRender(DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.java:290)
at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.render(DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.java:267)
at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.block.DefaultBlockAsyncRendererExecutor.execute(DefaultBlockAsyncRendererExecutor.java:125)
at org.xwiki.display.internal.DocumentContentDisplayer.display(DocumentContentDisplayer.java:67)
at org.xwiki.display.internal.DocumentContentDisplayer.display(DocumentContentDisplayer.java:43)
at org.xwiki.display.internal.DefaultDocumentDisplayer.display(DefaultDocumentDisplayer.java:96)
at org.xwiki.display.internal.DefaultDocumentDisplayer.display(DefaultDocumentDisplayer.java:39)
at org.xwiki.sheet.internal.SheetDocumentDisplayer.display(SheetDocumentDisplayer.java:123)
at org.xwiki.sheet.internal.SheetDocumentDisplayer.display(SheetDocumentDisplayer.java:52)
at org.xwiki.display.internal.ConfiguredDocumentDisplayer.display(ConfiguredDocumentDisplayer.java:68)
at org.xwiki.display.internal.ConfiguredDocumentDisplayer.display(ConfiguredDocumentDisplayer.java:42)
at com.xpn.xwiki.doc.XWikiDocument.display(XWikiDocument.java:1389)
at com.xpn.xwiki.doc.XWikiDocument.getRenderedContent(XWikiDocument.java:1525)
at com.xpn.xwiki.doc.XWikiDocument.displayDocument(XWikiDocument.java:1475)
at com.xpn.xwiki.doc.XWikiDocument.displayDocument(XWikiDocument.java:1444)
at com.xpn.xwiki.api.Document.displayDocument(Document.java:788)
at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor441.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:569)
at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.doInvoke(UberspectImpl.java:571)
at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:554)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:221)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:368)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.value(ASTReference.java:704)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTExpression.value(ASTExpression.java:75)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTSetDirective.render(ASTSetDirective.java:242)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:147)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:439)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:190)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:147)
at org.xwiki.velocity.internal.directive.TryCatchDirective.render(TryCatchDirective.java:86)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:304)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:439)
at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:358)
at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:262)
at org.xwiki.velocity.internal.InternalVelocityEngine.evaluate(InternalVelocityEngine.java:225)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.VelocityTemplateEvaluator.evaluateContent(VelocityTemplateEvaluator.java:105)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.TemplateAsyncRenderer.evaluateContent(TemplateAsyncRenderer.java:219)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.TemplateAsyncRenderer.renderVelocity(TemplateAsyncRenderer.java:174)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.TemplateAsyncRenderer.render(TemplateAsyncRenderer.java:135)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.TemplateAsyncRenderer.render(TemplateAsyncRenderer.java:54)
at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.lambda$syncRender$0(DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.java:284)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.security.authorization.DefaultAuthorExecutor.call(DefaultAuthorExecutor.java:98)
at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.syncRender(DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.java:284)
at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.render(DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.java:267)
at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.block.DefaultBlockAsyncRendererExecutor.render(DefaultBlockAsyncRendererExecutor.java:154)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.render(InternalTemplateManager.java:904)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.renderFromSkin(InternalTemplateManager.java:866)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.render(InternalTemplateManager.java:853)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.renderNoException(InternalTemplateManager.java:808)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.renderNoException(InternalTemplateManager.java:800)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.DefaultTemplateManager.renderNoException(DefaultTemplateManager.java:79)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.DefaultTemplateManager.renderNoException(DefaultTemplateManager.java:73)
at org.xwiki.template.script.TemplateScriptService.render(TemplateScriptService.java:54)
at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor259.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:569)
at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.doInvoke(UberspectImpl.java:571)
at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:554)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:221)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:368)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.render(ASTReference.java:492)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:147)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.VelocimacroProxy.render(VelocimacroProxy.java:218)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:331)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:261)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:304)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:439)
at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:358)
at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:262)
at org.xwiki.velocity.internal.InternalVelocityEngine.evaluate(InternalVelocityEngine.java:225)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.VelocityTemplateEvaluator.evaluateContent(VelocityTemplateEvaluator.java:105)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.TemplateAsyncRenderer.evaluateContent(TemplateAsyncRenderer.java:219)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.TemplateAsyncRenderer.renderVelocity(TemplateAsyncRenderer.java:174)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.TemplateAsyncRenderer.render(TemplateAsyncRenderer.java:135)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.TemplateAsyncRenderer.render(TemplateAsyncRenderer.java:54)
at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.lambda$syncRender$0(DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.java:284)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.security.authorization.DefaultAuthorExecutor.call(DefaultAuthorExecutor.java:98)
at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.syncRender(DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.java:284)
at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.render(DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.java:267)
at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.block.DefaultBlockAsyncRendererExecutor.render(DefaultBlockAsyncRendererExecutor.java:154)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.render(InternalTemplateManager.java:904)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.renderFromSkin(InternalTemplateManager.java:866)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.render(InternalTemplateManager.java:853)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.renderNoException(InternalTemplateManager.java:808)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.renderNoException(InternalTemplateManager.java:800)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.DefaultTemplateManager.renderNoException(DefaultTemplateManager.java:79)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.DefaultTemplateManager.renderNoException(DefaultTemplateManager.java:73)
at org.xwiki.template.script.TemplateScriptService.render(TemplateScriptService.java:54)
at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor259.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:569)
at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.doInvoke(UberspectImpl.java:571)
at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:554)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:221)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:368)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.render(ASTReference.java:492)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:147)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.VelocimacroProxy.render(VelocimacroProxy.java:218)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:331)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:261)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:304)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:147)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:171)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:147)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:439)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:190)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:439)
at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:358)
at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:262)
at org.xwiki.velocity.internal.InternalVelocityEngine.evaluate(InternalVelocityEngine.java:225)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.VelocityTemplateEvaluator.evaluateContent(VelocityTemplateEvaluator.java:105)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.TemplateAsyncRenderer.evaluateContent(TemplateAsyncRenderer.java:219)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.TemplateAsyncRenderer.renderVelocity(TemplateAsyncRenderer.java:174)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.TemplateAsyncRenderer.render(TemplateAsyncRenderer.java:135)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.TemplateAsyncRenderer.render(TemplateAsyncRenderer.java:54)
at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.lambda$syncRender$0(DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.java:284)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.security.authorization.DefaultAuthorExecutor.call(DefaultAuthorExecutor.java:98)
at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.syncRender(DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.java:284)
at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.render(DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.java:267)
at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.block.DefaultBlockAsyncRendererExecutor.render(DefaultBlockAsyncRendererExecutor.java:154)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.render(InternalTemplateManager.java:904)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.renderFromSkin(InternalTemplateManager.java:866)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.renderFromSkin(InternalTemplateManager.java:846)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.render(InternalTemplateManager.java:832)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.DefaultTemplateManager.render(DefaultTemplateManager.java:91)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.DefaultTemplateManager.render(DefaultTemplateManager.java:85)
at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.evaluateTemplate(XWiki.java:2564)
at com.xpn.xwiki.web.Utils.parseTemplate(Utils.java:180)
at com.xpn.xwiki.web.XWikiAction.execute(XWikiAction.java:651)
at com.xpn.xwiki.web.XWikiAction.execute(XWikiAction.java:339)
at com.xpn.xwiki.web.LegacyActionServlet.service(LegacyActionServlet.java:108)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:733)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:227)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162)
at com.xpn.xwiki.web.ActionFilter.doFilter(ActionFilter.java:122)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162)
at org.xwiki.wysiwyg.filter.ConversionFilter.doFilter(ConversionFilter.java:61)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162)
at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162)
at org.xwiki.container.servlet.filters.internal.SetHTTPHeaderFilter.doFilter(SetHTTPHeaderFilter.java:63)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162)
at org.xwiki.resource.servlet.RoutingFilter.doFilter(RoutingFilter.java:132)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162)
at org.xwiki.container.servlet.filters.internal.SavedRequestRestorerFilter.doFilter(SavedRequestRestorerFilter.java:208)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162)
at org.xwiki.container.servlet.filters.internal.SetCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetCharacterEncodingFilter.java:117)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:97)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:542)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:143)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:92)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:687)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:78)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:354)
at org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpProcessor.service(AjpProcessor.java:433)
at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:65)
at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:888)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1684)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1136)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:635)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:840)
Here is the list of browsers we support and how they have been tested for this release:
| Browser | Test Result | |
|---|---|---|
 | Google Chrome 41 | Not Tested |
 | Mozilla Firefox 37 | Jira Tickets Marked as Fixed in the Release Notes |
 | Internet Explorer 8 | Not Tested |
| Internet Explorer 9 | Not Tested |
Here is the list of databases we support and how they have been tested for this release:
| Database | Test Result | |
|---|---|---|
 | HyperSQL 2.3.2 | Jira Tickets Marked as Fixed in the Release Notes |
 | MySQL 5.6.24 | Not Tested |
 | Oracle 11.2 | Not Tested |
 | PostgreSQL 9.4.1 | Not Tested |
For the full list of tests see this page.
Known issues
Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes
General Notes
When upgrading make sure you compare your xwiki.cfg, xwiki.properties and web.xml files with the newest version since some configuration parameters may have been modified or added. Note that you should add xwiki.store.migration=1 so that XWiki will attempt to automatically migrate your current database to the new schema. Make sure you backup your Database before doing anything.
API Breakages
No APIs were modified since XWiki 6.4.2.
