INC-157196 · Issue 629296
Deprecated service package features now require authentication
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.5
Authentication has been added to deprecated features of the standard service package to improve security. If issues are encountered during product migration, please use the Deployment Manager.
INC-158519 · Issue 625078
Filter considers all instances pages during deployment
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.5
During package deployment, attempting to use Filter to skip some of the instances only displayed the result of the current active page instead of all pages. This was an unintended consequence of previous work, and has been resolved by adding the logic to strip quotes in the value and adding the "Pagination activity manages filtering" checkbox by default.
INC-159834 · Issue 632247
StackOverFlow logging improved
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.5
Enhanced diagnostic logging information has been added to help find issues when StackOverFlow errors occur.
INC-160288 · Issue 626066
Kerberos handling updated for database remap
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.5
After upgrade from Pega v7.2 to Pega v8.4, using Kerberos authentication was failing during the remap task. Investigation showed that null username and password values were being passed to SchemaAssignmentUtility along with the flags as arguments, causing the utility to misinterpret the arguments. As arguments should be populated only when flags and values are available and not null, an update has been made which will set the username and password flags only if they are not null in the Remap database tables target.
INC-161984 · Issue 638855
Web Tier busy threads released on timeout
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.5
Tomcat Web Tier Busy Threads were not being correctly released, causing stability and performance problems that included health check pings not receiving a thread to service the request so the node was marked as bad, users were quiesced, and the node replaced. Investigation showed the 'put' on the blocking queue did not time out when the queue was full and waited indefinitely, keeping the thread blocked. To resolve this, the system will use 'offer' on the blocking queue instead of 'put' to force thread release on timeout. In addition, debug logs have been added to understand when the offer (or Put) does not succeed and the state of the queue that is causing this issue; the debug logs for class com.pega.pegarules.session.internal.serverpush.RoboticAutomationImpl should be enabled only if the thread busy issue is observed and for limited time window while actively debugging.
INC-162262 · Issue 654955
Query added to find time zone for MSSQL database
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.5
The exception "com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: xp_regread() returned error 5, 'Access is denied.'" was generated when the AES agent PushDBSizeInfo was being run. This was traced to the GetDBInfo activity trying to retrieve the time zone of the MSSQL database by executing a query that used a Microsoft SQL routine to read the windows registry to get the current time zone. The error was not due to security within the SQL Server, but instead was caused by Microsoft Windows security related to the permissions on the registry keys for the users under which specific SQL Server processes were running. To resolve this, an update has been made to call a different query which will get the time zone for the SQL Server.
INC-171587 · Issue 651026
Resolved Push Node Daily Information exception
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.5
The "Push Nodes Info Daily" agent was generating an exception on each of the nodes. This has been resolved by enhancing the PegaAESRemote code to handle the exception and get the node info locally, then push it to the console when it is not able to get it via the cluster management API.
INC-144778 · Issue 619614
Performance improvements for Ajax tab switching
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.5
When using a 360-view of members in a portal implemented with an Ajax container that showed information in multiple tabs, tab switching was taking a lot of time even though the data was already in the memory. Updates have been made to improve performance.
INC-144951 · Issue 601977
Updated specificity for custom-format inputs
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.5
After upgrade, custom formatting for a link control was not working in the skin or during runtime. This was an issue where identical format names used for links and text components caused selectors from the text area to take precedence over link styles, and has been resolved by updating styles to increase specificity for inputs instead of links.
INC-150072 · Issue 621293
Section Include error handling updated
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.5
When trying to add or include a section in the design template mode of a section rule or during run time of the application, the error "java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: -1" was generated. Investigation showed this was originating from the SectionIncludeForm_Post activity of the class Rule-File-Form, and was traced to a system error related to the 'if' condition which verifies the circular reference of the section being newly added. Because this was a system error and not one generated by Pega, there was no handling for it. To resolve this, the sectionincludepost activity in rule-form class has been updated to determine the source and properly handle the error messages.