Release notes for Optimizely updates

When you use GetChildren without specifying a language (a LanguageLoaderOption) then the language is resolved from the context. In case of a normal web request, that language is determined from the URL (either through host mapping or language segment). However an initializable module is likely to run outside a normal webrequest, so in that case language is resolved using other available sources, like globalization element in web.config. To ensure a deterministic behavior, you should explicitly specify a language when loading content from an initializable module. (You can use a fallback to master or use LanguageLoaderOption.MasterLanguage() or LanguageSelector.MasterLanguage if you do not know the language beforehand.)

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create a profile filter definition with params being number data types (int, long, double):

{
  "Name": "Int_data2",
  "Description": "Number equal a value",
  "Query": "Payload.number eq {{value}}",
  "Parameters": {
    "value": "int"
  },
  "Category": "Profiles",
  "Type": "Profiles"
}

-> Create successfully

2.  Create a segment with filter definition in step 1 and insert a negative number in param like this:

{
  "Parameters": {
    "value": -2
  }
}

Expected result:

Returns 201 Created.

Actual result:

Returns 500 Internal Server Error.

Note: It does not occur in the event filter definition.

An internal error (500) occurred when you set MultipleActiveResultSets=False in a connection string in startup.cs and then tried to create a page with content type AllPropertiesPage.

Unable to upload image when editing catalog content in the TinyMCE editor.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open any catalog content with an XHTML property.
2. Upload an image.

Image uploading fails with this error in the browser console:

[ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: source]
   System.Linq.Enumerable.Any(IEnumerable`1 source) +200
   EPiServer.Commerce.Shell.Rest.Query.GetChildrenQuery.CanHandleQuery(IQueryParameters parameters) +75
   System.Linq.Enumerable.FirstOrDefault(IEnumerable`1 source, Func`2 predicate) +183
   EPiServer.Cms.Shell.UI.Rest.Internal.ContentStore.GetQuery(String queryName, ContentQueryParameters parameters) +32
   EPiServer.Cms.Shell.UI.Rest.Internal.ContentStore.Get(ContentReference id, String query, ContentReference referenceId, ContentReference[] references, String[] typeIdentifiers, Nullable`1 allLanguages, IEnumerable`1 sortColumns, ItemRange range) +459
   lambda_method(Closure , ControllerBase , Object[] ) +486
   System.Web.Mvc.ReflectedActionDescriptor.Execute(ControllerContext controllerContext, IDictionary`2 parameters) +229
   System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionMethod(ControllerContext controllerContext, ActionDescriptor actionDescriptor, IDictionary`2 parameters) +35
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker.<BeginInvokeSynchronousActionMethod>b__39(IAsyncResult asyncResult, ActionInvocation innerInvokeState) +39
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncResult`2.CallEndDelegate(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +77
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker.EndInvokeActionMethod(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +42
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncInvocationWithFilters.<InvokeActionMethodFilterAsynchronouslyRecursive>b__3d() +72
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass46.<InvokeActionMethodFilterAsynchronouslyRecursive>b__3f() +387
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass46.<InvokeActionMethodFilterAsynchronouslyRecursive>b__3f() +387
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass46.<InvokeActionMethodFilterAsynchronouslyRecursive>b__3f() +387
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass46.<InvokeActionMethodFilterAsynchronouslyRecursive>b__3f() +387
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker.EndInvokeActionMethodWithFilters(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +42
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass2b.<BeginInvokeAction>b__1c() +38
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass21.<BeginInvokeAction>b__1e(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +188
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker.EndInvokeAction(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +38
   EPiServer.Shell.Services.Rest.RestControllerBase.EndExecute(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +60
   System.Web.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +648
   System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStepImpl(IExecutionStep step) +213
   System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +131

In the following scenario, the Title field from the PageHeaderBlock would appear in the exported data, but not the AltText or Caption from the ImageBlock that it was using as a property.

Page :: GenericPage

• Block :: PageHeaderBlock
  • String :: Title
  • Block :: ImageBlock
    • String :: AltText
    • String :: Caption
• ContentArea :: Content

An internal error (500) occurred when you configured a website to have two culture and one of them was empty. For example: 

• localhost:8000 - sv culture
• localhost:8001 - empty culture

The Activity Log truncation would frequently fail with the following error, so configuration options were added so that you can control the maximum number of activities that are removed, and specify a custom timeout for the database command execution.

One or more errors occurred. [Execution Timeout Expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding.]

You can now use the following settings in the ActivityOptions class in the Episerver.Cms.ActivityOptions section.

• TruncateMaximum. Sets the maximum number of activities to remove.
• TruncateDatabaseTimeout. Sets the timeout of the database command.

An error in GetChildren that was related to casting pages caused it to not work properly after converting a type.

The content root could be set to inherit access rights even though it had nothing to inherit from.

Add the possibility to define custom metadata for media types without using attributes (ImageDescriptorAttribute, MediaDescriptorAttribute) to better enable headless projects.

Metadata defined with attributes should be handled as before, but metadata defined through the API should be stored in the database. When resolving these values the information in the database should be used primarily, if no database values exist for these fields they will be resolved using the attributes as before. The metadata includes:

• Properties from the ImageDescriptorAttribute
• Properties from the MediaDescriptorAttribute