6.2.x Chat portlet becomes unusable if PACL is deployed a second time

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: No Longer Reproducible
• Affects Version/s: 6.2.0 CE M3
• Fix Version/s: 6.2.0 CE M4
• Component/s: Application Security > PACL, Chat, Collaboration
• Labels: None
• Environment: Tomcat 7 + MySQL 5. Portal 6.2.x GIT ID: bca6a0d309ae52a1faf8ebd47da7f405efca0004. Plugins 6.2.x GIT ID: 6d79432300352bd317c702db8f25e8c147c52bcc.
• Fix Priority: 5
• Bug Type: Regression Bug

The chat portlet becomes unusable when the user restarts the app server with PACL deployed a second time. The chat portlet works before the other PACL dependencies are loaded. There are no console errors.

Steps taken:

1. Go to > Control Panel > Users and Organizations.
2. Add a new user called test1.
3. In another browser, sign in as test1 using the IP address not localhost.
4. Deploy the chat portlet.
5. Send messages between admin and test1.
6. Now deploy the flash portlet, sample-service-builder-portlet, and the test pacl portlet.
7. Assert that PACL passes the tests.
8. Send more messages between admin and test1.
9. Shut down the app server.
10. Restart the app server.
11. Sign in again on the second browser.
12. Attempt to send messages; in the first browser, test1 is not found listed as an Online friend. Refreshing the page will show test1 but they cannot send messages to each other.
13. In the test1 browser, the system admin appears but clicking on the admin has no results after multiple refreshes.