Web Content - Cannot save web content as draft

• Type: Regression Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 6.1.30 EE GA3
• Fix Version/s: 6.1.2 CE GA3, 6.1.30 EE GA3
• Component/s: WCM
• Labels: None
• Environment: Tomcat 7.0.34 + MySQL 5. Portal 6.1.x EE GIT ID: cdda2d734db0a3cd44f12e38abc4c44c3ae8d12e.
• Fix Priority: 5
• Similar Issues: Show 4 results ; ;

  LPS-31594	'Save as Draft' Does Not Save Web Content and Attempts to Publish
  LPS-15348	Web Content: Save as draft, then go somewhere else, then save as draft impossible
  LPS-17417	Web Content in the "Draft - State" or "Expired - State" will not be displayed in the Web Content Portlet.
  LPS-13076	Control Panel Web Content doesnt display drafts or expired content

Steps to reproduce:
This is 6.1.x EE specific. Does not occur on trunk.

1. Go to > Control Panel > Web Content
2. Add Basic Web Content and click Save as Draft
3. Draft will not be created.
   • If trying to Save as Draft on an already published article, the changes will not be saved.
   • This will also happen in the WCD portlet.

Expected result:
Web Content will save.

Actual result:
Web Content does not save. No console errors occur.

[Kenji Heigel]

Caused by LPS-33804

Git bisect output:

f6667d5b7fc064e3e7a53fa3491c866fe9e34ac7 is the first bad commit
commit f6667d5b7fc064e3e7a53fa3491c866fe9e34ac7
Author: Gergely Mathe <[e-mail]>
Date:   Tue Mar 19 13:51:20 2013 +0100

    LPS-33804 Web Content creation action is still sent to the server when required general fields are empty

:040000 040000 68ee97d8f49723f765b5a5ac39bbd8d3fc31aead c79cb7b8b973378a150ba2786890d25499bf7dd5 M      portal-web

[Gergely Mathe]

The fix for this is under review.

[Kenji Heigel]

PASSED Manual Testing following the steps in the description.

Fixed on:
Tomcat 7.0.34 + MySQL 5. Portal 6.2.x GIT ID: dda4f5797eddcbe96c0d86a0a9598fa8cf2acb44

Web Content will be saved as drafts. Checked through CP as well as the WCD portlet.