Publication/Import fails with DuplicateCategoryException

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 6.1.20 EE GA2, 6.1.X EE, 6.2.X EE, 7.0.0 M3
• Fix Version/s: 6.2.2 CE GA3 , 6.2.X EE, 7.0.0 M2
• Component/s: Staging
• Labels:
  • QA-TP
  • ee-ts
  • liferay-fixpack-wcm-core-19-6210
• Branch Version/s:
  6.2.x
• Backported to Branch:
  Committed
• Story Points: 8
• Fix Priority: 4
• Git Pull Request: https://github.com/brianchandotcom/liferay-portal/pull/21338

Steps to reproduce (master):

1. Create a site
2. Create a category A in Topic
3. Export public pages
4. Import lar to the site -> you will have a Vocabulary Topic (2) with category A in it
5. Delete category A from Topic (2)
6. Create category A in Topic (2)
7. Import the lar to the site again

Expected result:
Category "a (2)" is created in Topic (2)

Actual result:
Import fails with DuplicateCategoryException

Steps to reproduce (6.2.x and 6.1.x):

1. create a category
2. enable local staging
3. delete the category
4. create a category with the same name as the one you deleted
5. publish to live

Expected result:
publication would be successful

Actual result:
publication fails with DuplicateCategoryException

Reproduced on ee-6.1.x d07c810fea1120857adf66e2ca6c530a386678ee
Reproduced on ee-6.2.x 52f7501
Reproduced on master 2090f7f85533a19220b1e7c0dac33d124dd24f25