Broken links to pages or files in Web Content causing publication errors

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 7.0.X EE, Master
• Fix Version/s: 7.0.0 DXP FP26, 7.0.X EE, 7.0.4 CE GA5, 7.1.X, Master
• Component/s: Staging, ~[Archived] WCM
• Labels:
  • cmu_staging
  • liferay-digital-enterprise-70-sp5
  • liferay-fixpack-de-26-7010
• Branch Version/s:
  7.0.x
• Backported to Branch:
  Committed
• Story Points: 1
• Fix Priority: 4
• Git Pull Request: https://github.com/liferay/com-liferay-journal/pull/343

Web Content that have references to data that no longer exists may prevent Staging publishes due to missing references.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Add two new sites, and navigate to one of them
2. Add a Web Content structure with a Link-to-page field
3. Add a template based on the new structure
4. Add two public pages, Page A and Page B
5. Add a new Web Content article based on the new structure, and make the Link-to-page field point to Page B
6. After publishing the article, edit it, clear the link, and publish again
7. Delete Page B
8. Set up remote Staging to publish to the other new site
9. Attempt to publish Web Content

Expected result: the Web Content can be successfully published.
Actual result: the missing layout prevents the Web Content from being successfully published, and the publish fails. A stack trace is shown in the console.

 

The similar error happens for web content with broken file entry references