Group friendly URL blocks language changes when a locale is added to URL under locale.prepend.friendly.url.style=0 config

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 6.2.X EE, 7.0.X, Master
• Fix Version/s: 6.2.X EE, 7.0.0 DXP FP35, 7.0.0 DXP SP7, 7.0.5 CE GA6, 7.0.X, 7.1.0 M1, 7.1.X, Master
• Component/s: Content Display Widgets > Language widget
• Labels:
  • ee-ts
  • liferay-digital-enterprise-70-sp7
  • liferay-fixpack-de-35-7010
  • liferay-fixpack-portal-168-6210
• Branch Version/s:
  7.0.x, 6.2.x
• Backported to Branch:
  Committed
• Story Points: 1
• Fix Priority: 3
• Git Pull Request: https://github.com/brianchandotcom/liferay-portal/pull/53850

Preconditions

1. Define following property to the portal-ext.properties: locale.prepend.friendly.url.style=0

Steps

1. Create a new web site: etic
2. Configure languages for the site:
   • Default Language: English (United States)
   • Available Languages - Current: Spanish (Spain), Catalan (Spain) and English (United States)
3. Add a page. "home" (English). "inicio" (Spanish). "inic" (Catalan)
4. Add a page. "research" (English). "investigacion" (Spanish). "invest" (Catalan)
5. Add a page. "tech" (English). "tecnologia" (Spanish). "tecnol" (Catalan)
6. Add the language selector portlet in each page.

Case A:

1. Manually force the locale for the English in the browser URL, using group friendly URL: http://localhost:8080/en/web/etic
2. Change the language to Spanish or Catalan using the language selector.

Observed behaviour
Language is not changed.
URL is still http://localhost:8080/en/web/etic

Expected behaviour
Language is changed.

Case B:

1. Manually use following URL: http://localhost:8080/web/etic
2. Change the language to Spanish or Catalan using the language selector.

Expected and observed behaviour
Language is changed.

Case C:

1. Manually force the locale for the English in the browser URL, pointing at home page: http://localhost:8080/en/web/etic/home
2. Change the language to Spanish or Catalan using the language selector.

Expected and observed behaviour
Language is changed.

Case D:

1. Manually use following URL: http://localhost:8080/web/etic/home
2. Change the language to Spanish or Catalan using the language selector.
3. Manually force the locale for the English in the browser URL, pointing at same page: http://localhost:8080/en/web/etic/home
4. Change the language to Spanish or Catalan using the language selector.

Expected and observed behaviour
Language is changed.