Browser Is Redirected To Current Page Instead Of Home Page After Session Expiry After Upgrade From WebCenter Portal 11.1.1.4 to 11.1.1.6 (Doc ID 1529217.1)

Last updated on MAY 31, 2023

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Symptoms

In a WebCenter Portal 11.1.1.4 application, users are redirected to the application's Home page after session expiry. 
The application was upgraded from release 11.1.1.4 to 11.1.1.6. 
After the upgrade, users are not redirected to the Home page after session expiry. 
They get redirected to the last visited page after submitting their credentials on the Login page.

The 11.1.1.4 WebCenter Portal application was customized according to the guidelines in the following Internet blogs to handle navigation and session expiry:

• http://andrejusb.blogspot.in/2011/04/practical-guide-for-oracle-webcenter.html
• http://andrejusb.blogspot.in/2011/07/oracle-webcenter-11g-ps3ps4-workaround.html

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Test case

1. Download the attached project file SampleApp.zip and unzip the contents.
2. Open the SampleApp.jws from the unzipped content in JDeveloper 11.1.1.6 with the WebCenter Portal Framework extension installed.
3. Run the application.
4. The application will open in a browser. Login as your Weblogic user.
5. The home.jspx page is displayed.
6. Click Search Order link in menu to navigate to SearchOrd.jspx.
7. In SearchOrd.jspx, click on the Submit button (no visual action, the browser will remain on the SearchOrd.jspx page).
8. Wait until the session has expired.
9. Acknowledge the session expiry by clicking on the OK button in the Page Expired message window - the browser redirects to the login page.
10. Login again as your Weblogic user.
11. On successful authentication, the browser is redirected to SearchOrd.jspx is instead of home.jspx.

Changes

 The application was upgraded from WebCenter Portal 11.1.1.4 to 11.1.1.6.

Cause

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