WebCenter Portal Navigation Links Start Failing With 404 Errors After Running For A Few Days (Doc ID 2321303.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 14, 2021

Applies to:

Symptoms

Some Portal Framework navigation links start failing with 404 after running for a few days.  All users will start getting 404 error when accessing the affected navigation link.


ERROR
  

404 Not Found

FACTS

• Error happens only when accessing the affected page using the navigation link.
  
  
• The affected page can be accessed using the direct URL to the page.  Issue is specific to the navigation link.
  
  
• Editing the navigation and changing the navigation ID for the link solves the issue.
  
  e.g.:
  
  
  • For WebCenter Portal Spaces:
    
    Edit the Portal, select the affected page get the page information.
    Then select the Advanced Tab.
    
    There you can change the ID for the page.
    
    
    
  • For WebCenter Portal Framework Applications edit the navigation at run time through the Portal Admin UI.
    There you can change the ID for the navigation item.
    

     

• Changing modified ID back to the original value causes error again.

Changes

Cause

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