Resolved issues
This topic lists previously reported issues that are resolved when you install Kofax RPA 11.2.0.
This version is cumulative and includes the resolved issues that were delivered in the Kofax RPA 11.1.0 Fix Packs. For details, see the ReadMe files for the Kofax RPA 11.1.0 Fix Packs, which are available from the Kofax Fulfillment Site.
Delay in updating Robots section in MC
1641662: When Management Console contained a large number of robots, updating the Robots section took too much time and led to an increase in the memory consumption.
Basic Engine Robot did not show loaded data
1635710: A Basic Engine Robot did not show loaded data when Replace Pattern was set on the Page Loading tab in the Robot Configuration dialog box.
Issue with Windows step
1626903: If the device name in a Robot was different than the device mapping name in the Call Robot step, adding a Windows step caused an error: "Device information has changed."
Deadlock occurred when activating RoboServers
1621518: A deadlock occurred while activating two RoboServers in Management Console from two different clusters.
WebKit encoded URL parameters incorrectly
1621061: WebKit incorrectly encoded URL parameters and sent requests with a query string that the server could not interpret.
Performance issues with validation of robots
1620569: For some Basic Engine Robots, it took several minutes to open the robots in Design Studio.
WebKit encoded URL incorrectly
1619336: WebKit incorrectly encoded URLs when receiving 302 HTTP redirect and redirect requests with an incorrect URL.
Robots summary view did not filter by start/end time
1618585: The robots summary log view did not filter by the start and end time.
Time stamps did not use InvariantCulture formatting
1618413: Time stamps sent by the Desktop Automation Service systray application to the Management Console were not formatted with InvariantCulture.
Acquiring DAS led to authentication issues
1617869: RoboServer could receive an authentication error during hub reservation when several robots were trying to reserve a hub from a RoboServer in parallel, which could cause a robot to wait in the Management Console queue indefinitely.
NullPointerException occurred with Oracle
1616317: Management Console failed with NullPointerException when SlimRepository was requested by Design Studio and the Oracle database was used for Management Console.
Kapowbrowser became unresponsive for Execute JavaScript
1608829: Kapowbrowser became unresponsive when running the Execute Javascript step with large data.
Issue with restoring Kapplets backup
1608289: In Kapplets, after restoring a Kapplets backup containing a robotBlock reference, some Kapplets were missing.
Resolution of text runs resulted in incorrect content
1604457: Resolution of overlapping text runs in PDF files could result in an incorrect or empty content in the application tree.
Systray app icon did not use error icon
1603255: The systray application icon was not using the error icon when the command port of the Desktop Automation Service was busy.
Deadlock caused by Kiama occurred in Design Studio
1601510: A deadlock occurred in Design Studio, which was caused by the synchronization in Kiama. It happened if a Robot instance was accessed by two threads concurrently, such as from the execution thread and the AWT thread.
Press Key limitations not documented
1601362: Some Press Key step limitations for the built-in Excel were not mentioned in the documentation.
Enter text did not replace text in address bar
1601082: When clicking the address bar in the Chromium browser, it did not replace text but instead added it at the end.
Filters in Log view disappeared when resizing column
1599348: When checking the robot run in Log view, the columns were too small. When trying to extend these columns, the filter disappeared and other log lines were shown.
Issue with using Excel as input to external operations
1597940: Design Studio became unresponsive when trying to calculate the history hash for ExcelSpreadsheetDocument that was not serializable. It could happen if Excel was used as input to external operations such as a database interaction.
Ignore Case did not work for Cyrillic characters
1597733: The Extract Data converter did not match some characters with different cases even when the Ignore Case option was enabled. The issue was reported for Cyrillic characters.
OCR failed if project used Clarity
1597732: When running text recognition on a Document Transformation Service project that used Clarity from RPA, the call failed with an error from Google Vision stating that the API key was missing.
Issue with entering group security name
1596030: When assigning a permission for a project in Management Console, it was impossible to enter the name in the group security drop-down list to search for a specific group.
Incoming requests had too many parameters
1594833: If the Log view or schedule runs had more than 2100 rows, the request "Delete all runs (X) and their messages matching the current filter" did not work in Management Console.
Device type in Robots was too restrictive
1589440: After the device specification was added to Robots, it was no longer possible to reuse a Robot among Basic Engine Robots that used different mapping types.
Find in Database step returned outdated cached values
1586876: The Find in Database step returned outdated cached values.
User groups not sent to Kapplets
1586835: In LDAP mode, user groups were not sent to Kapplets.
Text input consisting of only white spaces got trimmed
1585535: Text input variables for Robots that contained only white spaces were trimmed while transferring them to a Robot. In that Robot, the variable was empty instead of containing the white spaces.
Duplicate group created on restoring backup in Kapplets
1584298: A duplicate group was created after restoring a backup file in Kapplets.
Robot with static mapping not executed for some trigger devices
1581582: After executing a trigger for a robot deployed on a Management Console, subsequent robots were not executed properly. This situation occurred if the trigger device and trigger mapping for the robot with the trigger had different names.
Trigger mappings did not work when name was different
1579983: Trigger mappings did not work when the mapping name was different on the Call Robot step compared to the name inside the Robot.
Issue with referencing previous application
1579320: It was possible to have a step with a previous application reference after a converter step containing a device finder only, if the step before the converter step had an application finder.
Deleting email accounts caused error
1576444: Deleting more than four email accounts from Management Console caused an error.
Outlook calendar had faulty tree
1570772: The Outlook calender had a faulty tree and could not be automated with mouse operations.
Data view sorting was incorrect for Number type
1570478: When the Number type was used and a table with "Float" in SQL Server was created, the sorting was not correct in the Data view in Management Console when sorting was performed by that column.
Extract Tree as XML step produced invalid XML
1564826: Using the Extract Tree as XML step resulted in an invalid XML for some pages. For more information, see XML validation with Extract Tree as XML step.
Admin user rights not updated from LDAP
1562022: The admin user rights were not updated from LDAP.
Writing to SFTP share caused NullPointerException
1551249: In Robot File System, writing to an SFTP share caused the NullPointerException on Tomcat 8.5.34 and Tomcat 9.0.34.
Docker configurator generated broken properties files
1544472: When the Docker configurator generated a properties file with entrylogin.ldap.check.timeout.<n> set to an empty string, it became unresponsive when reading the properties file back.
DAS could not extract data from SAP_AdvancedTreeList
1544347: The Desktop Automation Service could not extract data from the second column of the SAP_AdvancedTreeList.
Issue with uploading folder through Chromium browser
1540505: When using product version 10.7.0, it was impossible to upload a folder through the Chromium browser.
Lookup Password step had no timeout
1538815: The Lookup Password step had no timeout, which caused robots to become unresponsive.
vc_redist files were missing from RoboServer Docker image
1538549: The vc_redist files were missing from the Windows RoboServer Docker Image.
Credentials specified in DAS configurator not encoded
1537691: Credentials specified in the Desktop Automation Service configurator were not encoded in UTF-8 before being Base64 encoded and sent to the Management Console.
Some tabs were reset after being saved and refreshed
1536884: Settings on the following tabs in Management Console > Settings > General were reset to their initial value after being changed, saved, and then refreshed: Login, RoboServer purge, and Base URL. This was also relevant for the From address field on the SMTP tab.
Management Console connection issue
1532528: Design Studio version 10.7.0 could not connect to Management Console version 11.2.0 if connectors or Robots were uploaded.
Robot password security
1532524, 1530720: A malicious robot developer with elevated project rights theoretically had an ability to retrieve the password that had been previously set as input to a robot job in a schedule. The attacker needed to have malicious intent and sufficient knowledge about the internals of the scheduler.
Password store entries not restored with Import project
1530042, 1528241: Password store entries were not restored when the Import project option was used.
DAS could not create SSL/TLS secure channel
1528659: When the Desktop Automation Service was configured over port 443, it was impossible to create an SSL/TLS secure channel.
Synchronizer showed logs in console only
1524075: After Synchronizer.exe was started, logging appeared only in the Synchronizer.exe console. The logs should have been written to the synchronizer.log file instead.
Parameter validation rejected optional string parameters
1518036: Parameter validation on signature-based steps rejected optional string parameters with an expression that evaluated to an empty string.
Issue with Set Content step
1517909: A "No node with name" exception occurred when using the Set Content step.
WebSphere not supported for new Management Console
1516885: The new Management Console did not work on WebSphere.
Issue with uploading missing files during schedule creation
1498832: The dialog box that enables you to automatically upload any missing dependencies during schedule creation in Management Console was not available.
Empty tree returned for page opened with javascript: protocol
1498773: An empty tree was returned when a page was opened using javascript: protocol.
Schedule execution failed with hash used in name or path
1466282: If a robot had a hash sign in the name and/or path and required an input, it failed when it was run in a schedule.
Issue with running robots when upgrading from 10.7.0.x
1457810: When upgrading from product version 10.7.0.x, it was impossible run robots after a backup was restored.
Error occurred when creating bookmark
1452320: When you tried to create an Insight Viewer bookmark in Kofax Analytics for RPA 2.2.0, an error occurred, and the bookmark was not saved.
Group step with Load Page led to error
1407189: Making a Group step that contained a Load Page step in a Minimal Execution robot led to errors after you entered a name for the group and clicked Enter.
Some variable types could not be used in Raise Job Event
1403260: This issue is resolved with Kofax TotalAgility 7.8.0 and later. For earlier versions, the issue still occurs. Using the following variable types in the Raise Job Event action in the KTA step led to errors: date, byte, document, float, double, nullable date, nullable string, and currency.
InsertSheetStepAction did not commit on errors
1318955: InsertSheetStepAction used on global variables did not commit on errors.
DOMParse worked differently on Linux
1308361: DOMParse worked differently on Linux, which required libxml2 to be updated.
Design Studio unresponsive after refresh of shared project
1264566: When Management Console was added to Design Studio by using credentials for a user who did not have respective privileges, the Design Studio became unresponsive after the shared project was refreshed for the second time.
Issue during snapshot creation
1255576: Kapowbrowser became unresponsive during snapshot creation when CSSRule had no parent StyleSheet.
Test Value step executed after Try step caused issues
1250640: The second iteration of a looped Test Value step executed after a Try step caused Design Studio to become unresponsive.
NullPointerException occurred when exiting branch
1248278: In Basic Engine Robots, the NullPointerException occurred when prematurely exiting a branch after a Try step.
Click step worked incorrectly on <div> selection
1075498: In Basic Engine Robots, the Click step worked incorrectly on a <div> selection when the Restore Session step action was used in previous steps.
WebKit became unresponsive on String.split()
879944: WebKit became unresponsive on the String.split() call containing non-ASCII characters.
No title in some applications
747918: In the Desktop Automation Editor, applications opened with "Run as Administrator" could be seen but they did not have an application title.