APAR status
Closed as program error.
Error description
The generated XML equivalent of the catalog could be malformed XML but was being stored in the DataPower document cache as valid. This would cause a 404 Not Found response of every API request in the catalog until this character was corrected and the catalog republished. This bad character should cause the publish to fail but should not cause a failure of the existing published catalog.
Local fix
Problem summary
The customer's catalog or API metadata could have some characters in the metadata values that would make the XML representation of the metadata malformed XML. In most cases, metadata that could be specified by a customer with these characters are checked and escaped, but the consequences of not escaping a particular value would cause the entire catalog to not be accessible until this character was determined, corrected and the product republished. With this fix the XML representation of the catalog is checked to be well formed XML and if not, the existing metadata used at runtime will remain unchanged. The current publish would fail still but the entire catalog would still be accessible as it was prior to the publish with the invalid character.
Problem conclusion
<span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">A fix will be delivered in the API Connect 5.0.8.8 GA </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">and 2018.4.1.12 GA releases.</span>
Temporary fix
Comments
APAR Information
APAR number
LI81438
Reported component name
API CONNECT ENT
Reported component ID
5725Z2201
Reported release
508
Status
CLOSED PER
PE
NoPE
HIPER
NoHIPER
Special Attention
NoSpecatt / Xsystem
Submitted date
2020-04-03
Closed date
2020-04-28
Last modified date
2020-04-28
APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:
APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:
Fix information
Fixed component name
API CONNECT ENT
Fixed component ID
5725Z2201
Applicable component levels
R508 PSY
UP
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Document Information
Modified date:
29 September 2021