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  1. Nuxeo Platform
  2. NXP-27278

Fix assignment/removal of access rights in workflow

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    • Release Notes Summary:
      Permission changes are done without a document modification.
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      800
    • Sprint:
      nxcore 11.1.10
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      When a task is assigned, temporary ACLs are applied to the document to grant access the task actor. A call to session.saveDocument() is done, this is unnecessary, and it generates inappropriate beforeDocumentModification, documentModified, ... events. This inadvertently calls customer-defined event handlers, event listeners, ..., and can lead to unexpected behaviors.

      I found 3 instances of this faulty implementation here:

      But other instances can exist.

      See the history of a document below, when a task is assigned or completed (standard workflow Serial document review), the Rights assigned entries are immediately followed a Modification entry (the document is actually updated):

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