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'modified by' is updated without any modification

patrik — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:06:42 GMT

Hi!Just after I had browsed around in Share in the document library I saw that several documents had been modified by me around the time I just browsed around. How come the "modified by" and "modified date" attributes get updated even if I don't modify the document? I think this has happened when i

Re: 'modified by' is updated without any modification

gronfelt — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:15:09 GMT

I've experienced this too, with Alfresco Labs 3 Stable. I don't know if there's a fix or workaround, but since I upgraded to Community 3.2 I haven't seen it occur, so it might be worth a try to upgrade.

Re: 'modified by' is updated without any modification

jimbobcl — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:14:59 GMT

I've found that this is happening on 3.3g CE

When I browse a document where the thunbnails have not yet been created in it's folder, all the thunbnails are then automatically created, but all the documents' modified date and modified by is updated to current time and my name.

Jim

Re: 'modified by' is updated without any modification

piski — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:10:58 GMT

Hi all,

I've experienced the same problem and I've found the fix to apply : https://issues.alfresco.com/jira/browse/ALF-3991

Unfortunately, I have no clue where the package org.alfresco.repo.thumbnail is located … please help !

I browse http://dev.alfresco.com/resource/docs/java/repository/ but the container file (jar file within Alfresco\tomcat\webapps\share\WEB-INF\lib I think) isn't mentionned … or more simple (for us lol), can we get the corrected file .class or the .jar ?

Thanks !!!

PS: My Alfresco version is 3.3

Re: 'modified by' is updated without any modification

piski — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:19:26 GMT

Hi again !

The problem has been fixed in the last revision of SVN (go and see the post : http://forums.alfresco.com/en/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=29120 ) since 31/08/2010.

According to Alfresco Team, there is no "HOTfix" for the Community version (only in Enterprise 3.3 SP2) … wait and see for the Community version 3.4 !!!

Re: 'modified by' is updated without any modification

captnbob — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 04:30:51 GMT

Hi
I'm using a clean install of 3.4a since release and installed 3.4b today, having imported an older 3.2 alfresco dir.root

On both 3.4 versions, if I view a Document Library directory contents, the "Modified on" date is the original date last modified or imported on. When I click on the directory name again (forcing the contents to refresh), all the files "Modifed on" dates are changed to the current date.

The same happens if you go to the document preview.

It seems that if a preview for a document is generated, or some refresh is made to the directory, the 'modified on' date is incorrectly updated.

Please address this urgently. The problem did NOT occur in 3.2.

thank you.
Brian

Re: 'modified by' is updated without any modification

mikeh — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 08:56:28 GMT

I think there was a problem with the original fix in that some code paths were still enabling the default auditing behaviour. This will be fixed in the next Community release, 3.4.c

Thanks,
Mike

Re: 'modified by' is updated without any modification

erwincwj — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 03:19:18 GMT

Hi there!

I am having a similar problem of "modified by" is updated without any modification.

My colleague was browsing the document library in Alfresco Share when she noticed some folders being modified at the time around midnight. Curious, she logged the issue to me (who has role of Admin - only 1 Admin) but I did not do any modification nor was I logged in at the time. Question is : How can the "modified by" and "modified date" attributes get updated even if I don't modify the document? Is there any solution or explanation for this occurrence?

I'm using Alfresco Community version 4.0. Thank you for your feedback.

Re: 'modified by' is updated without any modification

mrogers — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 08:39:25 GMT

Sounds like something like a workflow or job. The midnight time is suspicious. Is there any audit history to see what has changed?

Re: 'modified by' is updated without any modification

c27 — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 01:36:00 GMT

I have noticed this too, although it happens a few minutes after a change has been made.
I can create a space and a few minutes later it has been modified by an admin user. The admin user whose name is appearing (although I too am one) has advised me that they ahve no special jobs running.

Re: 'modified by' is updated without any modification

erwincwj — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:01:05 GMT

Hi Mrogers,

I don't have the audit trail function set up yet. I notice that the latest changes of documents in folder or changes to folder will change the parent folder's properties as well. However the modifier is incorrect. Example:
Folder name: 04.2.3 Oct 2012 Modified Date: 22 October 2012 13:53 Modifier: User A ; will change the parent folder's properties as follows
Folder name: 04.2 QA Sample Modified Date: 22 October 2012 13:53 Modifier: Admin; where the Modifier is incorrect.

Would this be the reason for the "modified by" is updated without any modification? But the modifier information is wrong. Any feedback on the comment and how to resolve this? Thank you for your feedback.

Re: 'modified by' is updated without any modification

pmverma — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 09:53:04 GMT

I am having the same problem too. When uploading large file size, it displays "Modified by…".

Does anybody got any idea?