Upgrading from 5.0.d to 5.1.e breaks iOS App

[angelborroy]

We've upgrade Alfresco from 5.0.d to 5.1.e.

Previously, iOS App was working fine.

From now, we're receiving following error when sites lists is requested (https://alfresco-server.com/alfresco/api/-default-/public/alfresco/versions/1/people/admin/sites😞

{
error: {
errorKey: "framework.exception.PermissionDenied",
statusCode: 403,
briefSummary: "01280046 Permission was denied",
stackTrace: "[org.alfresco.rest.api.impl.LegacyExceptionHandler.handle(LegacyExceptionHandler.java:20), org.alfresco.rest.api.impl.ExceptionInterceptor.invoke(ExceptionInterceptor.java:56), org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:172), org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:204), com.sun.proxy.$Proxy164.getSites(Unknown Source), org.alfresco.rest.api.people.PersonSitesRelation.readAll(PersonSitesRelation.java:69), org.alfresco.rest.framework.webscripts.ResourceWebScriptGet.executeInternal(ResourceWebScriptGet.java:153), org.alfresco.rest.framework.webscripts.ResourceWebScriptGet.access$000(ResourceWebScriptGet.java:30), org.alfresco.rest.framework.webscripts.ResourceWebScriptGet$1.execute(ResourceWebScriptGet.java:195), org.alfresco.rest.framework.webscripts.ResourceWebScriptGet$1.execute(ResourceWebScriptGet.java:191), org.alfresco.repo.transaction.RetryingTransactionHelper.doInTransaction(RetryingTransactionHelper.java:457), org.alfresco.rest.framework.webscripts.ResourceWebScriptGet.execute(ResourceWebScriptGet.java:189), org.alfresco.rest.framework.webscripts.AbstractResourceWebScript.execute(AbstractResourceWebScript.java:68), org.alfresco.rest.framework.webscripts.ApiWebScript.execute(ApiWebScript.java:127), org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryContainer.transactionedExecute(RepositoryContainer.java:460), org.alfresco.rest.api.PublicApiRepositoryContainer.transactionedExecute(PublicApiRepositoryContainer.java:45), org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryContainer.transactionedExecuteAs(RepositoryContainer.java:649), org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryContainer.executeScriptInternal(RepositoryContainer.java:421), org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryContainer.executeScript(RepositoryContainer.java:301), org.alfresco.rest.api.PublicApiRepositoryContainer.access$001(PublicApiRepositoryContainer.java:26), org.alfresco.rest.api.PublicApiRepositoryContainer$1.doWork(PublicApiRepositoryContainer.java:81), org.alfresco.repo.tenant.TenantUtil.runAsWork(TenantUtil.java:119), org.alfresco.repo.tenant.TenantUtil.runAsTenant(TenantUtil.java:88), org.alfresco.rest.api.PublicApiRepositoryContainer.executeScript(PublicApiRepositoryContainer.java:77), org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.AbstractRuntime.executeScript(AbstractRuntime.java:378), org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.AbstractRuntime.executeScript(AbstractRuntime.java:209), org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.TenantWebScriptServlet.service(TenantWebScriptServlet.java:74), org.alfresco.rest.api.PublicApiWebScriptServlet.service(PublicApiWebScriptServlet.java:53), javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:727), org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:303), org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208), org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52), org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241), org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208), org.alfresco.repo.web.filter.beans.NullFilter.doFilter(NullFilter.java:68), sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor1225.invoke(Unknown Source), sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source), java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source), org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChainingSubsystemProxyFactory$1.invoke(ChainingSubsystemProxyFactory.java:125), org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:172), org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:204), com.sun.proxy.$Proxy289.doFilter(Unknown Source), org.alfresco.repo.web.filter.beans.BeanProxyFilter.doFilter(BeanProxyFilter.java:82), org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241), org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208), org.alfresco.web.app.servlet.GlobalLocalizationFilter.doFilter(GlobalLocalizationFilter.java:61), org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241), org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208), org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:220), org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:122), org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:504), org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:170), org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:103), org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:950), org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:116), org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:421), org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1074), org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:611), org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:316), java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source), java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source), org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61), java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)]",
descriptionURL: "http://developer.alfresco.com/ErrorsExplained.html#framework.exception.PermissionDenied"
}
}
‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

We've tried to upgrade iOS App without success.

Thanks in advance.

[angelborroy]

Just to clarify: this error is happening only using SSL connection. It's working on plain HTTP.

[mikeh]

Hola Angel

What happens if you use a different REST client to call that sites API (using HTTP BASIC auth)? If you have the devices, do you see a similar error on the Android side?

At the moment I can't see how this is a problem (or fixable) with the iOS app, so you might get better help from one of the other forums - but let me know the result of those API request tests.

Thanks,
Mike

[ebogaard]

Just created a bug in Jira, as I experience the same problem with the Android 1.6.1 app after upgrading from 5.0d to 5.1e.
All other options in the app seem to be working fine.

See: https://issues.alfresco.com/jira/browse/MOBILE-3394

[mikeh]

Unfortunately, as I mentioned above, there's very little a REST API client (i.e. the Mobile apps) can do if the API is returning HTTP 403 following a server upgrade.

I suggest you have a dig through your server logs to see if there's an error being logged there and if so raise a bug against the repo in JIRA. Be sure to list any exception traces in your bug report.

Thanks,
Mike

[ebogaard]

Understand what you're saying now.
Filed a new issues against the repo: https://issues.alfresco.com/jira/browse/ALF-21608