AFActivityTimerTasks is not properly cleaned up

  • 7005868
  • 29-Apr-2010
  • 13-Jan-2014

Environment

Novell Identity Manager Roles Based Provisioning Module 3.7.0

Situation

If you have an Approval Activity that uses Reminders and has a time-out,  If
the the Application Server is down and then restart after the time-out of the
Approval the Reminder row in the AFActivityTimerTasks table is not removed.  As
a result

a) Reminders continue to be sent
b) If the workflow goes back to the Approval then you will receive a Constraint
Violation when trying to update the AFActivityTimerTasks table.

Resolution

This behavior will be fixed in the next public patch for Novell Identity Manager User Application 3.7.0 Public patch C which is scheduled to be released in late May 2010.

To obtain the patch latest public patch please visit Novell's Patch Finder website (dl.netiq.com/patch/finder)and do a seach by entering Identity Manager Roles Based Provisioning Module for the product and select the Identity Manager Roles Based Provisioning version that you are using to obtain the latest patch for the version you are using. Please remember that Identity Manager Roles Based Provisioning Module patches are cumulative so if you find a newer version that is listed in this TID report, it will include the fix.