[ARA] Values of DynProps of type Protected/Passwords deleted when performing Custom Type Upgrades

Products

• CA Automic Workload Automation - Automation Engine

Issue/Introduction

Steps to reproduce:

• Create a Custom Type e.g. for Environments, name v1, and in there, create a dynamic property (name it "/password") of type "protected". In the Custom Type definition, don't set a value. Activate the new Custom Type:

1. name: /password
2. protected: false
3. highlighted: false
4. type: Protected
5. allowCustomValues: false

• Create an Environment of this Custom Type (v1). It will surely have the DynProp /password. Set it to "test123" or any other non-empty value.
• Create some workflow that reads out that value (via an Application-Component-Profile-bla-structure), e.g. via a custom action that simply echos that value. Result: The encrypted value (--10.....).
• Create an updated version of the Custom Type, e.g. v2. Don't do any changes to it, just activate it.
• Perform a type upgrade of the Environment created in step 2.
• Re-run the workflow.

Expected result: The password still exists and has the same value as set. The workflow outputs --10... again.
Observed result: The password was deleted. The DynProp still exists, but with an empty value. The output is just "--10", the encryption of an empty string.

Cause

• Defect: Bug confirmed

Environment

Release:
Component: ARLSMG

Resolution

Please be informed that our the issue will be fixed in the following releases:

• Release.Manager 8.0.5 (planned release on 2019-05-20)
• Release.Manager 9.0.3 (planned release on 2019-06-04)
• Release.Manager 10.0.0 (planned release on 2019-06-28)