[#45597] - [5.3] Restored Article Version Now Properly Checked Out to Current User
- Fixed in Code Base
- 25 Aug 2025
- Medium
- Build: 5.3-dev
- # 45597
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- travisrisner:versioning-checkedoutuser
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Pull Request for Issue #45586 .
Summary of Changes
This pull request addresses an issue where restoring a previous article version in Joomla causes the article to be locked (checked_out) to the original author of that version, rather than the current user performing the restore.
Testing Instructions
- Create two admin accounts.
- Login as USER1, create and save an article, then make a few edits and save multiple times to create version history (on the last one make sure to not save & close, just go save & go back to the dashboard and logout)
- Log in as USER2 and open the same article.
- Restore the previous version that wasn't set to save & close.
- It should now show a
Save & Closebutton for USER2 because the checked_out value is set to the USER2 id instead of retaining the USER1 value.
Actual result BEFORE applying this Pull Request
If a previous verison was restored that was had USER1's id stored as the checked_out value, it would only show a Save to Menu or Save as Copy button.
Expected result AFTER applying this Pull Request
Restored article is checked out the actual user restoring the article, so proper buttons show up.
Link to documentations
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Documentation link for docs.joomla.org:
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No documentation changes for docs.joomla.org needed
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Pull Request link for manual.joomla.org:
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No documentation changes for manual.joomla.org needed
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I have tested this item ✅ successfully on 2463e9f
Adopting Testing Instructions sligthly
- Opening the article fails with error: 'Check-out failed with the following error: The user checking out does not match the user who checked out the item..'
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- Log in as USER2 and open the same article, after unlocking the article in doing 'Check-in'.
Tested with JBT, before applying this PR:
- Version restored from different user has only 'Save as Copy' menu
After applying the PR with graft Joomla_5.3.3-dev+pr.45597-Development-Full_Package.zip
- Version restored from different user has also 'Save' and 'Save & Close' buttons, booth buttons are working and different old versions are restorable for the second user
- Tested with third user with only Publisher rights, restoring 2nd version from frontend is working
Unfortunally found a new error, but this exists already before this PR, see #45782
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I have tested this item ✅ successfully on 2463e9f
Hi, I have successfully tested this! Thanks Travis for figuring out the logic!
(and thanks to @muhme because I had the same 'Check-out failed with the following error: The user checking out does not match the user who checked out the item..' message and thought, darn I did something wrong).
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@rdeutz what updates are needed?
@brianteeman That's a naughty behaviour of the issue tracker when not being up to date with the labels. It adds them back as soon as something else changes via the issue tracker. I will remove the label and trigger a branch update. The latter will update the labels in the issue tracker so that will not happen again with this PR.
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@brianteeman because you are in a model context "Factory::getApplication()->getIdentity()" can be replaced with "$this->getCurrentUser()"
Thanks @richard67 I have removed it.
I have tested this item ✅ successfully on 1847c70
I 'just' re-tested in the last 5 minutes and successfully again ! :) Thanks for the work and persistence @travisrisner.
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Thanks
| Status | Ready to Commit | ⇒ | Fixed in Code Base |
| Closed_Date | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | ⇒ | 2025-08-25 09:21:09 |
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@travisrisner Thank you for your contribution. As test preparation I updated the branch. The PR has deprecations, to be fixed. Could you please check failed PHPstan? It shows you which lines failed and gives hint for fixing.