[#47609] - [5.x] Duplicates in ucm_content table
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- Build: 5.4-dev
- # 47609
What happened?
When saving an article again, a duplicate row with a new core_content_id is created in ucm_content table.
Updated Joomla from 4 to 5 (in October 2025).
Created a new article, added tags and saved it.
Saved it the second time without changes.
A duplicate row with a new core_content_id was created in ucm_content table.
Version
5.4
Expected result
When saving an article again, the values in the existing row of the ucm_content table should be updated.
Actual result
When saving an article again, a duplicate row with a new core_content_id is created in the ucm_content table.
System Information
Joomla! 5.4.5 Stable
PHP 8.3.22
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You are correct - in Joomla 4 the record was updated. In Joomla 5 and 6 a new record is inserted
I do not know the reason for the change
Please fix it.
| Status | New | ⇒ | Closed |
| Closed_Date | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | ⇒ | 2026-04-20 08:31:07 |
| Closed_By | ⇒ | chmst |
| Status | Closed | ⇒ | New |
| Closed_Date | 2026-04-20 08:31:07 | ⇒ | |
| Closed_By | chmst | ⇒ |
Re-opening as this is active again
If you control exactly you will see that these records are different. These records are used to attach tags and articles. When articles with tags are re-stored after beeing updated, a new record is added into the umc table.