Outdated resource warnings occur after quick publish in AEM 6.5 Forms
When you perform a quick publish on pages with adaptive forms in AEM 6.5 Managed Services, outdated resource messages occur—even if those resources were just published. These alerts don’t affect page functionality, but can be misleading during publishing workflows. To fix this, verify replication properties, and optionally disable components that trigger these alerts.
Description description
Environment
Product: Adobe Experience Manager - Forms (AEM - Forms)
Version: AEM 6.5
Components Involved: Forms assets, themes, and templates
Issue/Symptoms
- Outdated resource messages appear during quick publish operations.
- The outdated resource messages persist even after recently publishing the same resources.
- Log entry:
com.adobe.aem.formsndocuments.service.impl.StaleAssetIndicatorServiceImpl [ StaleAssetIndicator] : Cache Stale due to dependant asset - Specific paths and nodes are flagged as outdated.
- Page functionality and publishing outcomes remain unaffected.
- The issue is linked to missing
cq:lastModifiedproperties on form assets. - The outdated resource messages don’t appear during workflow approval steps.
Resolution resolution
This behavior is expected and doesn’t impact publishing or workflows. However, you can reduce or eliminate the outdated resource messages by following these steps:
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Verify that all affected nodes have the appropriate replication properties
- Ensure
cq:lastReplicationAction= Activate. - Confirm that
cq:lastReplicatedtimestamps are later thancq:lastModified.
- Ensure
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Disable components that trigger outdated resource messages (not recommended)
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Go to
/system/console/components. -
Disable the following components:
com.adobe.aem.formsndocuments.publish.AssetReferenceProvidercom.adobe.aem.formsndocuments.service.impl.FormsRelationServiceImpl
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For more details, refer to the StaleAssetIndicatorService documentation.