Elevated License Usage Between Version 2023.2.25 and 2023.2.26

My customer is in the cloud and we are seeing this issue get worse. You can be in a session actively working on something and it times out on you…boots you right out! It’s frustrating!

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Do you have a problem number or hotfix for 2024.1? We have the same issue on-prem

The hotfix @mbayley posed is only for 2023.2 :frowning:

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our cam replied that no customers are experiencing this issue, even though screenshots of this thread were provided… :volcano:

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I wasn’t given a problem number for their hotfix.

Their hotfix removes the getServerCurrentTime method and IsTokenValid request from the javascript. I think you are fairly safe to short circuit that method as I’ve done above (assuming this is the same issue in 2024.1).

I still haven’t seen the bugfix in the release notes.

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I honestly dont see why this would only impact on-prem like support is suggesting. I dont even see the hotfix available to download for on-prem customers on Epicweb, like other hotfixes.

Open Devtools and within sources search for “DUMMY_TOKEN” in main.86964f04c6bb2034.js. If you get 1 result, you likely will have the same issue (using Azure AD or Epicor Idp).

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Yes, that’s how ours looked like in 2023.2.26. Escalate your case if you haven’t already. Tell them to look at CS0004563483

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Awesome, thank you! Great work identifying this issue!!! We are still fighting on the price of the additional licenses we had to purchase.

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That sucks. I hope they make it right for you.

I’ll keep this post updated when I see a bugfix come through.

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No, we don’t have a hotfix.

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Beth can you have your customer check the above? The main script in dev tools? The number may be different but it should just start with main.

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Now that this thread has been going on a while, I remembered we had to buy a few more around this time as well. We were getting close anyway, but I bet this was part of the reason we needed it as well.

We actually need them now though, so for us it’s a wash I guess.

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Maybe @Olga knows if this has been fixed.

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Hey everyone,

Just wanted to provide some info I got from support yesterday regarding a timeline on this issue being fixed for customers that are on the cloud and using Kinetic.

There’s a planned fix for this in 2024.1.15 that’s being deployed in the next two weeks. Here’s a screenshot of the entry on the changelog for the upcoming release:

The hotfix was mentioned by support when we were discussing the issue, but I guess it doesn’t work with our environment since we are using IdP logins.

I don’t know if this addresses all of the issues at hand regarding what everyone has been experiencing, but it seems like it will correct the random timeouts/multiple licenses being consumed by a single user that’s been ongoing for quite awhile now.

I’m not sure what the long term resolution is going to be for anyone who is on a 2023 instance/on-prem/Classic. Hopefully this applies across the board for everyone. (Wishful thinking :crazy_face:)

If I get any additional info from them I’ll be sure to give a heads up here as soon as I hear back again!

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So does this patch fix it for IdP users whereas the hotfix didn’t?

Am I understanding that correctly?

The hotfix should work for IdP as well based on this code (which has been removed)

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That’s the way I understand it. I ran the hotfix that support provided a couple weeks back, and it got things working for a couple days but by the end of the week it was back to happening again unfortunately.

I inquired if they had updated the hotfix at all as to make it a more permanent solution but never really got a firm answer on it and was pointed to the upcoming update for next steps.

That’s weird. Did you update to another version after applying the hotfix? I believe the hotfix would have to be reapplied if so.

We have decided to hold all updates until we see the permanent fix in the change log.

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