LimeSurvey bugs and feature requests - Issues

20542: Upload question .question expression stay empty

Thu, 28 May 2026 18:42:24 +0200

In expressionmanager : variable $question is not set for file upload question

20541: LimeSurvey's 7.0.0 new editor gets stuck in loop on 'Create survey'

Fri, 29 May 2026 11:04:24 +0200

Hello,

I was in the process of manual installation of Lime Survey 7.0.0 on Alma Linux 8.10 with PHP 8.1, Apache 2.4, MYSQL 8.0.

However, post successful installation on selecting new Editor and trying to create survey it gets stuck on 'checking permissions' and doesn't move ahead.

I have attached the video of the same.

Also following is the console log from the browser :





XHRGET

http://{{URL}}/{{TO}}/{{LIME}}/rest/v1/user-detail/1

[HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized 164ms]



XHRGET

http://{{URL}}/{{TO}}/{{LIME}}/rest/v1/user-permissions

[HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized 169ms]



Object { name: "FCP", value: 1748, rating: "good", delta: 1748, entries: (1) […], id: "v5-1779951763573-3911806717833", navigationType: "navigate" }

57.038de187.js:1:917

Object { name: "TTFB", value: 1359, rating: "needs-improvement", delta: 1359, entries: (1) […], id: "v5-1779951763573-5896493810644", navigationType: "navigate" }

57.038de187.js:1:917

API Error: 

Object { code: "UNAUTHORIZED", message: "An unknown error occurred", httpStatus: 401, originalError: AxiosError }

index.64d8e7b8.js:1:2314

XHRGET

http://{{URL}}/{{TO}}/{{LIME}}/rest/v1/i18n/en

[HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized 164ms]



API Error: 

Object { code: "UNAUTHORIZED", message: "An unknown error occurred", httpStatus: 401, originalError: AxiosError }

index.64d8e7b8.js:1:2314

API Error: 

Object { code: "UNAUTHORIZED", message: "An unknown error occurred", httpStatus: 401, originalError: AxiosError }

index.64d8e7b8.js:1:2314

Source map error: Error: request failed with status 404

Stack in the worker:networkRequest@resource://devtools/client/shared/source-map-loader/utils/network-request.js:43:9



Resource URL: http://{{URL}}/{{TO}}/{{LIME}}/editor/build/static/js/async/57.038de187.js

Source Map URL: 57.038de187.js.map

Source map error: Error: request failed with status 404

Stack in the worker:networkRequest@resource://devtools/client/shared/source-map-loader/utils/network-request.js:43:9



Resource URL: http://{{URL}}/{{TO}}/{{LIME}}/editor/build/static/js/index.64d8e7b8.js

Source Map URL: index.64d8e7b8.js.map

Object { name: "LCP", value: 1767, rating: "good", delta: 1767, entries: (1) […], id: "v5-1779951763573-4952276506098", navigationType: "navigate" }

57.038de187.js:1:917

What could be the cause of this issue?.

20539: Theme editor option : no way to add help

Wed, 27 May 2026 15:18:35 +0200

In theme editor core option : there are no way to add help

20538: CU - Can't update to 6.17.5

Wed, 27 May 2026 14:29:29 +0200

Hi, when starting the CU for 6.17.5, the release notes are for 7.0.0-RC1

So either the release notes are just wrong or the update channel. However, I cannot continue the the update because I don't know which version will be installed.

Kind regards
Benny

20537: "Save and Create Next Question" button

Mon, 25 May 2026 02:29:32 +0200

When creating a survey question, would be nice if there was a "Save and Create the Next Question" button. I think it would be more functional than "Save and Close". Would save clicks. Thanks for considering.

20536: Subquestions don't display

Thu, 28 May 2026 10:46:32 +0200

I have two questions, [acneloc] and [acneprob]

[acneprob] only appears if two or more subquestions are checked in [acneloc].
[acneprob] uses array filtering to present only the subquestions that were checked in [acneloc].

When two subquestions are checked in [acneloc], [acneprob] successfully appears but not the subquestions.

20535: Example screenshot for "Image select multiple choice" is not actually of that question type

Sat, 23 May 2026 12:41:04 +0200

The sample screenshot for "Image select multiple choice" is incorrect, suggesting you can have text under images.

It is actually a screenshot of the standard multiple choice type.

Recording this issue after conversation on https://forums.limesurvey.org/forum/can-i-do-this-with-limesurvey/159383-having-text-under-images-when-using-image-select-multiple-choice

20534: Ability to have SVG logo on form

Sat, 23 May 2026 11:06:02 +0200

I want to be able to display an SVG logo on my survey.

While I can successfully upload and select an SVG logo, it does not render on the Fruity TwentyThree theme, with no error message to indicate failure either.

20533: Uploading an image in theme shows confirmation but the image does not appear in list until manual refresh

Sat, 23 May 2026 11:06:29 +0200

In Theme Options > Image
After uploading an image, the logo does not appear in the list, despite the success message and generally "live" nature of the interface. I would have expected it there.

Workaround is to do a manual refresh in the browser, at which point it will appear in the list.

20532: STARTPOLICYLINK and ENDPOLICYLINK return errors in the survey logic view

Sat, 23 May 2026 11:06:23 +0200

On Privacy Policy settings for surveys, the guidance states:

> If you want to specify a link to the privacy policy, set "Show privacy policy text with mandatory checkbox" to "Collapsible text" and use the placeholders {STARTPOLICYLINK} and {ENDPOLICYLINK} in the "Privacy policy checkbox label" field to define the link that opens the policy popup. If there is no placeholder given, there will be an appendix.

Adding these variables to the "Privacy policy checkbox label" page leads to an error in the Survey Logic view.

20530: Discrepency between $config['dbversionnumber'] and available helpers Update_xxx.php (6.17.4)

Fri, 22 May 2026 13:02:34 +0200

Since the update to 6.17.4, the package download config.php shows $config['dbversionnumber'] = 651;
However, there is no Update_651.php, and this is probably why the notification keeps on appearing?

Is the Update_651.php missing, or should the dbversionnumber be 650?

Currently, this results in repeated "Database updated from 650 to 650" messages in the admin panel.

20529: Color contrast

Thu, 21 May 2026 15:51:56 +0200

I already reported the color contrast issue, but this one is new. And it's at a really lot used part.

20528: Add an option to set the administrator e-mail as the survey owner by default

Thu, 21 May 2026 15:34:00 +0200

The dashboard currently only allow one email adress in the global paramaters and the survey owners/admins can change it manually (but they usually don't) so we end up with specific survey questions on generic mail (the technical support in my case) and we have to redirect users "manually" to the survey owners.
Is it possible to add an option to set the admin e-mail = survey owner mail by default in the dashboard ?
Let me know if my request isn't clear

20527: Bad order of defauilt response list for multiple question

Fri, 22 May 2026 14:56:26 +0200

When edit default response for multiple texts: order set is bad

20526: CSS Injection Bug in fruity_twentythree theme - Broken checkbox/radio checkmark unicode (content: "\";)

Thu, 21 May 2026 07:32:31 +0200

When rendering a survey using the default fruity_twentythree core theme (or a child theme inheriting from it), an unescaped backslash bug occurs in the dynamically injected