18712: unmanaged error when importing invalid lsg group file

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ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update
18712	Bug reports	Survey editing	public	2023-04-04 10:50	2026-10-31 13:19

Reporter	ritapas	Assigned To	c_schmitz
Priority	none	Severity	minor
Status	resolved	Resolution	fixed
Product Version	5.6.x

Summary	18712: unmanaged error when importing invalid lsg group file
Description	when importing invalid lsg group file (e.g. empy one) you get an unmanaged error
Steps To Reproduce	Steps to reproduce open a survey goto import group import invalid lsg file, e.g. an empty one Expected result managed error message Actual result unmanaged error message
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Attached Files	image.png (49,128 bytes) image.png (49,128 bytes)

Bug heat	6
Complete LimeSurvey version number (& build)	5.6.13 demo version
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DenisChenu 2023-04-04 10:52 developer ~74363	It's managed :) But right : must not be a 500 error ;)

ritapas 2023-04-04 11:32 reporter ~74364	yes sorry

DenisChenu 2023-04-04 15:15 developer ~74369	just kidding ;)

ritapas 2023-08-30 13:22 reporter ~76785	of course the same happens with questions image-2.png (17,635 bytes) image-2.png (17,635 bytes)

c_schmitz 2026-10-31 13:19 administrator ~87041	Fix committed to master branch: http://bugs.limesurvey.org/plugin.php?page=Source/view&id=41190

LimeSurvey: master 6ab97fcb 2026-10-31 13:18 c_schmitz Details Diff	Fixed issue 18712: Importing an invalid question file showed an internal server error instead of an error message Dev XMLImportQuestion() returns a fatalerror for unreadable or non-question files instead of throwing a CHttpException, parser warnings are suppressed as in the survey import (also for the group import) Dev The uploaded file is now deleted when the question import fails, and the invalid group file message is translated	Affected Issues 18712
	mod - application/controllers/QuestionAdministrationController.php	Diff File
	mod - application/helpers/admin/import_helper.php	Diff File
	mod - tests/unit/helpers/ImportTest.php	Diff File

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2023-04-04 10:50	ritapas	New Issue
2023-04-04 10:50	ritapas	File Added: image.png
2023-04-04 10:52	DenisChenu	Note Added: 74363
2023-04-04 10:52	DenisChenu	Bug heat	0 => 2
2023-04-04 11:32	ritapas	Note Added: 74364
2023-04-04 11:32	ritapas	Bug heat	2 => 4
2023-04-04 15:15	DenisChenu	Note Added: 74369
2023-08-30 13:22	ritapas	Note Added: 76785
2023-08-30 13:22	ritapas	File Added: image-2.png
2023-09-08 21:33	gabrieljenik	Status	new => confirmed
2026-10-31 13:19	c_schmitz	Changeset attached	=> LimeSurvey master 6ab97fcb
2026-10-31 13:19	c_schmitz	Note Added: 87041
2026-10-31 13:19	c_schmitz	Assigned To	=> c_schmitz
2026-10-31 13:19	c_schmitz	Status	confirmed => resolved
2026-10-31 13:19	c_schmitz	Resolution	open => fixed
2026-10-31 13:19	c_schmitz	Bug heat	4 => 6