Qlik Alerting on Windows – Bug Summary (New Issues & SSO Fix Recap)

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In working with Qlik Alerting for Windows, I’ve encountered several issues.
Here’s a categorized summary, including:

• 1 newly discovered issue with core config

• 1 new issue with SSO in SR2

• Previously known SSO & extension issues

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✅ [1] Newly Discovered – Core Config Issue ❗ CSRF Token API Error (Missing Port When Using Non-Default HTTPS Port)

• From Qlik Sense Nov 2024, CSRF token validation is required

• Alerting now supports this (see doc: https://community.qlik.com/t5/Official-Support-Articles/Qlik-Alerting-403-errors-after-upgrading-to-...)

• However, if you use a non-default port (e.g., 8443), CSRF token fetch fails with 403

• Debugging server.js shows the CSRF token URL omits the port

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✅ [2] SSO Integration – Issues (1 New + 2 Previously Documented)

Full breakdown of earlier issues here:
https://community.qlik.com/t5/Reporting-Service-Alerting/Issue-and-Solution-for-SSO-Integration-betw...

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🆕 (New in SR2) Test Connection Error in SSO Mode

• Appears in SR2 only – SR1 behaves correctly

• When clicking “Test Connection”, result shows:

  "Invalid SSO URL. Please contact your administrator."

• Yet actual login works fine

✅ Workarounds:

• Modify the MongoDB config manually under qlikalerting > source

• Or: Use Basic Auth → Save → Switch to SSO mode → Save again

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📌 Previously Identified Issues

1. In qaw_sso.html, getQlikURL() parses URL based on /sense → should use /content

2. Port is missing in constructed URL → breaks non-default port configs

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✅ [3] Extension Bug (Previously Noted)

• request.js in qlik-alerting-extension.zip includes a getQlikURL() function with no port in result

• This function works contextually in /sense, so no immediate issue there

• Likely reused in SSO code without necessary adjustments

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If you’ve faced any of these issues, I’d appreciate your input or confirmations in the comments.
And if any Qlik engineers see this:
Can these be tracked as formal bugs or passed to engineering?

Thanks for reading!

Qlik Alerting Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows