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Breaking Change T1283039
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Relative paths prohibited within URL access rules

What Changed

For security reasons, an exception is thrown in the following instances:

Reasons for Change

This change will prevent path traversal bypass (defined in access settings).

Impact on Existing Apps

If you use relative paths, the following exceptions will be thrown:

  • NotSupportedException: when you check a relative path for availability.
  • InvalidOperationException: when you create a UrlAccessRule for a relative URL.

How to Update Existing Apps

Replace all relative paths with absolute paths in your code.

How to Revert to Previous Behavior

Previous behavior is unavailable.

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