Empower method is unlocked after selecting Cancel in the dialog for typing comments - WKB57447

SYMPTOMS

• System policies are set for the Empower project to require comments for method changes
• Select Method Properties for a locked method, click the Unlock button
• Cancel from the Comments dialog, where comments and password for identity confirmation may or may not have been specified
• Select either Cancel or OK from the method properties
• The method is unlocked
• There is an Unlocked Method audit record, but the method version and comments are the same as for the last saved method
• There is no Modified Method audit record, which is normally expected after the unlock action when the method is saved as a new version

ENVIRONMENT

• Empower 3 SR3 and above

CAUSE

This defect was filed as CRI-218.

FIX or WORKAROUND

The method must be locked again if that is the necessary setting.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This defect is fixed in Empower 3.8.0, scheduled to be released in 2023. Timing is not firm, but likely the end of Q1 or the beginning of Q2.