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HttpContext.Current is null in custom SecurityEntityProvider

Found in

EPiServer.CMS.UI 10.10.5

Fixed in

EPiServer.CMS.UI 10.11.1

(Or a related package)

Created

Aug 09, 2017

Updated

Nov 08, 2017

Area

CMS UI

State

Closed, Fixed and tested


Description

Steps to reproduce

1. Create a custom SecurityEntityProvider that calls the HttpContext.Current in the Search method.
2. In the edit page, click Edit Approval Sequence.
3. Enable an approval sequence and enter the reviewer's name.

Expected: You get the reviewer's name in the reviewer drop down.

Actual: NullReferenceException in the custom SecurityEntityProvider created in step 1.