Validation rule error messagess containing line breaks get "translated" with two whitespaces on deployment

[svenfinitiv]

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Summary

We have some validation rules with line breaks, retrieve and deploy work so far, but when a flow hits this validation and should show the error, only an empty text is displayed. The default record page shows the original error message.

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Given:

• Translations enabled
• A validation rule with a multi line error message
• No extra tranlsation for the given error message
• A flow using an UpdateRecord that violates the constraint of the validation rule and shows Flow.FaultMessage on an error screen
• All is deployed to another org using sf project retrieve start and sf project deploy start

Steps:

• Run the flow and check the output of the FaulMessage
• Edit the record using the default edit page and check the error message

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Expected result

• The validation rule, the flow and the translation are properly part of the source package
• After deployment the translation workbench does not show any translation for the error message
• Both the flow and the standard edit page show the correct error message

Actual result

• The object translation metadata file contains whitespaces surrounding the comment with the master error message
• The translation workbench shows two whitespaces when editing the translation of the error message
• The translation cannot be saved
• The flow shows two whitespaces instead of the error message

Additional information

System Information

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[WillieRuemmele]

hi @svenfinitiv - is this an error in the org, or with the CLI? It sounds like you're able to deploy these translations (or lack of) and error message files ok, but when they're seen in the org, in a flow, they're not displayed correctly?

If that's true, what is the difference between your local translation file, and what is written by a project retrieve start of that file?

[svenfinitiv]

Hi @WillieRuemmele,

there is no issue with the CLI per se, as we can retrieve and deploy the "empty" translations, but when using these in the org, the symptoms occur.

Regarding the differences:

When retrieving from the source sandbox, we get this result, take note of the line breaks before and after the comment:

    <validationRules>
        <errorMessage>
            <!-- This is a multiline error message
The seconde line includes some details. -->
        </errorMessage>
        <name>RequireImportanFieldToBeSet</name>
    </validationRules>

After deploying to the target sandbox and reretrieving from there, we get this result:

    <validationRules>
        <errorMessage></errorMessage>
        <name>RequireImportanFieldToBeSet</name>
    </validationRules>

[WillieRuemmele]

@svenfinitiv - I would suggest raising a case directly with Salesforce

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