FME Form drops Deployment Parameters (Password) after editing Reader/Writer

Hello, ​@cory!

Thanks for posting to the community! Interesting occurrence. Which parameters do you have set for the Password Deployment parameters (if your able to)? We’ll see if we can try to reproduce the issue for you (and if other parameters have any effect) and possibly file a bug for this.

Thanks and cheers!

Hi ​@AliAtSafe 

we’re using the;

• Esri ArcGIS Server Feature Service (Reader and Writers)
• Esri ArcGIS Portal Feature Service (Reader and Writers)

We’re setting the Password parameter as a deployment parameter, so that we can easily change this password for external services (saving us change the password manually on over 200 workspaces).

If we set the password parameter as a deployment parameter, but then go and right click on the Reader or Writer and select Update Reader/Writer, make changes and then select Update Reader and Feature Types, the User deployment parameter remains but the Password deployment parameter is dropped, on all Readers and Writers. 

Hi, ​@cory.

Thank you for your patience, just got back to this. Thanks for explaining this in more detail. Could you provide a sample workspace that has these set up? Doesn’t have to be your main workspace. It’ll be easier to repro. Thank you.

Hi ​@ali-safe, I believe I am experiencing a similar problem and wondered if there was any solution. If I replace the password on a ESRI ArcGIS Portal Feature Service reader or writer with my deployment parameter for the password it works for the duration of the time I have the workspace open.
 

However, when closing the workspace I get the warning dialog about embedded passwords, despite having replaced the only password with a deployment parameter. Opening the workspace again and running gives the following error, which is resolved by reentering the password or setting it to the deployment parameter again.

In an ideal world I would like to be able to choose my password as the deployment parameter when first adding the Reader or Writer, instead of being forced to input the password manually, which feels like a much more robust and secure way of working.

Even if this is not possible the issue remains that the deployment parameter gets forgotten in FME Desktop when I close and reopen the workspace. If I publish the workspace to FME Server immediately after replacing the password with a deployment parameter it runs there correctly.

FME Version 2025.0.3