Just remove the version and just say <scope>provided</scope>. See if this helps !<dependency><groupId>com.day.cq</groupId><artifactId>cq-commons</artifactId><scope>provided</scope></dependency>

what is the custom workflow you are running in 5sec delay ?can you make it to 1min delay and see if you face this issue ?

CUG is used to restrict the access of the page and hence it will not available for the anonymous session. If you want it in your service, then only for the particular service where you are queries the pages for the tab, use the 'Service User' and give access to the service user. This would solve it.

Yes.. it should be.. Are you running 6.0 on crx2 ?

what is the version you have mentioned in you pom.xml ?

instead of a service, use a servlet and call the same using javascript or html. Refer [1] for the example[1] https://helpx.adobe.com/experience-manager/using/custom-sling-servlets.html

I would say thats a crazy requirement !! why would they want to do. I dont think its worth an effort. Rather give the clear instructions and educate the role for the Junior Content authors and kind of govern the changes done by the Junior content authors using workflow.

You have to remove the access to 'Design' mode for the authorsTo do the same, you can follow the below steps1. Goto /useradmin2. Goto the group ex: authors3. Click on permissions and go to /etc/designs4. Just give 'read' permission and remove all othersave and login as author and verify.

@leeasling has rightly mentioned you can create the config folder based on the run modes. Refer [1] to see how it can be done[1] http://adobeaemclub.com/osgi-configuration-management-aem/

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