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Mat16-Pearl
16-Pearl
September 11, 2026
Question

CPS 13.0.2.13 breaks HTTPS

  • September 11, 2026
  • 2 replies
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Hi there,

I just realized, that the Critical Patch Set Bundle 13.0.2.13 changes the configuration value of wt.webserver.protocol in wt.properties.xconf from “https” to “http”.

“Server Status” in “Site → Utilities” then shows “SITE NOT RESPONDING” under section “File Servers”.
At this point You cannot access the home page, detail pages or workspace content.

Steps to reproduce:

 

To Fix the issue:

  • start Windchill - Shell and check with xconfmanager, where wt.webserver.protocol is defined 
    xconfmanager -d wt.webserver.protocol

    That should give You something like this:

    Property information for 'wt.webserver.protocol':
       Values:
       - https
       Locations:
       - file:/D:/ptc/Windchill_13.0/Windchill/codebase/wt.properties.xconf, line 108
       Target File(s):
       - D:\ptc\Windchill_13.0\Windchill\codebase\wt.properties

     

  • Go to <Winchill Home>/codebase/wt.properties.xconf and change value ( aka “default”) back to “https” 
    <Property name="wt.webserver.protocol" default="https"/>

     

    2 replies

    rhart16-Pearl
    16-Pearl
    September 11, 2026

    I also saw something like this after CPS 13, took forever to figure out, another option to fix it is add the property to site.xconf

     

       <Property name="wt.webserver.protocol"
                  overridable="true"
                  targetFile="codebase/wt.properties"
                  value="https"/>

    then xconfmanager -p

    I wouldn’t recommend directly changing values in wt.properties.xconf but not judging I know everyone’s Windchill is different

      Mat16-PearlAuthor
      16-Pearl
      September 14, 2026

      Yes.

      I did something similar. 

      I created an external configuration file like  “d:\custom_configurations\my_configuration.xconf” and included this with

      xconfmanager -i “d:\custom_configurations\my_configuration.xconf” -p

      xconfmanager -d wt.webserver.protocol then gives me:

       

      Property information for 'wt.webserver.protocol':                                                                          Values:                                                                                                                 - https                                                                                                                 Locations:                                                                                                              - file:/D:/ptc/Windchill_13.0/Windchill/codebase/wt.properties.xconf, line 108                                          - file:/D:/custom_configurations/my_configuration.xconf, line 9                              Target File(s):                                                                                                         - D:\ptc\Windchill_13.0\Windchill\codebase\wt.properties

       

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