We need to confirm that your request is valid. Please repeat your last action

Question

I had created a simple custom button to submit a custom object to an Approval process with a URL:

<a  role="button"
    class="btn" 
    style="text-decoration:none;background:#99C299; font-size:16pt; font-family:arial;"
    href = "/p/process/Submit?id={!DS.Id}&retURL=%2F{!DS.Id}"
    target = "_self">
    <b>Submit For Final Approval</b>
</a>

I now get the error message "We need to confirm that your request is valid. Please repeat your last action." whenever I click the button. It seems as though Salesforce disabled the ability to use the standard URL in my button.

I now tried creating a custom controller with a method to create the approval through Apex:

    public class DSReviewController {

       public Deal_Summary__c myDS;

        public DSReviewController(ApexPages.StandardController stdController){
            this.myDS = (Deal_Summary__c)stdController.getRecord();
        }

        public void approve() {
            // Create an approval request for the Deal Summary
            Approval.ProcessSubmitRequest approve1 = new Approval.ProcessSubmitRequest();
            approve1.setComments('Submitting request for approval.');
            approve1.setObjectId(myDS.id);

            Approval.ProcessResult result = Approval.process(approve1);
        }
}

And I changed my custom button in my VF pages to:

<apex:commandButton action="{!approve}" styleClass="buttonStyle" style="background:#99C299; font-size:16pt; font-family:arial;" value="Submit for Approval"/>

However, when I click the button, nothing happens. Can anyone help?

Answer 1

This is an intentional change which has been made by Salesforce in Winter'16 release to remove security vulnerability.

Staring Winter'16, you will not be able to use the Custom Buttons to call standard URL for Approval Process Submission (which is "/p/process/Submit?... ").

When you use this, you will get an error : "We need to confirm that your request is valid. Please repeat your last action"

You can visit this link for the workarround. https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexcode.meta/apexcode/apex_process_example.htm

or

https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/api_rest/dome_process_approvals_submit.htm

Answer 2

Final Code:

public class DSReviewController {
    public Deal_Summary__c myDS;
    public DSReviewController(ApexPages.StandardController stdController){
        this.myDS = (Deal_Summary__c)stdController.getRecord();
    }

    public void approve() {

        Approval.ProcessSubmitRequest approve1 = new Approval.ProcessSubmitRequest();
        approve1.setComments('Submitting request for approval.');
        approve1.setObjectId(myDS.id);

        approve1.setProcessDefinitionNameOrId(null);
        approve1.setSkipEntryCriteria(true);

        Approval.ProcessResult result = Approval.process(approve1);
    }