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  1. Confluence Data Center
  2. CONFSERVER-24077

Page names with special characters break WebDAV clients

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Won't Fix
    • Medium
    • None
    • 4.1, 5.1
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    Description

      Confluence 4.1+ permits the user to use many new special characters in page names that were not previously permitted.

      Unfortunately, these characters break the WebDAV server in 4.1-rc1. When I create a page in Confluence with title:

      Great Stuff for C:\!
      

      ...then WebDAV clients are unable to access it.

      For example, attempting to click on the above-named folder with XP results in the following error message and no content in the folder:

      "Documents in this folder are not available. They may have been moved or deleted, or network problems may be preventing a connection to the server."

      Attempting to connect from OS X 10.7 to the same page shows an empty folder.

      If I append a forward slash to the above page title, then the containing folder disappears entirely from view of both XP and OS X and I am unable to see it in any form.

      Any special characters should be properly escaped by the WebDAV server so that legal directory names are passed to the client.

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              shaffenden Steve Haffenden (Inactive)
              7c60ab039b09 Scott Dudley [Inactive]
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