I believe it's not. I have no idea how Jira QA's can let it go into production.

Reproduction step:

• Create numer list,
• Add the table,
• Continue numbering then - seems ok.
• But when you delete some number before the table the number after the table are not updated xD

Example, after that you have the list (when you delete point 3):

1.
2.
table
4.
5.
....

Just tested this again on Jira Cloud and at last it seems to be fixed! Didn't test exhaustively but the basic scenario of inserting a table inside a numbered list, and starting a new list from an arbitrary number now work.

@Ethan - do you know when this feature will be available in Jira Cloud? Is there a routine process for editor changes to be 'ported' over to Jira?

Hi all, late update to inform y'all that this ticket is being closed. The feature was rolled out to production earlier this year and has implemented the scope outlined in the description of the ticket.

I have created a separate ticket to capture the follow-up requests to maintain numbering across split numbered lists: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-77081

As of now, the work for this follow-up ticket is unlikely to be picked up anytime soon. However, the team will continue to monitor the ticket for customer demand to inform future prioritisation.

Thanks all,
Ethan

I believe there is a better workaround than inserting a line break.

My solution involves inserting an actual paragraph into an <li> element.

I do not know whether this solution works on Cloud. I have only used it on Server.

Let us assume that you wish to include some additional content inside an <li> element. This content might be simply a paragraph, an image, or a macro.

To do so:
1. When you are at the end of the line in a list item, press Ctrl+Shift+D. This shortcut opens the Insert markup window. Obviously, you can also open the window from the menu but it takes more time.
2. In the Insert markup window, enter any text (for instance, 'asd') and click the Insert button.

Now, the text that you have entered is added as a paragraph which is part of the <li> element. You only need to backspace the random text and replace it with the desired content.

Disclaimer: Once again I emphasise that I have only tested this solution on Server. Thus, if you use Cloud, you need to double-check it there. This is particularly important if you use Confluence to generate output in various formats. In such a case, test the output to see whether the solution works as intended.

@Piotr Starzyk

Thank you for posting your .gif. I didn't think to try to delete and manually re-type the first number in each section to re-adjust the numbers. I was right clicking on the numbers trying to find some menu for restarting them and couldn't find an option. The fact that we can do what you are showing makes the situation much more tolerable, and I feel better about this update. I do wish the separate sections stayed in sync, but this is still much welcome progress!

@erik.unangst I checked it out and you're right.  The link between the numbers gets lost, and you do have to manually adjust the first number in each disparate section.  Yes, it is a bit disappointing, but after all these years, at least it's some progress.  I made a gif of the lost link issue:

I'm excited to see that some progress has been made here!

However, I am finding an issue with the implementation.

From what I can tell, you can now insert items like tables/macros/pictures into a numbered list and keep the numbering. Unfortunately, this appears to break the link between the numbered items preceding the insert and the numbered items following the insert. So, if I want to add/delete another number above a macro insert, then the numbers below the macro insert will not update.

With the current implementation, it seems like any modifications to a numbered list like this would necessitate re-creating most if not all of the list. Maintaining long lists used for technical documentation would seem to be a nightmare with the way it works now. Am I missing something?

Don't get me wrong, it is great to see this progress to the editor, but I am disappointed that it still does not appear to offer the same numbered list functionality as other common text editors. 

Hey 6e687f59fb46 thanks for reaching out. There are some loose ends we're still looking to wrap up with regards to mobile support, however we've actually silently rolled this feature out to the majority of Atlassian customers using Confluence Cloud. We anticipate in some cases, this feature may be able to assist with the migration of content from Confluence Server, with some slight restructuring of the original document. However, I can't guarantee this will work in all cases. 

Hi Ethan - do you have an update on availability of this server functionality in Atlassian Cloud?
Are there any plans to leverage this feature to render content migrated from Confluence Server or Jira Server?