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  1. Confluence Data Center
  2. CONFSERVER-51690

An anchor link's name changes after editing the page with Collaborative Editing switched on or set to limited

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      Summary

      When a link to an anchor is created, the subsequent attempt to edit a page causes the link to change its name to <page title>#<anchor link name>.

      Note: This can only be replicated while Collaborative Editing is set to 'On' or 'Limited' and can be hardly replicated in new pages.

      Steps to replicate

      1. Import this space backup (space key: TEST): Confluence-space-export-160823-2.xml.zip
      2. View the page 'the lion king'. You'll see at the bottom of the page that there's anchor link named 'top' that brings you to the top of the page once you click on it.
      3. Edit the page 'the lion king'.
      4. Scroll to the bottom of the page editor.

      Expected results

      The anchor link should not change from the original link name 'top'.

      Actual results

      The anchor link has changed from 'top' to 'the lion king#top'.
      An error message stating that you are viewing a previous version of the page also appears at the top of the page when the anchor is clicked.

      This behavior also exists when a page containing a link to an anchor is copied using (...) > Copy. For these pages, this behavior exists regardless of whether the original page was corrected or not. When the broken link on the copied page is clicked, the error message mentioned above does not display.

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            [CONFSERVER-51690] An anchor link's name changes after editing the page with Collaborative Editing switched on or set to limited

            Makisa Appleton added a comment -

            Hi folks and t.leuoth526131402 sebastian.butterweck2 michael.mohr.ext1418337783 james.leighs1 reminder 82e5399ae2f4

            Confirming that this fix was backported to the 7.4 LTS; apologies that this ticket was not updated at the time. The Fix Version/s has now been updated to include 7.4.8. If you're running the Confluence 7.4 Enterprise release, a fix for this issue is available in Confluence 7.4.8, which you can find in the Download Archives.

            Thanks

            Makisa | Senior Product Manager, Confluence Server and Data Center

            Makisa Appleton added a comment - Hi folks and t.leuoth526131402 sebastian.butterweck2 michael.mohr.ext1418337783 james.leighs1 reminder 82e5399ae2f4 Confirming that this fix was backported to the 7.4 LTS; apologies that this ticket was not updated at the time. The Fix Version/s has now been updated to include 7.4.8. If you're running the Confluence 7.4 Enterprise release, a fix for this issue is available in Confluence 7.4.8, which you can find in the  Download Archives . Thanks Makisa | Senior Product Manager, Confluence Server and Data Center

            Makisa Appleton added a comment -

            Apologies, I have missed these more recent comments. We are going into the weekend here in Sydney, and I will follow up with the team as to the state of the fix on Monday. Thanks for your update 82e5399ae2f4 I will try and confirm this.

            Makisa Appleton added a comment - Apologies, I have missed these more recent comments. We are going into the weekend here in Sydney, and I will follow up with the team as to the state of the fix on Monday. Thanks for your update 82e5399ae2f4 I will try and confirm this.

            Daniil Zorich added a comment -

            We've installed 7.4.8 LTS, and it seems that the bug is fixed in that release, although nothing was mentioned about it in release notes. Continuing to watch on 'problematic' documents and hoping the bug has gone.

            Daniil Zorich added a comment - We've installed 7.4.8 LTS, and it seems that the bug is fixed in that release, although nothing was mentioned about it in release notes. Continuing to watch on 'problematic' documents and hoping the bug has gone.

            Michael Mohr added a comment -

            Didn't Atlassian always mention "Don't f... the customer"? But what else then that is this topic. First Atlassian support states that there will be a backport soon to 7.4 and then now for more then 3 month there happens nothing. Shame on Atlassian!

            Michael Mohr added a comment - Didn't Atlassian always mention "Don't f... the customer"? But what else then that is this topic. First Atlassian support states that there will be a backport soon to 7.4 and then now for more then 3 month there happens nothing. Shame on Atlassian!

            Rene Minder added a comment -

            When will the fix for 7.4.x LTS be released?

            Rene Minder added a comment - When will the fix for 7.4.x LTS be released?

            James Leighs added a comment -

            When will the fix for 7.4.x LTS be released?

            James Leighs added a comment - When will the fix for 7.4.x LTS be released?

            Michael Mohr added a comment -

            More than 10 weeks ago Makisa Appleton from Atlassian promised that the fix will be back-ported to next upcoming Minor 7.4 LTS release. Was this meanwhile done, as there where intermediate LTS minor versions of 7.4 released since begin of March?

            Or was this only a Answer from Atlassian at the beginning of March to keep customers silent and hoping that they don't come back to this issue after a while?

            Michael Mohr added a comment - More than 10 weeks ago Makisa Appleton from Atlassian promised that the fix will be back-ported to next upcoming Minor 7.4 LTS release. Was this meanwhile done, as there where intermediate LTS minor versions of 7.4 released since begin of March? Or was this only a Answer from Atlassian at the beginning of March to keep customers silent and hoping that they don't come back to this issue after a while?

            Sebastian Butterweck added a comment -

            Backport to 7.4.x would be highly appreciated ... 

            Sebastian Butterweck added a comment - Backport to 7.4.x would be highly appreciated ... 

            Thomas added a comment -

            Is there a fix for Confluence 7.4 (Long Term Support release)?

            Thomas added a comment - Is there a fix for Confluence 7.4 (Long Term Support release)?

            Makisa Appleton added a comment -

            Hi everyone

            We've been doing additional testing to ensure that the fix can be backported safely to the 7.4 LTS. All going well, we are expecting that it will be included in our next 7.4.x bug fix release. There will be a further confirmation message added as a comment when this version has been released with the backported fix. Thanks for your patience.

            markus.benda the next LTS has been confirmed as 7.13 and we are targeting FY21 Q3. Please see the Community post for more information.

            skairys124192546 I hope you are enjoying the Confluence Cloud experience! If you are creating pages with the new editor, then you will not experience this issue and you can convert any previously created pages to the new editor. Please note linking functionality is currently different in Confluence Cloud and the team are working on CONFCLOUD-69198. /cc megan@atlassian.com

            Thanks
            Makisa | Senior Product Manager, Confluence Server and Data Center

            Makisa Appleton added a comment - Hi everyone We've been doing additional testing to ensure that the fix can be backported safely to the 7.4 LTS. All going well, we are expecting that it will be included in our next 7.4.x bug fix release. There will be a further confirmation message added as a comment when this version has been released with the backported fix. Thanks for your patience. markus.benda the next LTS has been confirmed as 7.13 and we are targeting FY21 Q3. Please see the Community post for more information. skairys124192546 I hope you are enjoying the Confluence Cloud experience! If you are creating pages with the new editor, then you will not experience this issue and you can convert any previously created pages to the new editor. Please note linking functionality is currently different in Confluence Cloud and the team are working on CONFCLOUD-69198 . /cc megan@atlassian.com Thanks Makisa | Senior Product Manager, Confluence Server and Data Center

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