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  2. CONFSERVER-58699

Plans to end support for WebDAV plugin

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      Atlassian status as of September 2019

      We ended support for the WebDAV plugin in Confluence 7.0, and plan to remove it completley in a future Confluence release.

      The WebDAV plugin is used for:

      • Edit in Office (via the Office Connector)
      • Connecting to Confluence using a WebDAV client. 

      Import from Word and Export to Word are not affected, as they don't rely on WebDAV.  The Atlassian Companion app replaced the Edit in Office feature in Confluence 6.11. 

      End of support means Atlassian will not fix bugs related to this plugin in Confluence 7.0 or later versions.

      Feel free to comment on this issue if this change will have a significant impact on your Confluence site.

      In case you disable the WevDAV plugin, please note that it will also result in disabling the Confluence Office Connector plugin as well (System Apps).

            [CONFSERVER-58699] Plans to end support for WebDAV plugin

            Piotr Janik added a comment -

            (The blog post mentioned above is still available in the Internet Archive)

            Piotr Janik added a comment - (The blog post mentioned above is still available in the Internet Archive )

            Brandon Hixson added a comment -

            This is disappointing. WebDAV may not be well known, but it is critical for those that have evangelized its use within their organization.

            I would go back to this blog post where "tremendously excited" was used to announce WebDAV support in Confluence 2.3. The user stories haven't really changed since then, and no other standardized solutions exist.

            If Atlassian insists on dropping support for the WebDAV plugin it would be nice if they open source it or create an agreement with one of the partners to provide paid support.

            Other References:
            Ask HN: Is WebDav still relevant
            Why my client really loves WebDAV and network locations

            Brandon Hixson added a comment - This is disappointing. WebDAV may not be well known, but it is critical for those that have evangelized its use within their organization. I would go back to this blog post where "tremendously excited" was used to announce WebDAV support in Confluence 2.3. The user stories haven't really changed since then, and no other standardized solutions exist. If Atlassian insists on dropping support for the WebDAV plugin it would be nice if they open source it or create an agreement with one of the partners to provide paid support. Other References: Ask HN: Is WebDav still relevant Why my client really loves WebDAV and network locations

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