ESFC- July 2025

Summary

This release introduces key new features and enhancements that improve collaboration, customization, and user visibility. External users can now upload private attachments, and support for Confluence folder sharing has been added. A redesigned left-side navigation menu improves usability, while new filtering and macro support enhance content flexibility. Several bug fixes ensure a smoother experience across authentication, layout, and display.

New Features

Private attachments for external users NEW

Added a setting in space configuration that allows external users to upload private attachments.

All attachments, including private ones, remain visible in Confluence.

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Confluence folder sharing NEW

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You can now share Confluence folders through External Share.

• The Page Tree macro properly displays folders

• Expand/Collapse actions work correctly after previous issues were resolved

Improvements

Redesigned navigation menu IMPROVED

Redesigned the navigation menu to appear on the left side of the screen, aligning with the layout used in Atlassian UIs. The new menu supports collapsing and expanding, with a hover-to-reveal feature when collapsed. This update applies to both space-level and global-level views, enhancing consistency and usability across the app.

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Improved comments in version history IMPROVED

When an external user edits a page or blog post, a system-generated comment now appears in both the Confluence version history and the shared page history (if history view is enabled).

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Support for Jira macro IMPROVED

External Share now supports URLs copied from Jira's “All Work” tab.

No matter the share’s display mode (inline, card, embed), the full list of work items will render correctly.

Improved Page Customization IMPROVED

• Footer and header links can now be grouped for better organization

• Restored the missing Font Size and Font Weight options under Footer Links Hover

• Added tooltips next to each default component in Page Customization

• Full support for Dark Mode

• Correct rendering of custom headers, links, and buttons

• Reliable behavior for user-added header links

Search for pages without a specific label IMPROVED

Users can now filter shared pages by excluding specific labels, in addition to the existing label match.

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A new option lets users choose between “equals” and “not equals” when filtering by label.

Refined 'Hide all default links' behavior IMPROVED

The 'Hide all default links' setting now only hides the Dashboard and Settings buttons, as originally intended.

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Fallback to last page modifier IMPROVED

The system now falls back to saving updates using the last Confluence user who modified the share configuration. This helps ensure reliable updates even when permission issues occur.

Bug Fixes

Fixed SAML SSO login issues FIXED

We fixed a redirect loop issue that could occur when logging in with SAML SSO using Microsoft Azure. The issue no longer appears across affected instances, and login works reliably with various SSO settings at both global and space levels.

Fixed header link styling in groups and 'More' section FIXED

Fixed an issue where header links placed inside groups or the ‘More’ section displayed using the default font size instead of the proper header link size. Additionally, hover effects have been corrected to prevent inconsistent font scaling when large size differences exist.

Page Tree rendering on shared pages FIXED

On shared pages, Page Tree elements with collapsible buttons were missing indicators for the top-level sub-pages. This has been fixed.

Fixed image scaling when page title is hidden FIXED

Resolved an issue where resized images reverted to their original size in a shared page when the ‘Show page titles’ option was disabled.

• Image dimensions now display correctly in External Share

• Behavior is consistent with how the image appears in Confluence