Roles are now live in Confluence!

[#1]

The EAP experience for managing access using roles in Confluence has started rolling out!

To test the experience out:

1. Select Space settings.

2. Select Users (or in the banner announcing roles, select Manage users)

We’ve also released new role-based APIs as a part of this EAP. You can find more information on the new APIs in our changelog.

Also, don’t forget to bookmark our EAP documentation:

• What are Confluence roles?

• What custom access is and how to transition to roles

• What are user classes?

• Add, change, or remove people's access from your space

• Set default access for new spaces created

Known bug

We’re aware of a bug associated with the following split-out permissions:

• Manage space and space settings

• Add, remove, or change access for users

• Allow and manage public links

• Add guests

• Allow anonymous access

• Delete space

• Archive space

You don’t need to worry about the bug if you haven’t made any changes in the new experience.

But basically, you can successfully assign people these permissions; however, people assigned them may not be able to successfully access the screens in Space settings where they perform the actions associated with the permissions unless they also have the Manage space and space settings permission.

We expect to have this fixed by Monday, Nov. 25 and we’ll post a message in the Community group to confirm when it’s been fixed.

Recommendation

If you want to start making changes, we recommend waiting to use the Manager role or any custom access configurations that include the above permissions until the fix has landed in your experience.

We’re eager to hear your feedback and questions on the new experience. Let us know what you think in the comments below!