How do I create an RSS feed for Confluence Questions?

[Jason Smestad]

In Confluence, under Apps -> Questions, I can access Confluence Questions, in which questions are always posted. In the past, I have subscribed to the questions with my RSS reader with a URL that ends like this:

questions.action?&filter=recent&type=rss&os_authType=basic

Under the new Confluence, how can I do the same thing, and subscribe to Confluence Questions with my RSS reader?

[Jason U · Accepted solution]

Hi Jason,

That’s a really good question — and you’re right, the old Confluence Questions RSS endpoints (like

questions.action?filter=recent&type=rss&os_authType=basic

) no longer work in Confluence Cloud.

The reason is that Questions for Confluence was originally built for Server/Data Center, and that app hasn’t been migrated to Cloud in the same form.
As a result, Cloud doesn’t expose the same /questions.action RSS endpoints anymore.

✅ What you can do instead

1. If your goal is to follow new questions or updates in a space or topic:
   • You can use “Watch” on a space or label (e.g., label=questions) to get email notifications.
   • Or use RSS feeds for regular content — Confluence still supports standard RSS feeds for pages and blogs.
     See: Subscribe to pre-specified RSS feeds
2. If you’re using Confluence Data Center/Server:
   • You can still use the classic RSS URL structure you mentioned.
   • Example:
   • https://your-site.com/questions.action?filter=recent&type=rss&os_authType=basic

📘 References

👉 What is a Confluence RSS feed – Atlassian Support
👉 Subscribe to pre-specified RSS feeds – Atlassian Support
👉 Build an RSS feed in Confluence – Atlassian Support

[Jason Smestad]

Thank you for your answer. I do use RSS for regular Confluence content. The "Watch" feature is nice but isn't a replacement for RSS. This question becomes a feature request then - I'd like an RSS feed for Confluence Questions in Confluence Cloud please.