# Saving a template is refused with 'Failed to save markdown, missing title' or '...missing data'

**What you are seeing**

Saving a template is refused with 'Failed to save markdown, missing title' or '...missing data'.

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## Why it happens

Library templates require both a non-empty title and non-empty content.

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## What to do

Fill in both before saving.

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## Settings involved

| **Setting**                   | **Where** | **What it does**                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| ----------------------------- | --------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Global settings → Permissions | \-        | Controls edit access to the GLOBAL asset store. Which is what governs who may create Global markdown templates. It is shared with diagrams, images, calendar and search because they all use one Confluence custom content t |
| Global settings → Migration   | \-        | Markdown is not on the tab's exclusion list, so the tab ships.                                                                                                                                                               |

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## Limits that apply here

| **Limit**                      | **Value**                                | **What happens**                                                                                                                             |
| ------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Library import truncation      | Title 128 characters, description 250 ch | Dragging page-owned markdown into the template library silently truncates the copied title and description.                                  |
| New-template catalogue polling | 8 attempts, backoff up to 8 seconds each | After creating a template the app polls for the Confluence-side listing to include it, so a new template can take several seconds to appear. |

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## Related

[Versions are missing from Version historyEntries saved within 15 seconds of the previous shown one are collapsed so rapid auto-save](https://help.gocapable.com/markdown/versions-are-missing-from-version-history.html)

[Markdown macro is missing from an exported Word or PDF entirelyThe reference macro contributes nothing to an export in either product.](https://help.gocapable.com/markdown/markdown-macro-is-missing-from-an-exported-word-or-pdf-entirely.html)

[Something is missing or looks wrongThe rest of this family.](https://help.gocapable.com/markdown/something-is-missing-or-looks-wrong.html)

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