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Every product has a shape people expect it to have, and this is where this one differs from that shape. Nothing here is coming in a particular release; it is simply not offered today.

The page exists so you can plan around it rather than spending an afternoon looking for a switch.

#Not available

  • Macros. Every surface is a byline panel, a space page, a global page, a space settings tab or a Confluence admin settings tab.

  • Scheduled or timed publishing (publish at a specific time). An unbuilt future idea in the internal design notes, with no code and no setting.

  • Same-space publishing, and the configurable suffix for published titles that would go with it.

  • Automatic publish-on-page-update (the "Automatic" method).

  • Clearing the source page's link when the published copy is deleted.

  • Any screen that shows the recorded "missing links". They are computed, stored and indexed, but no part of the app reads them.

  • A control for which content types may be published. The value exists in stored settings but appears in no settings tab, and its server-side enforcement is commented out.

  • A control for "publish as user". The fallback publish identity exists in the settings data and the server really uses it, but nothing anywhere writes it.

  • The "children" configuration (all / attachments / custom content). Present in the settings data and annotated "only here for future features", with no interface and no consumer.

  • A "publish rejected" search field.

  • Notifications of any kind. There is no email, Slack or in-product notification code in Publishing at all.

  • An unpublish or delete-the-copy action. No such action exists anywhere in the product.

  • Group-based allowed publishers. The list accepts individual users only.

  • Separate publishing queues. Despite the internal job names, there is exactly one background queue; bulk publish and maintenance are job types dispatched onto it, not separate queues. Do not describe them as two queues in customer-facing text.

#A few things worth knowing

  • If one of these is the reason you are evaluating the product, say so before you buy rather than after.

  • The list changes with each release, so check the release notes before assuming it still applies.

  • Where the app's own wording differs from this page, believe the app.

Better to know now than hunt for a switch.