Quality page byline item
Every page shows a Quality item in its byline, under the title. It counts the page's quality findings by level and colours its traffic-light icon to match the most serious one, so readers and editors can see at a glance whether a page needs attention. Select it to open the Page Quality panel.
#Where to find it
#What the byline shows
The byline reads | Icon colour | What it means |
|---|---|---|
No issues | Green | Every rule that is turned on passes, and the check describes the page as it is now. |
1 priority, 2 warnings, 1 info and so on | Red, orange or blue | The page breaks one or more rules. The colour follows the most serious level present: red for any Priority finding, orange for Warning, blue when there are only Info findings. |
Quality | No colour | There is no up-to-date result to show yet. The page has not been checked, it changed and could not be rechecked straight away, or the check failed. Open the item to scan the page. |
Changed on 10 October 2026. The icon colour now follows the most serious finding. A page with only Info findings shows a blue icon; before this change it showed orange, the same as a page with warnings.
Fixed on 8 October 2026. The byline could read just Quality on every page, even where the page had findings. It now shows the count and colour reliably.
#What it counts
Only rules that are turned on, at the level set on the Rules page. If an admin moves a rule from Warning to Priority, the byline counts it as priority and turns red.
Each rule counts once per page, however many times the page breaks it.
Dismissed findings are left out.
The check uses the page's stored scan. If the page has changed since it was last scanned, Capable rescans it before showing the label.
#The Page Quality panel
Part | What it does |
|---|---|
Findings (n) | The rules the page breaks, most serious first. Select one to see the headings, words, macros, domains or labels involved. |
Dismissed (n) | Findings someone has dismissed, each with Dismissed on and the date. Collapsed by default. |
Passing (n) | The rules the page passes. Collapsed by default. |
Rescan | Scans the page again now. It reads Scanning while it runs. The panel also rescans by itself when it opens on a page that changed since its last scan. |
Restore all | Brings every dismissed finding back. Shown when there are dismissed findings and you can edit the page. |
Fix and Apply fix | Corrects heading capitalisation, inappropriate language or non-inclusive language for you. Needs edit permission. See Fix heading capitalisation and language issues in one click. |
Dismiss | In a finding's detail view. Hides that finding on this page. Needs edit permission. See Dismiss a quality issue on a Confluence page. |
If nothing is wrong the panel says No quality issues.
#Who sees it
The Quality item appears on every page where all of these are true:
Condition | Where it is set |
|---|---|
You are signed in to Confluence and can view the page | Confluence page and space permissions |
Quality is Visible for the site | Capable global settings, Capabilities tab. Confluence admins only. |
The space is not set to Never for Quality | Space settings, Space Capability Settings. Auto and Always both show the item. Space admins only. |
Capable Suite only: the site is on the Advanced edition | Your Capable Suite licence |
The item no longer needs a space to be set to Always. The default, Auto, shows it.
#A few things that catch people out
Rules are set once for the whole site. There is no per-space rule set.
The label is worked out when the page loads. After you dismiss a finding, reload the page to see the new count. A fix reloads the page for you.
The panel opened from the byline shows Stale content and Disallowed labels as passing even when the byline counts them. The Quality panel in Capable Search shows them correctly. See Byline label and the Page Quality panel disagree.
#Related
One glance tells you whether a page needs work.
