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Costumers (no licensed users) not being able to acces content tree.

David Burrieza Montserrat
May 7, 2026

Good morning,

I'm facing an issue.

As a licensed user, I created a content tree.

Our programmers, who are non-licensed users, can access the content tree. However, once inside, they cannot open any of the items listed in the content index.

Interestingly, if I send them the direct link to a page, they are able to access it without any problem.

I hope I explained the issue clearly.

Thank you,

David

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Arkadiusz Wroblewski
Community Champion
May 7, 2026

Hello @David Burrieza Montserrat 

This depends a lot on how those non-licensed users are accessing the Confluence content.

Public link?

Anonymous space access?

JSM knowledge base?

Guest users?

If you are using public links, then this is expected behavior. A public link shares one specific page only. 

David Burrieza Montserrat
May 7, 2026

Thanks for your answer, Arkadiusz!

 

They are accessing it through a JSM knowledge base link.

 

However, as I mentioned, if I send them the direct link to the page they were trying to access, they are able to open it successfully. So I assume the permissions are configured correctly.

Arkadiusz Wroblewski
Community Champion
May 7, 2026

@David Burrieza Montserrat 

Are you using the Content Tree Macro? Are these Macro the links that lead to denied access?

If yes, there's a known ancient bug. After using the Page Tree, users are sent to the normal version of the page, not the knowledge base.

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David Burrieza Montserrat
May 7, 2026

Oh ok. That's exactly the issue.

Is there any other workaround for this?

I mean, is there another way to achieve this without using the macro?

Arkadiusz Wroblewski
Community Champion
May 7, 2026

@David Burrieza Montserrat 

A safer way to do this is to just create a regular "index" or "navigation" article. You can then manually add links to the relevant KB articles, using the links copied from the JSM knowledge base/customer view.

So instead of using the Content Tree / Page Tree macro, you could use something like:

Getting started

- Article 1

- Article 2

- Article 3

Technical documentation

- Article 4

- Article 5

David Burrieza Montserrat
May 7, 2026

Perfect. Thank you!

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David Burrieza Montserrat
July 15, 2026

Hello! @Arkadiusz Wroblewski 

I've run into an issue with this.

When I link content manually (without using the Content Tree), I can see the article titles when I'm logged in with a licensed user. However, when I log in as a non-licensed user, I only see the actual URL (e.g. https://...) instead of the article title.

This makes it difficult for users to know where the link is taking them.

Is there any solution or workaround for this?

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