Page Update require comment

[Jim West]

The default behavior of a Page Update is to just make a new version.  We are asking editors to make a comment to note the changes they made and why there is a new version.

Is there a way to require a comment be added upon page update? 

Editors find it inconvenience\forgetful to hit the drop down to get the form prompt.

https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/create-edit-and-publish-a-page/#Update

[Amanda Barber · Accepted solution]

Looks like there is a feature request here: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-6373

[Jim West]

Hi Amanda,  Thanks for pointing me to this.  It does appear, tho marked as a priority, there is no action from the Product Owner or Dev in several years.

Do you know of any alt solutions or workarounds?  Maybe this is addressed with a more formal editorial process?

[Amanda Barber]

I'm not aware of any current workarounds. I see that @Esther Strom who's quite the whiz also has an open feature request, so I'm somewhat doubtful that a good workaround exists at this point. 

Here's hers to upvote: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-67035

It looks like there may be some apps that could help facilitate this better, but I haven't tried either of them:

• https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1217608/scroll-documents-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview
• https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1222276/workflows-for-confluence-document-management-approvals?hosting=cloud&tab=pricing