Page status, a new way to keep your team informed!

[Jonathan Yee]

As @Jean W. pointed out the current /status works the same with extra benefit for page properties.
But that falls short for filtering pages.

Can this new status be used as a filter. If it can't I don't see how this brings operational benefit rather than just a UX benefit.

As well be nice if the status can be shown on the side menu, instead of clicking on page to find out.

[Jeret Shuck]

I hope this is the foundation for more in Confluence. This feature alone doesn't do a ton. Not to mention you can't see it unless the page is on the "edit" screen. Also, need a way to filter pages based on the status if this is going to be used.

[Matt Meissner]

I'm liking this new feature, if you manage a space, will it be possible to filter/search for pages with a specific status? (e.g. view all "ready for review" pages in a specific space of which I am a domain expert)

[Ibrahim Farhan]

Was this announced before?

How many vendors where trying to develop such a page status as an App and now their efforts are vanished! 

[Sergio Giganti]

How can I get this Content Status value in a Page Property Macro?

[Karie Price]

I love that this is now available and I don't have to continue adding info boxes at the top of the page to indicate status!

[thisismissem]

A neat related feature you could look at for Page Statuses is automatically changing status; e.g., moving a page from "Approved" to "Needs Review" every 3 months to support auditing, where documentation needs to be audited and reviewed for compliance every X months.

Saw this in as a feature in a docs tool in a recent blog post about SOC2 compliance, where just having a page become "needs review" every N months helped them quickly make sure everything was up to date on a regularly basis, in case documentation was forgotten about.

[Paula Pokusa]

The most concerning piece for me is that the ability to create custom page statuses happens by space. In efforts of standardizing, this would essentially go against that if people just make and use their own statuses in their spaces. Is there a way to control this at a site level? I see at the space level you can restrict the ability to create custom statuses but it is not realistic or a good use of time for us to go space by space and restrict that. 

Some other questions: 

• Are there plans for automation to work with page status?
• Are there plans to allow changing of the page status not just when in edit mode?
• Is it possible to restrict who can change the status or will everyone with edit access to a page be able to do so?

[Maxwell Stephens]

Great job team, can we get custom email addresses for Confluence notifications now? https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-68551

[Valerie Stoppenbach]

Ooh I've been looking forward to this feature since you guys teased it, back in December! 
https://www.atlassian.com/blog/confluence/7-ways-to-get-your-work-noticed-in-confluence?utm_source=newsletter-email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=confluence-digest-slb-JAN_EML-12077&jobid=105385242&subid=1528610165

It works great - very happy to use it!

[Kristian Klima]

Upon testing, this doesn't do much - it appears to be an elevated label.

It would be useful if the status would actually prevent the page from being published to the public site.

BUT, there's an API so I'm looking forward for Comala and K15t to pick it up and make it useful in their Publishing, Workflow and Viewport respectively. 

Having said that, page-based workflow (allowing to exclude any page to stay in Draft until ready) is essential for continuous delivery/release when it's ESSENTIAL to work along multiple development swimlanes simultaneously.

[Bryan Tiang]

How does this work together with Comala Document Management?

The native page status is definitely better than Comalas. Will comala adopt this as their new page status feature?

[Karin Scheidel]

Nice to see, but can the following small things be improved?

• I can only make 5 different states, instead of 6 that are shown in one of the images.
• Moreover the amount of characters to be used, is also limited.
• And you can not change an option, but only delete it and make a new one. 

Thanks

[s.akbarov]

A very useful feature! Thank you! 

[Lasse]

Very nice. But is it possible to manage the settings for the status for all spaces at once or is it  necessary to change this settings for every single space?

[Kristian Klima]

@Bryan Tiang - it doesn't work with Comala and it doesn't work with K15t's Scroll Viewport (yet).

Given that there appears to be API for Page Status, I guess it could be implemented in future.

I devised a workaround to use Comala Doc Management and Publishing with Scroll Documents and Viewport for granular workflow and publishing control (https://help-cloud.k15t.com/scroll-viewport/how-to-control-publishing-of-changes#HowToControlPublishingofChanges-Syncchangesbetweenadraftandpublishedspace) 

I guess it's a matter of time when Marketplace vendors tap into page status API to make the feature useful.

[Lucas Mazzino]

Nice feature !!!

But, why I don´t see the hover menu?

It is because is only for Cloud?

So, with my Server installation I cannot use it?

Thanks!

[Aron Gombas _Midori_]

@Lucas Mazzino yes, it is Confluence Cloud only.

[Ricardo Cerceau]

Good Job!!

[Patrick Tschache]

Looks very good! Is it also possible or planned that a status or status change can be "forced". This would be very helpful for quality management (DIN EN ISO 9001).

[Jacob Jeffers]

As a space maintainer - it would be helpful if I could see a report or overview of all pages and their statuses. During document reviews, it would be helpful to get a list of pages by status and prioritize what works needs to be done to those pages to get them finalized.

[Nick Blake]

This looks great and will be fantastic to have, any idea when Cloud users can expect to see this?

[James Conway]

@Bryan Tiang I am one of the product managers for Comala Document Management. Regarding your questions...

How does this work together with Comala Document Management?

Currently there is no integration between this new Confluence feature and Comala Document Management.

The native page status is definitely better than Comalas. Will comala adopt this as their new page status feature?

We currently don't have any plans to adopt this feature. Would you be able to contact us through https://support.comalatech.com so we can better understand why you feel this status is better than the Comala Document Management status.

All the best

James

[Lennart Hagberg]

Wow! Really a game changer. We've implemented it straight off the bat. As always when you give us something - we ask for more... 😉

Can we list pages based on content status? That would be awesome.

[Max Foerster - K15t]

The introduction of page status on a space level is so awesome. 🤩 It's funny how quickly you can roll out a new feature like that internally if it adds real value. 😄

But let's be honest, as a few people mentioned, there is room for improvement. The lack of an easy way to report on page statuses or being able to edit a status quickly is a bit of a bummer.

For everyone interested in a solution, have a look at this gif. 😎

• Yes, these are the available page statuses for a page.
• Yes, you can edit them inline.
• And yes again, you can report on them. 😄

We added the support for page statuses to our app Orderly Databases for Confluence to have a workaround for the existing limitations. You can edit the page's status inline without having to open the editor, too. 😉

Of course, that's not all Orderly can do to help you structure and maintain your content in Confluence. But if anyone is interested in learning more, contact me. 🤘🏼

Best, Max