Page reordering does not persist

Question

I've tried several times to reorder pages in a space for which I have Admin permissions, and the reordering doesn't persist, or "stick." I've tried reordering using Edge and Chrome browsers and have asked for help from a local Confluence admin, but nothing works.

Rik de Valk (Brainboss) · Answer

Please also refer to this Known Problem page from Atlassian about silent failing of the reorder:  https://support.atlassian.com/confluence/kb/reorder-pages-not-persistent/

Because if ANY of the underlying pages has an Edit restriction, it will appear as if the reorder is being done. But it will not be saved. And Confluence will not alert you about any failure. But if you reload the page, the old order will show again.

And in addition, the Reorder (A-Z) icon will sometimes not show. See https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-58516 for that.

Kylie_kps3vu · Answer

I am having the same issue on child pages in the Cloud version.  It seems to happen on paginated child page structures (show more on the tree).  On the same space I have un-paginated portions working and paginated breaking.

Mariah Edwards · Answer

Hi,

I am currently having this same issue - as soon as I reload my page, the page reverts to its previous order. I am moving within the same space, just trying to amend the order of child pages. I have permissions to view and edit all the pages and I am using the new editor. Can you please advise? The guide you provided has not helped.

Thanks