Page and space permissions are too coarse

You can't give the right people the right access without over- or under-sharing.

SL Reported by Sarah L.CONFCLOUD-12775 · Platform Engineer · 2 years ago Top-voted request ✓Fixed by Patcher
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The problem

Confluence permissions often force a choice between too open and too locked down. Fine-grained control at the page and space level is hard to express.

Who runs into this

Teams with sensitive pages in shared spaces who need precise access.

How Patcher fixes it

Patcher adds finer page- and space-level permission controls, so the right people see the right pages without blanket restrictions.

Top community comments

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Yuki T.· 2 years ago

Workaround sort of helps, but it comes back the moment someone else edits the issue.

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Emma S.· 11 months ago

Still happening in 2026, and it affects hundreds of issues across our instance.

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Lucas F.· 8 months ago

The “official” suggestion in the docs doesn’t actually work. We need a real fix.

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