Confluence 4.1 : Issues Resolved in Confluence 3.5

Below are the issues resolved in Confluence 3.5, ordered by number of votes. For the full details of the fixes, improvements and new features, please take a look at our issue tracker. Please also take a look at the Confluence 3.5 release notes for the new features in Confluence 3.5.

JIRA Issues (164 issues)
Type Key Summary Status Resolution votes
Improvement CONF-17150 Support nested groups Resolved Fixed 317
New Feature CONF-6478 News watching Resolved Fixed 112
Improvement CONF-9993 Prevent multimedia attachments from autoplaying when embedded in a Confluence page Resolved Fixed 52
Improvement CONF-1646 Support for More Languages via the {code} macro Resolved Fixed 50
Improvement CONF-6794 Add titleColor to panel macro Resolved Fixed 43
New Feature CONF-1747 Link to single JIRA issue macro Resolved Fixed 39
Bug CONF-17366 ConfluenceGroupJoiningAuthenticator does not add users to confluence-users group, if they already have "Can Use" permission via another group Resolved Fixed 37
Bug CONF-10697 Code macro should wrap Resolved Fixed 37
Improvement CONF-21980 Support memberOf attribute on LDAP users for group membership Resolved Fixed 34
Improvement CONF-10654 The ability to translate local membership into external membership for initial LDAP integration Resolved Fixed 33
Improvement CONF-19508 Google Gears is no longer supported so we need to Migrate to HTML 5 Resolved Fixed 30
New Feature CONF-6029 Automatically add LDAP users to confluence-users (or other databse-stored group) Resolved Fixed 29
Bug CONF-14104 Deleting users from LDAP, does not remove their 'Can-Use' permission Resolved Fixed 28
Improvement CONF-12882 Allow users to create Jira issues from Confluence pages. Resolved Fixed 27
Bug CONF-11926 LDAP performance degrades the more LDAP groups a user belongs too Resolved Fixed 17
Bug CONF-8925 Multiple LDAP User Lookups during Login Resolved Fixed 16
Bug CONF-20811 Printing a Confluence page using the Documentation Theme in Internet Explorer will only print the first page of data Resolved Fixed 14
Bug CONF-19431 Crowd+Confluence nested groups fail Resolved Fixed 14
Improvement CONF-19039 Drag and drop upload doesn't work in Google Chrome Resolved Fixed 14
Improvement CONF-14444 Default authors to watch the pages they author Resolved Fixed 13
Improvement CONF-6559 Sort LDAP groups and users alphabetically on administrative pages Resolved Fixed 13
Bug CONF-13420 LDAP users can be cached as non-existant / not permitted to login if the LDAP repository is not available Resolved Fixed 11
Improvement CONF-9326 Code macro: Syntax-highlight C++ code Resolved Fixed 11
Bug CONF-8441 Rich Text Editor messes up formatting of pages that use the {html} tag Resolved Fixed 10
New Feature CONF-733 Grouped/Classified spaces Resolved Fixed 10
New Feature CONF-14484 Manipulation of Trash content via the Remote API Resolved Fixed 9
Bug CONF-10785 Slow performance due to excessive calls to getUser (particular where LDAP is used for user management). Resolved Fixed 9
Improvement CONF-6932 User interface for administering LDAP Resolved Fixed 9
New Feature CONF-16639 Officially provide support for postgresql 8.4 and 8.3 Resolved Fixed 8
New Feature CONF-3593 Automatically watch pages I edit user preference Resolved Fixed 8
Improvement CONF-20475 Improve performance of DefaultSpacePermissionManager#hasPermissionViaGroups by reversing the way permissions are checked. Resolved Fixed 7
Bug CONF-9135 Searching for user with complete name in "Full Name" field doesn't work on LDAP Resolved Fixed 7
Improvement CONF-6560 Manage Groups lists groups from LDAP and Confluence in a meaningless way Resolved Fixed 7
New Feature CONF-18451 Offer support for POSIX Style LDAP Resolved Fixed 6
Bug CONF-11207 Current Confluence version looks very ugly if a Helvetica font is installed Closed Fixed 6
Bug CONF-8675 Support for thousands of groups needs improvement Resolved Fixed 6
New Feature CONF-8404 Send email notification when new news item is released Resolved Fixed 6
Bug CONF-21981 Group membership search breaks with Active Directory's automatic range limiting for large groups Resolved Fixed 5
Bug CONF-20398 French translations for some of Rich Text Editor's features are not reflected Resolved Fixed 5
Bug CONF-2459 Need to use NVARCHAR columns in SQL Server to support Unicode Resolved Fixed 5
Bug CONF-21502 Users can log in with old and new password when using LDAP Integration Resolved Fixed 4
Improvement CONF-16144 Bundle new Code macro Resolved Fixed 4
Bug CONF-8477 Don't change my code, especially when it is within an {html} macro! Resolved Fixed 4
Bug CONF-18723 Confluence failed with too many open files when an admin tries to see all users Resolved Fixed 3
Improvement CONF-17499 Diffs take too long to execute sometimes Resolved Fixed 3
Improvement CONF-14864 LDAP Key should map automatically to ldap cache name Resolved Fixed 3
Improvement CONF-12131 Robust logging for SOAP and XML-RPC login requests Resolved Fixed 3
Improvement CONF-11739 Daily backup scheduler Resolved Fixed 3
New Feature CONF-6924 Allow users to change their password when using LDAP user management Resolved Fixed 3
New Feature CONF-5866 Create a method in the remote API which allows for watching a space or a page Resolved Fixed 3
Improvement CONF-5307 Include page macro should be able to include blog posts/news, not just pages Resolved Fixed 3
Bug CONF-3130 Thumbnailing of animated gifs is broken Resolved Fixed 3
New Feature CONF-2794 Support Bash script syntax highlighting in {code} macro Resolved Fixed 3
Bug CONF-20712 Episodic Videos not working with widget connector Resolved Fixed 2
Bug CONF-20489 Upgrades: Errors thrown by upgrade tasks should be reported to the end user, not ignored Resolved Fixed 2
Bug CONF-20219 Fixversion column renders empty content if there are multiple Fix Version/s selected in JIRA Resolved Fixed 2
Bug CONF-19286 Users of LDAP groups not shown Resolved Fixed 2
Improvement CONF-16875 Rename Doc Import to "Import Word Doc" Resolved Fixed 2
New Feature CONF-15812 Support python syntax highlighting in {code} macro Resolved Fixed 2
Bug CONF-14853 IllegalTransactionStateException due to trying to rollback a transaction that has already been rolled back. Resolved Fixed 2
Bug CONF-10301 LDAP authentication module does not iterate users/groups under CN-s Resolved Fixed 2
Bug CONF-9116 Confluence LDAP (atlassian-user.xml) should support referral property Resolved Fixed 2
Bug CONF-5305 Non-existent users in groups cause problems when using LDAP Resolved Fixed 2
Bug CONF-5146 Links to an external URL containing spaces do not work Resolved Fixed 2
New Feature CONF-3589 Configurable sender for notification emails Resolved Fixed 2
Bug CONF-21630 Lots of errors in server logs: Cannot generate thumbnail for SWF/PDF files Resolved Fixed 1
Bug CONF-21138 List of attachments in Link Browser are not sorted Resolved Fixed 1
Improvement CONF-20822 Add Support for Basic Unix Shell Scripting for 'code' Tag Resolved Fixed 1
Bug CONF-20812 jiraissues macro fails with confusing/invalid error message when trying to fetch restricted project Resolved Fixed 1
Improvement CONF-20586 Work around JIT compiler bug that causes OutOfMemory error Resolved Fixed 1
Bug CONF-19515 Improve the queries used to fetch users via the Search Users screen to prevent Wiki threads from being blocked for long periods of time Resolved Fixed 1
Bug CONF-18832 duplicate username in confluence and ldap causes confluence to read group membership from local user instead of ldap user Resolved Fixed 1
Bug CONF-18347 Adding LDAP User to a large internal group (e.g. confluence-users) is slow Resolved Fixed 1
Improvement CONF-17001 Improve the ConfluenceGroupJoiningAuthenticator such that it only adds authenticated LDAP users to the confluence-users group Resolved Fixed 1
Improvement CONF-16737 Integrate 'automatically add users to confluence-users' as an option from the UI Resolved Fixed 1
Bug CONF-12201 Race condition issue with DefaultHibernateUser Resolved Fixed 1
New Feature CONF-9140 Simplify user management configuration by integrating it into Confluence administration area Resolved Fixed 1
Improvement CONF-8183 Distinguish between US and British English Language Pack Resolved Fixed 1
Improvement CONF-7590 Embedded Flash - cannot stop auto-play Resolved Fixed 1
Bug CONF-7139 Group searches repeat the groupSearchFilter criteria Resolved Fixed 1
Bug CONF-6903 Allow reactivation of deactivated users Resolved Fixed 1
Bug CONF-6631 Code macro doesn't correctly handle empty strings Resolved Fixed 1
New Feature CONF-5792 For watched page update notifications, set 'from' to user who did update. Resolved Fixed 1
Bug CONF-5463 Group filtering is case sensitive Resolved Fixed 1
Bug CONF-5047 Images not working with templates Resolved Fixed 1
Bug CONF-4816 Syntax highlighting in {code:xml} broken Resolved Fixed 1
Improvement CONF-3987 Support mail disable switches Resolved Fixed 1
Bug CONF-3558 Reopening CONF-1324 about username with uppcase letters Resolved Fixed 1
New Feature CONF-814 Gate blog posts to mail address(es) Resolved Fixed 1
Bug CONF-23149 contentbylabel macro does not sort ASCII characters properly Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-22565 XSRF vulnerability in the Social Bookmarking plugin Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-22261 "What's new in Confluence 3.5" banner fails Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-21939 In the search screen filtering for username first then add a search string generates an exception Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-21930 Welcome message in dashboard is escaped Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-21899 New Bookmark via the bookmarklet is not defaulting to my personal space Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-21855 AD/Crowd authenticated administrators using Confluence-controlled password (not the AD one) Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-21832 Find a way of finding and purging all shadowed users from Confluence Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-21823 PDF export can't export text inside code macro Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-21807 UserInterfaceState.getDashboardTab() is removed in Confleunce 3.5-beta1 Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-21791 Mac Evaluation installer: Log file in CONFLUENCE_HOME isn't created properly. Resolved Fixed 0
Improvement CONF-21754 Error when saving a page if parent page's title is changed Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-21724 404 on a missing resource /images/icons/view_16.png on the edit restrictions page Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-21692 Security configuration cannot be updated using custom authenticator or password.confirmation.disabled Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-21682 Missing localization localisation in the user settings Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-21637 Wrong icons position while using space macro on IE Resolved Fixed 0
Improvement CONF-21612 Log user who is executing RPC requests Resolved Fixed 0
Improvement CONF-21516 Install "Source-code Formatter" Macro Plugin for C-Sharp Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-21500 Index rebuild fails silently due to uncaught exceptions in the DefaultObjectQueueWorker Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-21457 Behaviour of users with default profile pic varies between two implementations of ConfluenceUserProfile.getProfilePictureUri Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-21439 Content must not be null error when uploading global logo Resolved Fixed 0
Improvement CONF-21406 Improve client performance by enabling HTTP caching for i18n REST resources Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-21376 AttachmentRenderSupport does lots of unnecessary work Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-21350 Dropdown menu text colour is dark grey when using keyboard to select menu item Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-21342 Tooltips with more than 1 tip contain apple and windows commands Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-21339 Breadcrumbs: Text in tooltip is messed up Resolved Fixed 0
Improvement CONF-21323 Logging during rendering of items in an rss feed should say what item was being rendered Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-21317 Demonstration space uses macros that are not included in a default install Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-21258 Wrong error handling in FileSystemAttachmentDataDao.getDeleteErrorReason() Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-21207 Disabling the global theme prevents users from logging in due to getThemeJsResources problem Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-21195 The 'Choosing a database configuration' screen in set up has a broken link to http://localhost:8080/confluence/setup/null in the 'embedded database' section. Resolved Fixed 0
Improvement CONF-21093 Make the TestNG report format more readable Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-21086 Confluence is including an old version of package-scanner, rather than the version required/built/tested with the plugin framework. Resolved Fixed 0
Improvement CONF-21084 Plugin Administration Page link should point to UPM rather than legacy plugin manager Resolved Fixed 0
Improvement CONF-21062 Sort caches by display name in cache config screen Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-21059 Date format in comments is misleading Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-20914 Confluence user list shows duplicate 'native' and LDAP users with same username Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-20886 Bookmarks macro gives a ClassCastException when used in a comment Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-20804 "Download All" fails with "Too many open files" Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-20734 Logging thread-local diagnostic context not cleared on Quartz threads Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-20589 LDAP user details in LDAP group browser are incorrect if there is a mismatch on membership attribute DN and usernameAttribute Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-20452 Malformed labels always report that the label name is too long Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-20214 Attaching an attachment directly after upload does not insert the link - in the link browser Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-18375 When LDAP server is down, Confluence permission breaks Resolved Fixed 0
Improvement CONF-18073 Cache result of isSuperUser check in permission handling Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-17861 Wrong german translation in edit window: "unter" --> "um" Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-17774 Concurrent not synchronized access to hashmap in OgnlUtil class leads to infinite loop and high cpu Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-17525 Powerpoint icon does not show up in the macro browser - but Word and Excel do Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-17511 Bundled plugin loading mechanism leads to larger than necessary memory use Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-17291 Emails from a watched page do not show diff content when entire paragraphs are removed Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-16986 Wiki markup content is deleted when editing/saving an unsupported thumbnail format Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-16201 Confluence 'allows' to delete a user from an LDAP group Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-14921 {code}-formatted text nearly unreadable Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-14880 Unable to add user to LDAP group Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-13284 Formatting lost with {code} element Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-13189 Strange group behaviour when user is member of groups Confluence cannot see Resolved Fixed 0
New Feature CONF-10948 Want to be be able to list recently joined users, to identify _when_ they joined. Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-10430 LDAP Integration on flat domains Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-9483 error saving document in the Rich Text editor Resolved Fixed 0
Improvement CONF-8905 Need a method to "Select All" or "Select None" for multiple check boxes Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-8596 {toc} macro not working with double byte symbols in headings Resolved Fixed 0
Improvement CONF-8262 Put a direct "unwatch this page" link in notification emails Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-7199 Confluence should fall back to displaying username when no defined name attributes are available in LDAP Resolved Fixed 0
Improvement CONF-6802 Ability to use the e-mail address from the LDAP server (possibly imported when logging in?) Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-6682 Username links exported wrong in HTML Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-6584 individual user can be added as "user group" under "permissioning" Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-6290 Bucket's DefaultUserAccessor has dodgy error handling Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-5502 Browse groups throws ClassCastException if there are LDAP groups that have the same name as Confluence goups Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-5330 Auto-save links "resume editing" and "discard" do not work on copied pages Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-5229 'Copy Page' page behaves like 'Add Page' from drafts POV Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-3857 Undefined Page Report does not hide create page link from users without permission Resolved Fixed 0
Bug CONF-3663 Dollar signs in template break on insert variable step Resolved Fixed 0
Improvement CONF-3540 Move contextual help in General Configuration closer to the options it relates to Resolved Fixed 0
Improvement CONF-1416 Allow user to filter spaces visible to him Resolved Fixed 0
Improvement CONF-950 Incorporate external user management cleanly into setup process. Resolved Fixed 0