Confluence Mention Plugin dependencies

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Description

Confluence Mention Plugin has dependencies with the following plugins:

  • Workbox - Confluence Provider Plugin

  • Confluence File Notifications

  • Confluence Files

  • Confluence Mobile Plugin

Disabling Confluence Mention Plugin will mandatorily disable the above-mentioned plugins. Below is the message you will see in the application logs when you disable Confluence Mention Plugin.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2019-05-10 09:20:41,030 INFO [http-nio-8090-exec-8] [atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager] disablePlugins Found dependent enabled plugins for plugins '[com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.confluence-mentions-plugin]': [com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.confluence-file-notifications(MANDATORY), com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.confluence-files(MANDATORY), com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.confluence-mobile-plugin(MANDATORY), com.atlassian.mywork.mywork-confluence-provider-plugin(MANDATORY)]. Disabling... 2019-05-10 09:20:41,031 INFO [http-nio-8090-exec-8] [atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager] broadcastPluginDisabling Disabling com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.confluence-file-notifications 2019-05-10 09:20:41,032 INFO [http-nio-8090-exec-8] [atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager] broadcastPluginDisabling Disabling com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.confluence-files 2019-05-10 09:20:41,034 INFO [http-nio-8090-exec-8] [atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager] broadcastPluginDisabling Disabling com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.confluence-mobile-plugin 2019-05-10 09:20:41,035 INFO [http-nio-8090-exec-8] [atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager] broadcastPluginDisabling Disabling com.atlassian.mywork.mywork-confluence-provider-plugin 2019-05-10 09:20:41,496 INFO [http-nio-8090-exec-8] [atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager] broadcastPluginDisabling Disabling com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.confluence-mentions-plugin 2019-05-10 09:21:42,582 INFO [http-nio-8090-exec-1] [atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager] broadcastPluginDisabling Disabling com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.confluence-mentions-plugin

This is not a bug and is working as designed.

Updated on April 8, 2025

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