Preparing for Confluence 8.2
This documentation is intended for Confluence developers who want to ensure that their existing plugins and apps are compatible with Confluence 8.2.
Watch this page to find out when a new milestone is available and what’s changed. We will publish formal release notes once we release a beta.
Latest milestones
23 March 2023 | 8.2.0-rc1 |
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Planned changes
In this section we'll provide an overview of the changes we intend to make, so you can start thinking how it might impact your app. We'll indicate when a change has been implemented, and in which milestone.
Selenium 3 upgrade
Status: ADVANCE NOTICE
We plan to upgrade the version of Selenium provided by Confluence in 8.5 from Selenium 2 to Selenium 3. If your app has tests that use the version of Selenium currently provided by Confluence, then it's possible that some of your tests may break when you update your app to use Confluence 8.5.
We have provided an additional and optional test module in Confluence 8.2.0 that uses Selenium 3 for you to test your apps ahead of time. Find instructions on how to use this test module and other upgrade guidance in our Selenium 3 upgrade guide.
View inline comments while editing
Status: DELAYED
We've heard the feedback and have started working on one of the most popular requests from customers: being able to see inline comments while editing. We plan to add the following functionality in this release:
- view inline comments in the editor
- resolve inline comments in the editor
We know this is a long-awaited feature that will resolve a major obstacle for collaborating efficiently, and we're determined to get this into production. We will continue to build on this functionality in future releases.
Update We have delayed the release of this feature due to technical issues. We're actively working through these issues internally to deliver this feature in an 8.x release.
New emoji suggestions
Status: DONE
You'll be able to insert emojis from a list of autocomplete suggestions.
How it will work: In the editor, type a colon (:) to activate a list of emoji suggestions. As you continue to type the emoji shortcut, the suggestions will change to predict the emoji you're searching for. Select an emoji from the list to insert it.
This intuitive feature will improve emoji discoverability, making it quicker for you to search for and add emojis outside of the emoji menu.
New user management REST APIs
Status: DONE
You will be able to use REST APIs to perform the following user management operations. This will enable admins can automate and script these tasks in bulk:
- create a group
- delete a group
- add a user to a group
- remove a user from a group
- enable a user
- disable a user
- delete a user
We plan to add even more user management functionality with REST APIs in future releases.
The Rest API documentation will be updated with the methods once this feature is completed.
Get ready for the editor TinyMCE upgrade
Status: ADVANCE NOTICE
We’re in the process of upgrading the Confluence editor from TinyMCE 5 to TinyMCE 6, and we hope to ship the upgraded editor in Confluence 8.3. In preparation, we will be removing deprecated API methods and global variables. The changes we're making now are not expected to cause breaking changes for your apps but it is useful for you to be aware of them, and to implement them accordingly.
See TinyMCE 6 editor API changes for the latest updates.
Implemented changes
In this section we'll provide details of changes we have implemented, organised by the milestone they are first available in. This will help you decide which milestone to use when testing.
RC 1 – 23 March 2023
Milestone 8.2.0-rc1
Contains:
- Minor bug fixes
Beta 2 – 15 March 2023
Milestone 8.2.0-beta2
Contains:
- Minor bug fixes
Beta 1 – 15 March 2023
Milestone 8.2.0-beta1
Contains:
- Emoji autocomplete / suggestions
- User management REST APIs
EAP 3 – 6 March 2023
Milestone 8.2.0-m36
Contains:
- Minor bug fixes
EAP 2 – 27 February 2023
Milestone 8.2.0-m27
Contains:
- Minor bug fixes
Removal:
- Deprecated APIs (in preparation for editor TinyMCE 6 upgrade)
EAP 1 – 20 February 2023
Milestone 8.2.0-m20
Contains:
- Performance improvements to the emoji menu
Minor bug fixes
Looking for updated documentation? Check out the Confluence EAP space for the latest docs.
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