Are shared drafts versioned?

Are shared drafts versioned?

• A. Yes, every change creates a new version
• B. NO, you can only rollback to published versions
• C. Versioning is not supported for drafts
• D. Yes, but only by space admins

Answer: (B)

In Confluence, versioning applies to published pages, not to the drafts you’re editing. Shared drafts let multiple people work on the in-progress content, but those edits don’t create new version entries in the page history. A new version is created only when you publish the draft, and that version becomes part of the page’s history. So the ability you have is to roll back to a previously published version via the page’s version history. You can’t roll back to an earlier draft directly, because drafts aren’t versioned. The idea that “every change creates a new version” isn’t accurate for drafts, and the notion that this requires space admin rights isn’t how Confluence permissions work—regular editors with access can view history and revert to published versions.

In Confluence, versioning applies to published pages, not to the drafts you’re editing. Shared drafts let multiple people work on the in-progress content, but those edits don’t create new version entries in the page history. A new version is created only when you publish the draft, and that version becomes part of the page’s history.

So the ability you have is to roll back to a previously published version via the page’s version history. You can’t roll back to an earlier draft directly, because drafts aren’t versioned. The idea that “every change creates a new version” isn’t accurate for drafts, and the notion that this requires space admin rights isn’t how Confluence permissions work—regular editors with access can view history and revert to published versions.