October 2025
New features
Section titled “New features””Last updated by” metadata New
Section titled “”Last updated by” metadata ”A built-in metadata field tracks the user who most recently edited the page, refreshed on every save. Renders in the Metadata macro and in exports.
Notification on page edit New
Section titled “Notification on page edit ”A new email trigger fires whenever a page running a workflow is edited. Configure it like any other email, with recipients and templated subject and body, to keep stakeholders informed when content changes mid-workflow without requiring a transition.
Required variables New
Section titled “Required variables ”Workflow variables can now be marked Required. The workflow won’t move past a state that needs a required variable until the variable is set, and the byline panel surfaces a clear “missing variable” indicator. Useful for sign-off workflows where, for example, a reviewer has to be assigned before the page can enter the review state.
Version comments on published pages New
Section titled “Version comments on published pages ”When the Publish page action updates a page in the target space, it now writes a version comment on the new Confluence version describing the publish: which workflow, which transition, which user triggered it. Useful for auditing what landed in the published space and when, directly from Confluence’s page-history view.
Metadata in PDF and Word exports New
Section titled “Metadata in PDF and Word exports ”Confluence’s built-in PDF and Word exports now correctly serialize metadata fields rendered through Aura Workflows macros. The exported document mirrors what the reader sees in the browser, including custom fields, dates, and user references.
Approval details modal and email attachment New
Section titled “Approval details modal and email attachment ”Two follow-ups to last month’s approval-feedback indicator. Clicking the comment icon on a state now opens a dedicated Approval details modal that lists every reviewer’s vote, comment, and timestamp for that approval, separate from the full workflow history. Email actions on transitions out of an approval state gained an Attach approval details option: when enabled, the rendered email includes the same per-reviewer breakdown so downstream owners learn the rationale without opening the page.
Expanded Metadata macro field types New
Section titled “Expanded Metadata macro field types ”The Metadata macro gained a wider catalog of fields it can render: page author, page owner, page ID, page version, last modification date, expiration date, the value of any workflow variable, the current workflow status, and date markers like “first/last time the page reached state X” or “first/last time the page was approved/rejected in state X”. Configure each field through the macro’s edit panel; values are read live from the workflow instance.
A Based on original page toggle on each macro lets a published copy resolve fields from its source page rather than from the copy itself. Useful for landing pages that should always show the original author or the canonical expiration date even when embedded on a republished version.
Bug fixes
Section titled “Bug fixes”- Fix Security and stability improvements.
- Fix Fixed a race condition where transitions could be evaluated before the previous state’s actions had committed.
- Fix Fixed the modify-title action emitting a stale page-update event in some cases.
- Fix Fixed publish history events surfacing the wrong actor in the active workflows table.
- Fix Fixed the publish action not handling some page-update events for blog posts.
- Fix Fixed metadata fields not resolving on pages created from templates.
- Fix Fixed expiration emails not being saved correctly when toggled on and off.