Delete drafts #1775

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OVERLORD · 2026-02-05T01:50:28+03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 01:50:28 +03:00

Originally created by @ayxos on GitHub (Jul 2, 2020).

Describe the feature you'd like
I am the Admin of the site, some users left drafts open which are visible on the left side but not available (link returns a 404)
As an admin I should be able to delete empty drafts or whatever non-published draft

Describe the benefits this feature would bring to BookStack users
keep the system clean and avoid empty drafts all over the platform

Originally created by @ayxos on GitHub (Jul 2, 2020). **Describe the feature you'd like** I am the Admin of the site, some users left drafts open which are visible on the left side but not available (link returns a 404) As an admin I should be able to delete empty drafts or whatever non-published draft **Describe the benefits this feature would bring to BookStack users** keep the system clean and avoid empty drafts all over the platform

OVERLORD closed this issue

2026-02-05 01:50:29 +03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 01:50:37 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Jul 4, 2020):

Hi @ayxos,
This is a little concerning as you should not be able to see other people's drafts at all.
Would you be able to confirm the following?:

What BookStack version are you on (Found at the top of settings)?
Have you attempted any modifications to the core code?
What do these drafts look like? Are they a different color to normal pages? When you side "on the left side", where is that? On the homepage?

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Jul 4, 2020): Hi @ayxos, This is a little concerning as you should not be able to see other people's drafts at all. Would you be able to confirm the following?: - What BookStack version are you on (Found at the top of settings)? - Have you attempted any modifications to the core code? - What do these drafts look like? Are they a different color to normal pages? When you side "on the left side", where is that? On the homepage?

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 01:50:43 +03:00

@DavidLeutgeb commented on GitHub (Jul 22, 2020):

Hi @ssddanbrown,

I can confirm an unexpected behaviour of drafts. However I cant reproduce it at the moment so I describe it as well as I could.

Bookstack version: 0.29.3
Code modifications: No
How the drafts look: Like drafts I create myself (purple color)
How many users use our bookstack instance: about 100

How I discovered the problem:
One of my colleagues sent me an mail because he was unable to sort a book. Everytime he tried to save the new sort order he got an error with permission denied and falls to the application homepage (as defined in settings). So I got to the book and got the same error, so I started searching.

What did I found:
I found some two drafts in chapters, both of them not from me but visible to me (also in the purple draft color). When I clicked them I got a 404 error. Solution to delete the draft was to delete the whole chapter and recreate it.

Also I can confirm that I can't reproduce this by asking a user to save a draft, this works a s expected. I come back to you when I see this problem the next time.

@DavidLeutgeb commented on GitHub (Jul 22, 2020): Hi @ssddanbrown, I can confirm an unexpected behaviour of drafts. However I cant reproduce it at the moment so I describe it as well as I could. Bookstack version: 0.29.3 Code modifications: No How the drafts look: Like drafts I create myself (purple color) How many users use our bookstack instance: about 100 How I discovered the problem: One of my colleagues sent me an mail because he was unable to sort a book. Everytime he tried to save the new sort order he got an error with permission denied and falls to the application homepage (as defined in settings). So I got to the book and got the same error, so I started searching. What did I found: I found some two drafts in chapters, both of them not from me but visible to me (also in the purple draft color). When I clicked them I got a 404 error. Solution to delete the draft was to delete the whole chapter and recreate it. Also I can confirm that I can't reproduce this by asking a user to save a draft, this works a s expected. I come back to you when I see this problem the next time.

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 01:50:47 +03:00

@jstapels commented on GitHub (Oct 25, 2020):

I'm having this same issue... as an admin, shouldn't I be able to see or delete someone's draft?

@jstapels commented on GitHub (Oct 25, 2020): I'm having this same issue... as an admin, shouldn't I be able to see or delete someone's draft?

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 01:50:49 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (May 26, 2021):

Since no-one has been able provide reproduction steps or confirmation they could reproduce this, I'm going to close this off but if you find you are able to re-create this scenario please open a new issue detailing the steps and I'll get right on it.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (May 26, 2021): Since no-one has been able provide reproduction steps or confirmation they could reproduce this, I'm going to close this off but if you find you are able to re-create this scenario please open a new issue detailing the steps and I'll get right on it.

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Reference: starred/BookStack#1775