Pages are incorrectly displayed inside a chapter at the book overview #1980

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OVERLORD · 2026-02-05T02:23:13+03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 02:23:13 +03:00

Originally created by @cdrfun on GitHub (Dec 16, 2020).

Describe the bug
A chapter is readable for Role1 and Role2, but all pages of this chapter are only readable for Role1. When you open the chapter for Role2, no pages are displayed. But when you open the book for Role2, the pages are displayed under the chapter and the first line of content is shown.

Steps To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Create a chapter with individual Read rights for Role1 and Role2
Create two pages under this chapter with individual Read rights for Role1
Open book overview with a user who is in Role2 only
The pages are displayed under the chapter and the first line of content is shown.

Expected behavior
When you open the book for Role2, the chapter should be empty.

Screenshots
Role2 book view:

Role2 chapter view:

Your Configuration (please complete the following information):

BookStack v0.30.4
latest Linuxserver Docker image

Originally created by @cdrfun on GitHub (Dec 16, 2020). **Describe the bug** A chapter is readable for Role1 and Role2, but all pages of this chapter are only readable for Role1. When you open **the chapter** for Role2, no pages are displayed. But when you open **the book** for Role2, the pages are displayed under the chapter and the first line of content is shown. **Steps To Reproduce** Steps to reproduce the behavior: 1. Create a chapter with individual Read rights for Role1 and Role2 2. Create two pages under this chapter with individual Read rights for Role1 3. Open book overview with a user who is in Role2 only 4. The pages are displayed under the chapter and the first line of content is shown. **Expected behavior** When you open the book for Role2, the chapter should be empty. **Screenshots** Role2 book view: ![grafik](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/146877/102345209-4aa9f600-3f9d-11eb-8e8b-70c0dea96798.png) Role2 chapter view: ![grafik](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/146877/102345256-5bf30280-3f9d-11eb-8c62-366bb2157cdc.png) **Your Configuration (please complete the following information):** - BookStack v0.30.4 - latest Linuxserver Docker image

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2026-02-05 02:23:14 +03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 02:23:18 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Dec 16, 2020):

Thanks for reporting @cdrfun.

Have marked this to be tested and patched as a priority.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Dec 16, 2020): Thanks for reporting @cdrfun. Have marked this to be tested and patched as a priority.

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 02:23:20 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Dec 18, 2020):

Thanks again for reporting @cdrfun, This has now been addressed in v0.30.6: https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack/releases/tag/v0.30.6

Some notes from my testing and fixing:

If the restricted page sat alongside other non-restricted pages within the chapter then this issue would not be apparent. This only occurred when none of the pages within a chapter were visible.
This applied to a few different areas of BookStack including the sidebar tree views. The biggest concern was book exports since this would include the entire page content in the export.

Apologies if this issue caused you, or any others, problems.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Dec 18, 2020): Thanks again for reporting @cdrfun, This has now been addressed in v0.30.6: https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack/releases/tag/v0.30.6 Some notes from my testing and fixing: - If the restricted page sat alongside other non-restricted pages within the chapter then this issue would not be apparent. This only occurred when none of the pages within a chapter were visible. - This applied to a few different areas of BookStack including the sidebar tree views. The biggest concern was book exports since this would include the entire page content in the export. Apologies if this issue caused you, or any others, problems.

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 02:23:23 +03:00

@cdrfun commented on GitHub (Dec 18, 2020):

I'm glad I was able to help, as I really love bookstack. I've tested the update and the reported behavior is correct now. Furthermore, I tested the export and the plaintext export still is shaky. This is the chapter export result from my test setup:

But the same error happens when exporting the book.
Shall I create a new issue @ssddanbrown or will the export issue also be handeled here?

@cdrfun commented on GitHub (Dec 18, 2020): I'm glad I was able to help, as I really love bookstack. I've tested the update and the reported behavior is correct now. Furthermore, I tested the export and the plaintext export still is shaky. This is the chapter export result from my test setup: ![grafik](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/146877/102595981-cb413180-4118-11eb-9e79-8ee161ec525f.png) But the same error happens when exporting the book. Shall I create a new issue @ssddanbrown or will the export issue also be handeled here?

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 02:23:31 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Dec 18, 2020):

Thanks so much once again for reporting that @cdrfun, Was part of the same thing but made worse with the changes in v0.30.6.

Have now deployed a new release to cover this: https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack/releases/tag/v0.30.7
Have added these cases along with some additional ones in our automated test to cover for future releases.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Dec 18, 2020): Thanks so much once again for reporting that @cdrfun, Was part of the same thing but made worse with the changes in v0.30.6. Have now deployed a new release to cover this: https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack/releases/tag/v0.30.7 Have added these cases along with some additional ones in our automated test to cover for future releases.

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 02:23:36 +03:00

@cdrfun commented on GitHub (Dec 21, 2020):

I did a retest and everything seems fine now. Thanks for your fast response, your way of managing Bookstack is great!

@cdrfun commented on GitHub (Dec 21, 2020): I did a retest and everything seems fine now. Thanks for your fast response, your way of managing Bookstack is great!

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Reference: starred/BookStack#1980