"New Page" pages keep getting added #3814

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OVERLORD · 2026-02-05T07:33:07+03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 07:33:07 +03:00

Originally created by @david-burleigh on GitHub (May 24, 2023).

Describe the Bug

Phantom "New Page" pages appear in the page list of one of my books, with a purple bar at the left, and I can't find a way to delet them.

Steps to Reproduce

I don't know what produces this.

Expected Behaviour

I don't expect these phantom pages to appear at all...

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Browser Details

Firefox 113.0.1 (Linux)

Exact BookStack Version

BookStack v22.09.1

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No response

Hosting Environment

Linux Mint 21.1 Cinnamon

Originally created by @david-burleigh on GitHub (May 24, 2023). ### Describe the Bug Phantom "New Page" pages appear in the page list of one of my books, with a purple bar at the left, and I can't find a way to delet them. ### Steps to Reproduce I don't know what produces this. ### Expected Behaviour I don't expect these phantom pages to appear at all... ### Screenshots or Additional Context ![Screenshot from 2023-05-24 05-26-10](https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack/assets/5530825/4bca83c8-cfd7-46ff-a7a7-67d7ee765d64) ### Browser Details Firefox 113.0.1 (Linux) ### Exact BookStack Version BookStack v22.09.1 ### PHP Version _No response_ ### Hosting Environment Linux Mint 21.1 Cinnamon

OVERLORD added the 🐛 Bug label 2026-02-05 07:33:07 +03:00

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2026-02-05 07:33:08 +03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 07:33:11 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (May 24, 2023):

I don't know what produces this.

Whenever choose to create a new page, a draft "New Page" will be created.
The purple state indicates these are drafts, only visible to you, which have not yet been fully saved.
You can delete these via clicking into one then choosing to delete the draft via the draft status menu:

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (May 24, 2023): > I don't know what produces this. Whenever choose to create a new page, a draft "New Page" will be created. The purple state indicates these are drafts, only visible to you, which have not yet been fully saved. You can delete these via clicking into one then choosing to delete the draft via the draft status menu: ![image](https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack/assets/8343178/0d6c720c-6e53-40d1-b266-f72ac7577a2a)

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 07:33:17 +03:00

@david-burleigh commented on GitHub (May 24, 2023):

Thank you.

On Wed, 2023-05-24 at 02:40 -0700, Dan Brown wrote:

I don't know what produces this.
Whenever choose to create a new page, a draft "New Page" will be
created.
The purple state indicates these are drafts, only visible to you,
which have not yet been fully saved.
You can delete these via clicking into one then choosing to delete
the draft via the draft status menu:

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@david-burleigh commented on GitHub (May 24, 2023): Thank you. On Wed, 2023-05-24 at 02:40 -0700, Dan Brown wrote: > > I don't know what produces this. > Whenever choose to create a new page, a draft "New Page" will be > created. > The purple state indicates these are drafts, only visible to you, > which have not yet been fully saved. > You can delete these via clicking into one then choosing to delete > the draft via the draft status menu: > > — > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. > You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: > ***@***.***>

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Reference: starred/BookStack#3814