Cannot change privacy setting of an articale

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By Arhovere on 11/10/2025
· Assigned to katerinach
· Under Investigation

I cannot change privacy setting of an article, while I should be able to. I am co-author of a world whose owner has the correct membership for this, and I was able to change the privacy settings until this somewhere evening, when it suddenly did not work anymore and showed that I needed to be a member to do this.

I can still change the privacy in the old editing mode, but it's very annoying and slows me down.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Create a new article, or open an existing one in edit mode
  2. Try to hover or click the red lock icon to change the privacy setting
  3. On hover it shows "You need a membership to set articles to private", or it opens the get a membership modal on clicking
  4. Navigating to the old version edit does work, and there I can change the privacy setting of the article to public

I am co-author under someone with an active membership allowing me to set privacy in his world's articles, so this should not happen. It does still work in the old edit, and it worked the entire evening until it suddenly didn't. I refreshed and re-opened World Anvil, but nothing fixed it.

Operating System

Linux

Browser

Firefox

Related Entity

The slot icon next to the article title of the new edit screen

History

Dimitris @ 11 Nov, 2025 04:43:05 Developer
Assigned katerinach
Dimitris @ 11 Nov, 2025 04:43:10 Developer
Dimitris Added tag Under Investigation
Comic Book Lady @ 11 Nov, 2025 02:21:59

I am having the same issue with the subscriber group button. Here is what I have tried:   1. Tried a different browser (Edge vs Chrome) (wired network) 2. Tried on mobile (wi-fi) 3. Closed all windows and re-opened browser 4. Rebooted Windows PC 5. Cleared cache and cookies, then rebooted machine 6. Crtl+Shift+R 7. Closed all Anti-tracking/spam/virus software 8. Incognito window   However, when I tried the Old Version Edit, it worked.

Mogmog @ 11 Nov, 2025 04:56:53

Same here, I can't change privacy and groups.

Syarx @ 12 Nov, 2025 12:31:09 Developer

a fix has been deployed

Syarx @ 12 Nov, 2025 12:31:15 Developer
set this bug to closed
Arhovere @ 12 Nov, 2025 12:32:58

Thanks for fixing this on such short notice!