Confluence 9.0.x Support
Today we released version 7.0.0 of the projectdoc Toolbox on the Atlassian Marketplace!
This version supports Confluence version 9.0.x. For Confluence 8.x/7.x there is a separate version, see version 6.2.13, of the projectdoc Toolbox.
We recommend users of Confluence 9.0.x to upgrade to Confluence 9.1.x or 9.2.x (LTS).
See projectdoc Toolbox 7.2.0 Release Notes for the latest Toolbox as of .
The projectdoc Toolbox is an add-on for Confluence supporting agile software development teams to collaborate on process, project, system, and product documentation.
If you want to learn more about the projectdoc Toolbox and how it helps to create good project documentation, please refer to the introduction video!
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In the Online Manual you’ll find additional video material that introduces you in the concepts of the projectdoc Toolbox.
Refer to use cases and show cases for information on how to use the projectdoc Toolbox.
List of Changes
The following changes are part of version 7.0.0 of the projectdoc Toolbox for Confluence.
| Key | Summary | T | P | Description |
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| PDAC-1808 | Compatibility with Confluence 9.0 |
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Updates to the code for compatibility with Confluence 9.0. |
Related Releases
This version does not require updates of doctype-add-onsor the Web API Extension.
Extension Add-ons
Web API Extension
The following changes are part of the latest Web API Extension.
| Key | Summary | T | P | Status | Resolution | Description |
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| PDEXWAPI-78 | Compatibility with Confluence 9.0 |
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Done | Fixed |
Updates to the code for compatibility with Confluence 9.0. |
Information Systems Extension
The following changes are part of the latest Information Systems Extension.
| Key | Summary | T | P | Status | Resolution | Description |
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| PDEXINFOSY-55 | Rendering of referenced Attachment |
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Done | Fixed |
The error message for failing to render an attached file does not clearly point to the root cause of the problem. We need to make sure that the user at least gets the message that there is something wrong with the file that is parsed. |
| PDEXINFOSY-54 | Support for Confluence 9 |
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Done | Fixed |
This version supports Confluence 9. It does not support versions prior to version 9. |
Doctype Add-ons
The Maven Extension and the related doctype add-ons have been removed in 2025.
It is recommended to generate the information in other information systems (for instance Maven Sites) and then link from Confluence to these pages.
The following doctype add-ons are required to be updated for the projectdoc Toolbox.
All doctype add-ons are optional. In case an add-on is not installed, there is no need to install it for this version of the projectdoc Toolbox.
In case any of the following doctype add-ons are used, they are required to be installed to work with this version of the projectdoc Toolbox.
Core Doctypes
The following changes are part of the latest Core Doctypes Add-on.
| Key | Summary | T | P | Status | Resolution | Description |
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| PDCORED-301 | Support for Confluence 9 |
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Done | Fixed |
Support projectdoc Toolbox 7 on Confluence 9. |
Doctypes for Agile Planning
The following changes are part of the latest Doctypes for Agile Planning.
| Key | Summary | T | P | Status | Resolution | Description |
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| PDAGILE-109 | Support for Confluence 9 |
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Done | Fixed |
Support projectdoc Toolbox 7 on Confluence 9. |
projectdoc Developer Diaries
The following changes are part of the latest projectdoc Developer Diaries.
| Key | Summary | T | P | Status | Resolution | Description |
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| DEVDIARY-151 | Support for Confluence 9 |
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Done | Fixed |
Support projectdoc Toolbox 7 on Confluence 9. |
Doctypes for Project Management
The following changes are part of the latest Doctypes for Project Management.
| Key | Summary | T | P | Status | Resolution | Description |
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| PDPRJMGMT-98 | Support for Confluence 9 |
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Done | Fixed |
Support projectdoc Toolbox 7 on Confluence 9. |
| PDPRJMGMT-97 | Reference to Object of Report |
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Done | Fixed |
The report should provide a property to reference a ticket or other entity. |
| PDPRJMGMT-96 | Reference to creating Entity |
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Done | Fixed |
Provide a reference to the executing entity, typically a process or activity, that is responsible for creating a report instance. |
Doctypes for Service Management
The following changes are part of the latest Doctypes for Service Management.
| Key | Summary | T | P | Status | Resolution | Description |
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| SERVICES-59 | Support for Confluence 9 |
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Done | Fixed |
Support projectdoc Toolbox 7 on Confluence 9. |
| SERVICES-57 | Activity Metadata |
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Done | Fixed |
Provide more metadata for activities to allow them to be organized similar to processes. |
| SERVICES-56 | Reference Reports |
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Done | Fixed |
Provide a section that renders reports created by the process or activity. This way a user may navigate from the process description to the reports and from the reports by a property link to the process description. |
| SERVICES-58 | Provide Contact Person for IT Process and IT Activity |
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Done | Fixed |
While the service allows to add persons / roles for contact, the process and activity does not. Dependent on how the processes and activities are designed, each of them may also need a reference to a person to contact. |
Doctypes for Business Strategy
The following changes are part of the latest Doctypes for Business Strategy.
| Key | Summary | T | P | Status | Resolution | Description |
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| STRATEGY-39 | Support for Confluence 9 |
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Done | Fixed |
Support projectdoc Toolbox 7 on Confluence 9. |
Doctypes for Software Development
The following changes are part of the latest Doctypes for Software Development.
| Key | Summary | T | P | Status | Resolution | Description |
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| PDSWDEVD-175 | Support for Confluence 9 |
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Done | Fixed |
Support projectdoc Toolbox 7 on Confluence 9. |
| PDSWDEVD-174 | Whitebox Reference |
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Done | Fixed |
The value of the Whitebox property of the Blackbox doctype uses the wiki link macro which is rejected with newer versions of the projectdoc Toolbox. The Wiki Link Macro should be replace with the Template Document Link Macro. |
projectdoc arc42 Template
The following changes are part of the latest projectdoc Add-on for arc42.
| Key | Summary | T | P | Status | Resolution | Description |
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| ARCFOURTWO-86 | Support for Confluence 9 |
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Done | Fixed |
Support projectdoc Toolbox 7 on Confluence 9. |
Doctypes for Teamwork
The following changes are part of the latest Doctypes for Teamwork.
| Key | Summary | T | P | Status | Resolution | Description |
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| PDTEAMWORK-46 | Support for Confluence 9 |
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Done | Fixed |
Support projectdoc Toolbox 7 on Confluence 9. |
Doctypes for V-Modell XT
The following changes are part of the latest Doctypes for V-Modell XT.
| Key | Summary | T | P | Status | Resolution | Description |
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| PDVMXT-48 | Support for Confluence 9 |
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Done | Fixed |
Support projectdoc Toolbox 7 on Confluence 9. API Upgrade for the projectdoc Toolbox 7. |