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title: "Release notes 5.0.0-confluence10"
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**Release date**: 4/29/2026 

This page outlines the updates included in the latest release of Dashboard Hub for Confluence.

**Confluence compatibility**: Confluence Data Center 10.0.0+

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## Platform 8 compatibility

This release introduces Platform 8 (Confluence Data Center 10+) compatibility for Dashboard Hub for Confluence. A change in Platform 8 affects how Dashboard Hub connects to your local Confluence instance as a datasource.

> ⚠️ **Action required**: After upgrading, existing users must update their local datasource credentials to restore full functionality. New users must complete an additional setup step on initial install. See details below.

### What changed and why

Due to breaking changes and stricter security measures introduced by Atlassian in Confluence 10, previously supported authentication methods are no longer available. As a result, the local Confluence instance must be configured as a datasource with explicit credentials. Users must provide either a username and password or a Personal Access Token (PAT).

### Impact on existing users

After upgrading to version 5.0.0-confluence10:

- All existing dashboards and gadgets using the local Confluence instance as a datasource will operate in **Viewer mode** until credentials are provided. Owners will see a warning indicating that credentials must be provided before they can switch between Owner and Viewer mode.
- Dashboards that use the local instance as a datasource and are shared using a public link work in Viewer mode until the underlying datasource is updated with credentials. Public URLs will not change.
- Once you update a datasource with credentials, its behavior and view settings are restored as originally configured.

### Required action: update your local datasource

To restore **Owner mode** behavior, each user must update their local datasource by providing credentials:

1. Open your datasource configuration and locate the existing local Confluence instance connector.
2. Edit the datasource and provide your username and password, or a PAT.
3. Save the datasource. **Owner mode** will be restored, and your dashboards will display data as before.

### New users: additional setup required

If you are installing Dashboard Hub for Confluence for the first time on Confluence Data Center 10+, you must configure the local instance datasource with credentials during initial setup:

1. When creating a new datasource, enable the **Local instance as datasource** toggle. The instance URL field will be hidden, as it is not required for local connections.
2. Provide your username and password, or a Personal Access Token, and save.

> ⚠️ Admins should explicitly enable the option **Allow basic authentication on API calls** if owners are to use basic authentication for the local datasources.

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