Confluence and Team Calendars for Confluence Do Not Detect Browser Language Preference
Platform Notice: Data Center Only - This article only applies to Atlassian apps on the Data Center platform.
Note that this KB was created for the Data Center version of the product. Data Center KBs for non-Data-Center-specific features may also work for Server versions of the product, however they have not been tested. Support for Server* products ended on February 15th 2024. If you are running a Server product, you can visit the Atlassian Server end of support announcement to review your migration options.
*Except Fisheye and Crucible
Symptoms
Installed language pack in Confluence does not take effect when the global default language is set in Confluence Admin > Language for your Confluence installation.
Installed language pack in Confluence does not take effect when the default language under User > Settings > Language > Automatically detect browser setting is selected.
Cause
Confluence does not respect language header from browser.
Resolution
Add the following line to your JAVA_OPTS:
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