Disable RSS Feeds to send updates
Platform Notice: Data Center Only - This article only applies to Atlassian products 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
Code changes required
This configuration requires changing the Confluence code in your installation. You will need to reapply these changes whenever you upgrade Confluence. Proceed with caution.
Confluence does not have the option to disable RSS feeds updates to be sent from the feeds subscribers/readers. To have it disabled, you will need to edit the JAR file inside Confluence. The workaround is in the following guide:
Modify the xwork.xml located in the JAR file <Conlfuence-Install>/confluence/WEB-INF/lib/confluence-x.x.x.jar/, replacing the x.x.x with the current version of Confluence. For example, if you're using Confluence 7.13.3., the jar file will be confluence-7.13.3.jar.
Stop Confluence
Go to <Conlfuence-Install>/confluence/WEB-INF/lib
Find and Unjar confluence-x.x.x.jar to a temporary directory. See how to edit files in Confluence JAR files
Find and Edit xwork.xml
Locate and remove below codes:
1 2<action name="createrssfeed" class="com.atlassian.confluence.spaces.actions.CreateRssFeedAction"><interceptor-ref name="defaultStack"/></action>Save the file to <Conlfuence-Install>/confluence/WEB-INF/classes
Restart Confluence
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