Commit 581d93d6 authored by Fiona Neill's avatar Fiona Neill Committed by Evan Read

Add info about confidential issues shown in contributed projects

parent 93f4d68d
......@@ -175,5 +175,5 @@ within GitLab. Closing the issue triggers a background worker to update the
GitLab Status Page website.
If you
[make a published issue confidential](../../user/project/issues/confidential_issues.md#making-an-issue-confidential),
[make a published issue confidential](../../user/project/issues/confidential_issues.md#make-an-issue-confidential),
GitLab unpublishes it from your GitLab Status Page website.
......@@ -11,19 +11,20 @@ Confidential issues are [issues](index.md) visible only to members of a project
Confidential issues can be used by open source projects and companies alike to
keep security vulnerabilities private or prevent surprises from leaking out.
## Making an issue confidential
## Make an issue confidential
You can make an issue confidential during issue creation or by editing
an existing one.
You can make an issue confidential when you create or edit an issue.
When you create a new issue, a checkbox right below the text area is available
to mark the issue as confidential. Check that box and hit the **Create issue**
button to create the issue. For existing issues, edit them, check the
confidential checkbox and hit **Save changes**.
When you create a confidential issue in a project, the project becomes listed in the **Contributed projects** section in your [profile](../../profile/index.md). **Contributed projects** does not show information about the confidential issue; it only shows the project name.
![Creating a new confidential issue](img/confidential_issues_create.png)
## Modifying issue confidentiality
## Modify issue confidentiality
There are two ways to change an issue's confidentiality.
......@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ for the project have access to the issue.
Users with Guest or [Minimal](../../permissions.md#users-with-minimal-access) roles can't access
the issue even if they were actively participating before the change.
## Indications of a confidential issue
## Confidential issue indicators
There are a few things that visually separate a confidential issue from a
regular one. In the issues index page view, you can see the eye-slash (**(eye-slash)**) icon
......@@ -74,9 +75,8 @@ There is also an indicator on the sidebar denoting confidentiality.
## Merge requests for confidential issues
Although you can make issues be confidential in public projects, you cannot make
confidential merge requests. Learn how to create [merge requests for confidential issues](../merge_requests/confidential.md)
that prevent leaks of private data.
Although you can create confidential issues (and make existing issues confidential) in a public project, you cannot make confidential merge requests.
Learn how to create [merge requests for confidential issues](../merge_requests/confidential.md) that prevent leaks of private data.
## Permissions and access to confidential issues
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