feat: Public comments in shared documents
Author: lubomirblazekczCreated Sep 17, 2026Updated Sep 17, 2026
Labelsenhancementsharingcommenting
Expected Behavior
As proposed in https://github.com/outline/outline/issues/7362#issuecomment-4439043821, the proposal is that anonymous users can add comments to shared documents.
Here are proposed changes:
- Additional switch that a shared document can have public comments in share settings
- When writing comments in the document internally there would be additional switch if the document should be internal or visible in shared view
- On the shared document view, there would be same comments functionality as in internal view
- Once the comment is sent, a dialog appears for guest name and email
I am working on a working prototype that could be later used as bases for a PR
Source: outline/outline