#13773·outline

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:

  1. Additional switch that a shared document can have public comments in share settings
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  1. When writing comments in the document internally there would be additional switch if the document should be internal or visible in shared view
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  1. On the shared document view, there would be same comments functionality as in internal view
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  1. Once the comment is sent, a dialog appears for guest name and email
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I am working on a working prototype that could be later used as bases for a PR