Which components are affected by the Confluence Search Index?

• A. RSS feeds, searching, Recently Updated, the People Directory, Space Activity, and other components in Confluence
• B. User authentication
• C. Email notifications
• D. File attachments

Answer: (A)

Confluence’s Search Index powers how content is found and displayed across features that rely on search results. Because the index stores and updates information about pages, spaces, users, and metadata so queries can be fast, any component that presents or filters content based on search will be affected. This includes RSS feeds that summarize content changes, the Recently Updated stream, results in the People Directory, Space Activity dashboards, and other components in Confluence that depend on up-to-date indexed data. If the index is stale or being rebuilt, these features can show outdated information until indexing completes. In contrast, user authentication, email notifications, and file attachments are managed by separate systems and aren’t driven by the search index, so they aren’t directly affected.