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Error publishing to Confluence with dynamically specified page title

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Description

Description:

Error publishing to Confluence with dynamically specified page title

Steps to Reproduce:

  • Create a quarto document with r code in the YAML headers
title: "`r format(Sys.time(), '%d %B, %Y')`"
Expected Result:

The document is published with a dynamically generated title.

Actual Result:

The document is published with the title "r format(Sys.time(), '%d %B, %Y')" (not executed and static)

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue with a Quarto document whose YAML title contains the shown R expression, then inspect the Confluence publishing path to trace how the title is handled. Done means the expression is evaluated and the published page uses the generated date rather than the literal source text.

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Assessment

Tech stack
r
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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