Title: Read-only users may be unable to view content on the news web part of SharePoint Online sites
User impact: Read-only users may have been unable to view content on the news web part of SharePoint Online sites.
Final status: We’ve identified a recent change intended to apply special limitations on users with read permissions for home pages had introduced a code issue, which resulted in impact. We’ve reverted this change and confirmed after testing with a subset of affected users that impact was successfully remediated.
Scope of impact: Impact was specific to any read-only user, who was served through the affected infrastructure, attempting to view content on the news web part of SharePoint Online sites.
Start time: Tuesday, October 3, 2023, at 5:46 PM UTC
End time: Thursday, October 12, 2023, at 3:42 PM UTC
Root cause: A recent change intended to apply special limitations on users with read permissions for home pages had introduced a code issue, which resulted in impact.
Next steps:
– We’re reviewing our change testing and validation procedures to identify how impact was missed and better prevent similar future impact.
This is the final update for the event.
