Title: Users may see incorrect formatting when creating tables with text web parts in SharePoint Online sites
User impact: Users may have seen incorrect border formatting when creating tables with text web parts in SharePoint Online sites.
Final status: Our additional analysis into the impact scenario has determined that the incorrect formatting associated with SharePoint Online sites when creating tables with text web parts was confined to SharePoint Online table borders. We’ve updated the title, user impact, and scope of this communication to reflect these changes. In relation to our remediation efforts, we’ve confirmed that the deployment of our code fix has completed, and we’ve validated with impacted users that the issue is resolved.
Scope of impact: This issue may have potentially affected any user creating tables with text web parts in SharePoint Online sites.
Start time: Tuesday, October 3, 2023, at 12:00 AM UTC
End time: Monday, October 30, 2023, at 4:22 AM UTC
Root cause: A recent code change contained a regression that was impacting table borders with text web parts in SharePoint Online sites.
Next steps:
– We’re further analyzing the offending code and the regression so we can help to isolate similar issues during our testing and validation processes before impact can be produced.
This is the final update for this event.
