Collaborative editing allows several people to work on a Confluence page or blog post at the same time. The editor displays other contributors' avatars and shows their changes in real time, giving participants visibility into the shared editing session.

Understand Shared Drafts in Confluence Editing

Atlassian's developer documentation explains the move from personal drafts to shared drafts and describes API access using draft status. This is technical guidance for integrations, so developers should match it to their Confluence product and version. For users, the key distinction is that the draft supports joint work before publication.