# Workflow not available on Category pages despite namespace being configured

**URL:** <https://community.bluespice.com/t/workflow-not-available-on-category-pages-despite-namespace-being-configured/372>\
**Category:** Bugs\
**Created:** [March 10, 2026, 11:31am UTC](https://community.bluespice.com/t/workflow-not-available-on-category-pages-despite-namespace-being-configured/372 "2026-03-10T11:31:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![YvarRavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b38774/32.png) [@YvarRavy](https://community.bluespice.com/u/YvarRavy)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 11:31am UTC](https://community.bluespice.com/t/workflow-not-available-on-category-pages-despite-namespace-being-configured/372/1 "2026-03-10T11:31:50Z")

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**Not sure if this is a bug or a missing feature, but here’s what’s happening:**

When setting up a workflow trigger on `Special:Workflow_triggers`, the Category namespace shows up as an option in the namespace conditions and can be selected. However, when you actually navigate to a category page, the workflow does not appear in the page tools/actions menu.

**Steps to reproduce:**

1. Go to Special:Workflow\_triggers
2. Edit or create a trigger
3. Under Conditions, add the “Category” namespace
4. Save the trigger
5. Navigate to any category page (e.g. `Category:Foo`)
6. Check the page actions/tools for the workflow

**Expected behavior:**  
The workflow should be available to start on category pages, since the Category namespace is explicitly listed as an allowed namespace in the trigger conditions.

**Actual behavior:**  
The workflow does not appear on category pages at all, even though the namespace was selected.

**Why this seems like a bug:**  
The UI lets you select the Category namespace as a condition, which implies it should work. i also don’t see why it wouldn’t work

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**Author:** ![mlink-rodrigue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@mlink-rodrigue](https://community.bluespice.com/u/mlink-rodrigue)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 8:28am UTC](https://community.bluespice.com/t/workflow-not-available-on-category-pages-despite-namespace-being-configured/372/2 "2026-03-13T08:28:15Z")

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Hi YvarRavy,

the workflow feature is only available for content namespaces. By default, the category namespace is not defined as content namespace. You can go to the [NamespaceManager](https://en.wiki.bluespice.com/wiki/Manual:Extension/BlueSpiceNamespaceManager) to mark it as a content namespace.

Also, sometimes a category might be a “wanted category” - that is, although the url shows the pages that are tagged with that category, the actual category page has never been created. A worklow cannot run on a page that does not exist. A notice at the beginning of the page states: “There is currently no text in this page. You can search for this page title in other pages, search the related logs, or create this page.”

Greetings,

Margit