This ticket addresses issues with the AEM asset timeline and revision tracking not displaying all changes, focusing on understanding limitations and potential solutions.
Use-case:
Karen Barton (AWC Librarian) reported that asset overwrites by Jeff Hess were not shown in the timeline, causing tracking frustration.
Sainikhil Reddy (Bounteous Dev) explained AEM timeline shows workflow/publication events but not all low-level edits without custom versioning or audit listeners.
Sarah Scalia (Bounteous) noted implementing such custom workflows in AEM as a Cloud Service is complex, estimated as a 15-point effort.
The asset metadata like "Modified" and "Modified By" is visible in column and list views but not in card or insight views.
Current consensus is that timeline limitations are due to AEM core behavior; custom solutions would require significant development effort.
Current/Experienced Behavior:
timeline does not show all levels of changes
Improved/Expected Behavior:
timeline should show changes of any capacity to each asset
Environment Details (AEM version/service pack, any other specifics if applicable):
@lburckhardt Thanks for proposing this idea. This has been reported to the engineering under the internal reference ASSETS-54196. The product team will triage this request to verify feasibility based on the prioritization model. This post will be updated according to Jira's status.