Microsoft 365 Alert – Service Degradation – SharePoint Online – Users may see incorrect formatting when creating tables with text web parts in SharePoint Online sites – RESOLVED

30/10/2023 08:15:00 AM

NHSMail Reference: INC39203267

Microsoft Reference: SP685563

Issue Status: RESOLVED

Issue Description: Users may see incorrect formatting when creating tables with text web parts in SharePoint Online sites.

Final Update: 31/10/2023 08:40:00 AM – Microsoft’s 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 boarders. They’ve updated the title, user impact, and scope of this communication to reflect these changes. In relation to our remediation efforts, they’ve confirmed that the deployment of their code fix has completed and they’ve validated with impacted users that the issue is resolved.

Scope of impact: This issue may potentially affect any user creating tables with text web parts in SharePoint Online sites.

Root cause: A recent code change contained a regression that is impacting tables with text web parts in SharePoint Online sites.

Next steps: Microsoft are further analyzing the offending code and the regression so they can help to isolate similar issues during their testing and validation processes before impact can be produced.