# Public course outline visible on course home but missing on courseware page – feature or bug?

**URL:** <https://discuss.openedx.org/t/public-course-outline-visible-on-course-home-but-missing-on-courseware-page-feature-or-bug/18424>\
**Category:** Site Operations Help\
**Tags:** how-to, tutor\
**Created:** [February 10, 2026, 1:24pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/public-course-outline-visible-on-course-home-but-missing-on-courseware-page-feature-or-bug/18424 "2026-02-10T13:24:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Meet\_Boghani](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/meet_boghani/32/6998_2.png) [@Meet\_Boghani](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/Meet_Boghani)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 1:24pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/public-course-outline-visible-on-course-home-but-missing-on-courseware-page-feature-or-bug/18424/1 "2026-02-10T13:24:51Z")

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Here’s a **clean, well-structured discussion forum post** you can use (for **[discuss.openedx.org](http://discuss.openedx.org)** or GitHub Discussions):

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### **Title**

Public course outline visible on course home but missing on courseware page – feature or bug?

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### **Body**

Hello everyone,

I’m currently testing **public course content** behavior on **Open edX (Teak release)** and noticed something confusing. I wanted to check if this is an expected feature or a bug.

### **Observed behavior**

- When I visit the **course home page** of a **public course** (as an anonymous user), the **course outline is visible**.

- However, when I navigate **inside the course to a specific unit** (i.e., the **courseware page** ), the **course outline is no longer visible** for the same public course.

For reference, I’ve attached **two screenshots** :

1. Course home page showing the outline

2. Courseware page where the outline is missing

### **Expected behavior**

I expected the course outline to remain visible on the courseware page as well.

### **What I’ve already checked**

- Course is set to **Public**

- Course Visibility in Catalog is set to **Both**

- Followed all steps mentioned in the official Open edX documentation:  
[https://docs.openedx.org/en/latest/site\_ops/how-tos/enable\_public\_course\_content.html](https://docs.openedx.org/en/latest/site_ops/how-tos/enable_public_course_content.html)

- Changes are tested in an incognito session (logged out)

### **Question**

Is this behavior:

- an **intended limitation / feature** of public course content (especially with Learning MFE), or

- a **bug / known issue** in Teak?

Any clarification or pointers to relevant issues or documentation would be really helpful.  
Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![sarina](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/sarina/32/2308_2.png) [@sarina](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/sarina)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/public-course-outline-visible-on-course-home-but-missing-on-courseware-page-feature-or-bug/18424/2 "2026-02-10T15:04:16Z")

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I would recommend looking at [Search results for 'public visibility order:latest' - Open edX discussions](https://discuss.openedx.org/search?q=public%20visibility%20order%3Alatest) and [Example sites with Public Course Content setting enabled](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/example-sites-with-public-course-content-setting-enabled/16360) - there are lots of posts, again, I believe this option was introduced a long time ago (Ironwood) and has not been further supported in development/forgotten about.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/openedx/original/2X/e/e0015f89e879bc75925b71fd11133ab15fe98297.png) [@system](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/public-course-outline-visible-on-course-home-but-missing-on-courseware-page-feature-or-bug/18424/3 "2026-05-11T15:04:51Z")

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