The Private setting makes a page accessible only to its creator and administrators. It is the strongest per-page access control and overrides every other view or edit rule on the page.
When Private is enabled on a page:
access overrides — are bypassed. The Private rule decides alone.private: true
The dedicated private frontmatter field is the canonical signal. Earlier versions of GeoHazardWatch used a user-keywords: [private] entry; that mechanism was removed in v3.7.0. All existing pages have been migrated. New pages should use only the top-level private field.
Private is the highest-priority per-page rule. When private: true is set:
| Setting | Effect when Private is on |
|---|---|
| Page Audience | Ignored — does not grant or deny view |
access: { view, edit, delete } | Ignored — does not grant or deny anything |
| Author Lock | Ignored — Private already restricts edit to creator + admins |
| Global access policies | Ignored — Private decides alone |
Removing Private (setting private: false or unchecking the box) restores normal evaluation through Audience / access / global policies.
Private access uses the page's creator — the user who first saved the page with private: true — for the per-page allowlist. If the author frontmatter field has been changed to a different name, the author field does not affect Private access.