User unable to read articles in a particular Knowledge Base (KB)
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05-05-2026 01:23 AM
Hi Everyone,
Can you please assist? I have an issue with the user who can't view knowledge articles in a particular knowledge base. I don't think this could be roles issues, hence the user can read/view in some other knowledge base. Please help me figure out on why this user can't view articles in this KB, I have ran User Criteria Diagnostics against it and attached the the results below with the configurations of this KB.
NB: Some sensitive data has been blared (name of users, emails address, company information)
KB Configs:
User Criteria Diagnostics:
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05-05-2026 01:39 AM
Hi @Kamva
1. Validate the Cannot Read related list on the Knowledge Base record. Even if user diagnostics passed on the article, a Cannot Read at the KB level will block them.
2. Validate the Can Read & Cannot Read user criteria applied at the Knowledge Block level . Refer: Issue with kb articles
3. Check the system Property:
glide.knowman.block_access_with_no_user_criteria
4. Validate that the articles are actually in the "Published" state. Draft or Retired articles are not visible to end-users
5. Article's current date is before the Valid to date.
6.Verify that no custom Access Control Lists (ACLs) are restricting access to the specific knowledge base article
Regards
Tanushree Maiti
ServiceNow Technical Architect
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanushreemaiti
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05-05-2026 01:55 AM
Hi @Tanushree Maiti,
1. Cannot read is set to "Guest User" only.
2. No, its not.
3. glide.knowman.block_access_with_no_user_criteria is set to "true".
4. Articles are published.
5. Vaild to date is set to 01-01-2100.
6. No custom ACLs