> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.usenotra.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Previews

> A private link for every pull request and branch, so you can review a post before it goes live.

A preview is a full copy of your site that Notra builds from a pull request or a branch at its own address. Drafts (`draft: true`) show in previews, so reviewers see exactly what will go live.

## Pull request previews

Every pull request into the production branch gets a preview at `https://pr-<number>--<address>.notra.site`, which updates with every new commit and goes away when the pull request is closed. The **Notra Sites preview** check on the pull request links to it, while pull requests from forks don't get a preview.

## Branch previews

To preview a branch without opening a pull request, open **Deployments → Preview a branch**, enter the branch name and click **Create preview**. Every push to the branch updates the preview, and branch previews stay until you remove them with **Delete preview**.

## Who can open a preview

Set this under **Settings → Previews**, or with the access button on the **Deployments** page, which shows the current mode, for example **Team only**:

| Access | Who can open previews |
| - | - |
| **Team only** (default) | Members of your Notra workspace, signed in |
| **Team or password** | Members, or anyone with the password (at least 8 characters) |
| **Anyone with the link** | Anyone |
| **Previews off** | Nobody, and turning previews off closes all open previews |

For a reviewer outside your workspace, choose **Copy share link** on a preview, and the link works for seven days.

## What's different in a preview

* Search engines never index previews, because every response sends `X-Robots-Tag: noindex` and `robots.txt` blocks all crawlers.
* Notra only serves previews on Notra addresses and never on your own domain.
* Visits to previews don't count in Analytics, but analytics integrations like Plausible still load, so filter preview hosts (`*.notra.site`) in your tool.


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