# Model sharing rights

**URL:** <https://community.qonic.com/t/model-sharing-rights/301>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [August 11, 2026, 12:51pm UTC](https://community.qonic.com/t/model-sharing-rights/301 "2026-08-11T12:51:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johan\_De\_Cock](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/community.qonic.com/johan_de_cock/32/235_2.png) [@Johan\_De\_Cock](https://community.qonic.com/u/Johan_De_Cock)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 12:51pm UTC](https://community.qonic.com/t/model-sharing-rights/301/1 "2026-08-11T12:51:37Z")

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Hi,

What is the reasoning for allowing a user to share a public link of a certain model?

I was looking together with my colleague a little earlier today. For one model he was able to share a public link. When changing the expiration date though he got a message that he wasn’t allowed to change that. But it showed the changed value.

For the second model he got the not-allowed message as soon as trying to enable the public sharing.

When looking myself (as project/model owner) I notice that the first model has been set up for sharing by me in the past, with indefinite access.  
The second model wasn’t yet shared publicly so I enabled it.

It looks as if a person who has read-only access (not viewer), the user can share an already created link (presumably with the settings as they are). But not create a new link for sharing.

To me this feels wrong. I’d say that a person who is not allowed to download a model should also not be able to send a link to this model to anyone without access. Even though the link already exists.

=\> I’d propose to change the behaviour so that public sharing is linked to the same access rights as downloading. It makes sense from a user perspective. Either someone can share (the link trough Qonic or the file from exporting it), or someone can’t do both.