Due to numerous performance considerations, users who were not administrators could not view the available packages view in Artifactory prior to version 7.98. Instead, they would get a view directing them to use the Search Bar to look for specific packages:
When searching for a specific package name (or part of it) the user could see the available packages matching the search criteria. For instance:
When accessing the “Packages” tab, a GraphQL query will be executed in the background and will search for the requested packages. When the admin user accesses this tab, the query searches for all packages without filtering for a specific name and presents all of the available packages. The package list request is often a heavy query and can affect performance when executed frequently by multiple users, therefore, the default full view is limited to administrators only (the Packages view will list the top 100 results by default in order to avoid overloading the UI).
Starting from Artifactory version 7.98, a new Packages user interface was introduced to provide easy access to browsing the stored packages. The new UI provides a unified single experience for both administrators and developers, allowing them to view and browse packages easily. Further information on the new Packages UI can be found here.