Adobe Experience Manager: Content scheduled in Manage Publication is not published on time

Description description

Manage Publication can schedule content to publish at a future date and time. Even though it is scheduled for a specific time, a delay may occur before the content becomes available.

Environments

AEM as a Cloud Service

Resolution resolution

AEM processes scheduled publication in steps. A workflow executed as Sling jobs on the Author tier adds the content to the Content Distribution queue. The Publish tier imports it and invalidates the Dispatcher cache. Then the CDN delivers the content. Processing time varies depending on the content and the system state. No fixed time frame applies.

If timing matters, measure how long typical scenarios take on Stage environment in advance. When a publication takes noticeably longer than expected, find the slowest step in the logs. Search for the workflow instance and its payload, and the content path across the Content Distribution queue, Publish, and Dispatcher.

Plan operations to allow for some delay between the scheduled time and when the content becomes available.