AEM: Unintended pages published via Quick Publish due to reference links
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This article describes why using Quick Publish in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) may result in additional, unintended pages being published due to reference links.
Description description
Environment
Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), all versions
Symptoms
When using Quick Publish to publish a specific page, additional pages that were not explicitly selected are also published at the same time. The publish history shows that multiple pages and template policies were published in a single request, even though only one page was selected. No error messages are displayed.
Cause
Quick Publish in AEM automatically includes referenced pages or templates with unpublished changes in the same publish request as the selected page. This can result in additional pages being published unintentionally if they are linked or referenced by the selected page.
Resolution resolution
Follow the steps below to resolve the issue:
- Review the Quick Publish behavior in AEM. Quick Publish checks for references (such as links or component references) on the selected page and includes any referenced pages or templates with unpublished changes in the publish request.
- Examine the selected page’s content for CTA URLs, links, or component references to other pages.
- Inspect the page’s
.infinity.jsonor use the AEM author UI to view references. - Identify which referenced pages had unpublished changes at the time of publishing. Only referenced pages with unpublished edits are included in the publish request.
- To avoid unintended publication in the future, review and publish referenced pages separately if needed.
- Use the Manage Publication wizard for more granular control over what is published.
- Communicate to authors that Quick Publish may include referenced pages with unpublished changes.
- After making these changes, verify that only the intended pages are published.
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