Publication output status
When you publish there are several different status that can be reported, each telling you something about the publish process or the outcome.
Following table is an overview of the publication statuses.
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| To Be Published | The publication output was defined but rendering was not initiated yet. |
| Pending | The publishing process was initiated. The server that processes these jobs is busy processing other jobs. The job is processed when possible. |
| Publishing | The rendering of the publication is being done on the server. |
Released | The publication output was released. No changes to the content of the publication can be made anymore. |
| Release Candidate | The content that was rendered was processed without any issues. This means that all objects were present and released, that no invalid links, hyperlinks, conref links etc. were found, and that the output format can be released. |
| Draft | The content that was rendered was not processed without issues. This can mean, for example:
The publish report lists all issues that were found when during the publishing process. |
Failed | The publishing process was terminated due to a fatal error while rendering. |
Cancelled | The publishing process was stopped by the user before it was completed. |
Out-of-date | Indicates that one or several of the following have changed after the last time publishing was executed:
Since the current content of the output is not up-to-date the output should be published again. |