# Changed Files Not Being Published? **URL:** \ **Category:** API\ **Created:** [August 18, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/changed-files-not-being-published/49905 "2025-08-18T13:06:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![logrunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@logrunner](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/logrunner)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/changed-files-not-being-published/49905/21 "2026-08-15T12:54:22Z")
@tpbradley Very unfortunately, in the beta version 3.0.9 this correction seems to have regressed. 😟 First off, I would like to go back to beta 3.0.3 and use Claude to test this again on that version. I can’t find a link to in the previous versions list, only V2 of Elements. @dan is there a link to the beta versions? However, the project I previously sent you will demonstrate the error in the 3.0.9 beta. Just to reiterate, I think a Publish All should republish everything including assets. 🤔 **PS: Updated to remove the SFTP issue as that was our (Myself and Claude’s) fault.** ---
**Author:** ![logrunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@logrunner](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/logrunner)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/changed-files-not-being-published/49905/22 "2026-08-16T10:18:01Z")
@tpbradley / @dan Post above updated to remove the comment about production issue. I have sent a revised .MD document to support that updates the error description. The error can still be replicated using the project I sent you. ---
**Author:** ![logrunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@logrunner](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/logrunner)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 11:06am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/changed-files-not-being-published/49905/23 "2026-08-26T11:06:37Z")
Hi @dan / @tpbradley Did you get my revised document on this bug via support? Just checking. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tpbradley](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/tpbradley/32/25503_2.png) [@tpbradley](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/tpbradley)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/changed-files-not-being-published/49905/24 "2026-08-26T11:13:50Z")
Hey @logrunner Sorry for the delay, been super busy. I have the document you sent — I’ll try to dig into this today. Cheers ---
**Author:** ![logrunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@logrunner](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/logrunner)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/changed-files-not-being-published/49905/25 "2026-08-26T11:15:56Z")
OK, no rush, I was just checking that it hadn’t got lost. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tpbradley](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/tpbradley/32/25503_2.png) [@tpbradley](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/tpbradley)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2026, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/changed-files-not-being-published/49905/26 "2026-09-18T09:57:29Z")
Hey @logrunner Sorry it’s taken a while to get to this! Hopefully 3.0.17 will fix this problem for good: [Elements 3.0.17 is Now Available](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/elements-3-0-17-is-now-available/57640) Cheers ---
**Author:** ![logrunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@logrunner](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/logrunner)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/changed-files-not-being-published/49905/27 "2026-09-22T13:07:35Z")
Thanks @tpbradley I’ve retested on **3.0.18 (build 24628)** using the same `publishbug` pack from post #17 — publishing to a local-folder destination and editing **only** shared/assets/version.php unless noted. | Publish | What changed beforehand | How it was triggered | Deployed `version.php` | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | nothing (first publish after updating to 3.0.18) | MCP | ✅ refreshed — but rw/version.txt was rewritten too (24622 → 24628), so this was the post-update full republish, not the fix | | 2 | `version.php` edited while Elements was running | MCP | ❌ stale | | 3 | template edited in the same pack (visible HTML comment) | MCP | ❌ stale — though the comment **did** appear in the published `index.php` | | 4 | **quit and relaunched Elements** , no edits at all | MCP | ✅ refreshed, with rw/version.txt untouched — so not a forced full republish | | 5 | `version.php` edited while Elements was running | **Publish button** | ❌ stale — identical to row 2 | On the trigger: rows 1–4 were published through the new Elements MCP server (I’ve been driving this project with Claude Opus 5 via MCP), so I added row 5 as a control — pressing Publish in the app myself, same conditions as row 2. Same outcome, so the trigger isn’t a factor. I ran the same sequence on 3.0.17 with identical results, plus one extra case there: closing and reopening the _document_without quitting the app changed nothing. So the “source newer than export” comparison looks like it runs when the dev pack is **loaded at app launch** , rather than at publish time: any `shared/assets` edit made while Elements is running doesn’t reach the server until the next relaunch. One other thing that looks like a regression: previously, changing a template in the same pack forced that pack’s assets across in the same publish — that was the workaround I’d been relying on. On both 3.0.17 and 3.0.18 it no longer works (row 3): the template change reaches the page, the assets don’t. The pack and project are unchanged from the ones you have apart from the version string, so the repro is: edit `version.php`, publish (stale), quit and relaunch, publish (fresh). I’ve left mine in the mismatched state (source `v2.3`, deployed `v2.2`) if that’s useful. Happy to send the files again. ---
**Author:** ![tpbradley](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/tpbradley/32/25503_2.png) [@tpbradley](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/tpbradley)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 9:24am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/changed-files-not-being-published/49905/28 "2026-09-24T09:24:35Z")
Hey @logrunner Thanks for the thorough retest, really helpful detail. I’ll dig into this again. Cheers [Previous page](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/changed-files-not-being-published/49905.md?page=1)