It appears that when a shared draft is finally published after team edits, it is not considered a new topic. No emails are sent out to members who are watching first post for the category. I believe it should trigger emails when the publish happens. Thoughts please.

Tagging it as a bug now. Thanks. Watching does not also happen when a new topic is created by splitting messages from an existing topic.

Sorry @Chandra , I haven’t had a chance to test this one out yet, but I don’t want you to think I’ve overlooked it. :slight_smile:

Many thanks @JammyDodger Most appreciate your update.

[image] JammyDodger: the shared drafts admin setting The shared drafts admin setting: [shared-drafts] Edit: I realized I used shared-edits tag, removed it now but don’t see one for shared-drafts.

I don’t think I can replicate this? My step-by-step: Set shared drafts category and shared drafts min trust level both to staff Set email time window mins to 1 (optional :slight_smile:) Set test user A as Watching First Post for #general category Create topic as ‘Shared Draft’, destination catego…

Did your workflow change the saved topic’s category from staff to a watched category at publish? I have all members set to watch first post of destination category but no emails were generated. I will be publishing a shared draft in a day or two and will trace it stepwise to review.

[image] Chandra: Did your workflow change the saved topic’s category from staff to a watched category at publish? It did indeed. :+1: There’s also a bit more info on the feature in Shared Drafts: Allow staff to collaborate on posts before publishing if you need an overview. I’ll slide this …

Hello @JammyDodger Not to “bug” you but wanted to let you know I have PMed you some screenshots I captured recreating the issue. Please review at your convenience, thank you.

Having a quick look over your PM, it seems like at least one email was sent out as ‘Watching First Post’ for that shared draft, which suggests that it’s working. In your notes, you refer to setting that category notification as a default for your users, but are you sure the default has been applied…

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Just to check before I dive in - is this using the shared edits plugin, or the shared drafts admin setting?

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