What specific types of state transition bugs does this skill address?

This skill identifies and resolves complex issues where draft data conflicts with published content, such as race conditions in autosaves, failed rollback logic, and 'stale' editor sessions that cause data loss.

What technology stacks and languages are supported?

The skill is designed for full-stack environments, specifically optimized for TypeScript repositories and database schemas that manage multi-stage content lifecycles.

What kind of output can I expect after the skill analyzes my repository?

It generates bounded code repairs or readiness gates and provides a deterministic validation report to ensure the fix preserves your existing authorization and security boundaries.

How do I get started with the Repair Draft & Publish skill in my workspace?

The skill requires access to your workspace or specific evidence logs; once connected, it follows a structured workflow to diagnose the issue without requiring manual configuration of state machine templates.

Does the repair process guarantee that public-facing content won't be accidentally altered?

Yes, the skill is built to ensure publish idempotency and 'evidence honesty,' meaning it validates that transitions occur correctly without altering public-facing behavior or violating security protocols.

Repair Draft, Publish & State Transition Bugs

FAULT BOUNDARY IDENTIFIED

Case analyzed

An editor autosaves drafts every 10 seconds. User A publishes revision 42, while User B still has revision 41 open. B's next autosave writes its old body into the draft table, and a later 'republish' action copies that stale draft over the live revision.

The supplied facts are sufficient to perform a concrete repair diagnosis for this case. No repository, production, vendor, or legal access is assumed.

Verified evidence

VERIFIED: User A publishes revision 42.
VERIFIED: User B still has revision 41 open.
VERIFIED: B's autosave writes the stale body after publication.
VERIFIED: A later republish copies the stale draft over live content.

Concrete findings

Revision 41 becomes stale when revision 42 is published; its later autosave must be rejected or forked rather than accepted as publish source.
Publish needs revision preconditions/idempotency so a double click cannot duplicate audit and cache side effects.
A cache invalidation failure after database commit is post-commit propagation failure, not a failed publish; the UI must not invite a second publish.
Use one authoritative publishedRevisionId and compare-and-set semantics on autosave/publish transitions.

The canonical acceptance rule is

Draft/publish workflows are correct only when one revision is authoritative, publish is idempotent, stale drafts cannot overwrite a newer published revision, and autosave cannot silently move content backward across a state transition.

The current result is based on that invariant, not on a generic success banner or a reusable checklist.

Required actions

Revision Identity: repair the owning boundary and preserve this case as a regression fixture; record the exact acceptance condition and owner

About this skill

Repair Draft, Publish & State Transition Bugs is a ToolForge Labs workflow for draft/published state machines, optimistic updates, publish idempotency, stale editor sessions, autosave ordering, revision ownership, and rollback. It performs the supplied case instead of returning a generic template, separates verified evidence from hypotheses, and produces bounded repair or readiness actions with deterministic validation.

Frequently Asked Questions

Repair Draft, Publish & State Transition Bugs