Am a space administrator of the source space, but the Publish button is still hidden and the space p

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What you are seeing

I am a space administrator of the source space, but the Publish button is still hidden and the space page says I lack rights.

#Why it happens

The Publish button in the page byline checks whether you administer the TARGET space. Capable itself checks whether you administer the SOURCE space. So a source-space administrator who is not a target-space administrator does not see the button, even though the publish would have been allowed.

#What to do

Get space administrator rights on the target space as well, or add yourself to Allowed publishers. Report the mismatch to support. It is a known inconsistency between the button and the check Capable makes.

Publishing settings Permissions tab with Restrict publish permissions turned on, the Allowed publishers list and an Add users button
Allowed publishers is on the Permissions tab. Use Add users to add yourself, then save.

#Settings involved

Setting

Where

What it does

Enable publishing

Space settings → Publishing → Setup tab

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Target space

Space settings → Publishing → Setup tab

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Allow manual publishing

Space settings → Publishing → Setup tab

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#Limits that apply here

Limit

Value

What happens

"Publish all pages" / Full Sync

Reads at most 1000 items in a single que

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Bulk selection from the space page lists

Capped at 1000 items per run

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Cleanup and rebuild

Paginate 1000 results at a time with a h

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#A few things that catch people out

  • Bulk selection and Full Sync are capped at 1000 items per run, and a bulk run is stopped if it goes past 10,000 items or about 25 minutes. Capable does not tell you when a run stops early, and there is no resume option, so large spaces need repeated runs.

  • Cleanup and rebuild stop after about 100,000 items and only record a warning in the logs, so very large spaces are only partly processed.

  • If you administer the source space but not the target space, you can only keep a target that somebody else already chose. The settings screen shows a note and will not save a different target.

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