Cannot save my publishing settings, or bulk publish is greyed out, and I am told a maintenance task

What you are seeing

I cannot save my publishing settings, or bulk publish is greyed out, and I am told a maintenance task is running.

#Why it happens

A cleanup or rebuild is in progress for that space. When you save, you see "A maintenance task (cleanup or rebuild) is currently running for this space", and the maintenance cards say "Cannot publish while a maintenance task is running."

#What to do

Wait for the task to finish. You can follow its progress on the Dashboard of the Publishing space page. Then save again. If the app cannot check for a running task at all, it lets your save through.

Publishing Maintenance tab with Publish all pages, Publish approved pages and Reset to default actions — The bulk publish buttons live on the Maintenance tab. These are the ones that grey out while a cleanup or rebuild runs.

#Settings involved

Setting	Where	What it does
Enable publishing	Space settings → Publishing → Setup tab	-
Target space	Space settings → Publishing → Setup tab	-
Allow manual publishing	Space settings → Publishing → Setup tab	-

#Limits that apply here

Limit	Value	What happens
Allowed publishers list	50 users maximum; individual users only,	-
Folder children	Child pages and child folders are fetche	-

Anonymous readers see nothing from Publishing, or just a "Powered by Capable" panel

The Publishing byline requires the viewer to be signed in. In the standalone Publishing ap

Turned on "Restrict publish permissions" but everyone can still publish

The restriction only takes effect when the Allowed publishers list has at least one person

Permissions and access

The rest of this family.

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