# Find and retry Confluence pages that failed to publish

To find Confluence pages that failed to publish, open the space's Publishing page and select **Failed** under Pages. Each page's Publishing byline item explains the reason. Fix the cause, then select **Retry** next to Failed on the **Dashboard** to publish them all again, or republish single pages from their byline.

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## Before you start

* Anyone can see the Failed list. Retrying everything needs a space administrator of both spaces.

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## Steps

1. Open the space and select **Capable Publishing** in the sidebar (in the Suite, **Capable**, then **Publishing**).
2. Under Pages, select **Failed**.
3. Open a page and select its **Publishing** byline item to see why it failed.
4. For example, remove the `capable_never_publish` label, or publish a missing parent page.
5. On the **Dashboard**, select **Retry** next to Failed, or republish one page from its byline.

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## If it does not work

* Nobody is notified when a publish fails, so check the Failed and Invalid lists regularly.
* A page just published may still show in the old list for a few minutes while Confluence search catches up.
* Pages in the **Invalid** list have lost their source or target. Use **Retry** next to Invalid to republish them.

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## Related

### [Nobody was told that a publish failed](https://help.gocapable.com/publishing/nobody-was-told-that-a-publish-failed.html)

Why there is no alert.

### [Page statuses](https://help.gocapable.com/publishing/page-statuses.html)

Failed, Invalid and the rest.

### [Page I just published is missing from the Published list, or the dashboard counts look wrong](https://help.gocapable.com/publishing/page-i-just-published-is-missing-from-the-published-list-or-the-dashboard-counts-look-wrong.html)

Why lists lag.

### [See the publishing audit log](https://help.gocapable.com/publishing/see-the-publishing-audit-log.html)

Logs of bulk runs.

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_Find it, fix it, retry it._