# Nobody was told that a publish failed

**What you are seeing**

Nobody was told that a publish failed.

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## Why it happens

Publishing sends no notifications of any kind. No email, no Slack, nothing.

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## What to do

Check failures yourself: the Failed badge in the page byline, the Failed and Invalid lists on the Publishing space page, and the Audit Log for bulk runs. Build a routine of checking the Failed list after any bulk run.

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## 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 | \-               |

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## Limits that apply here

| **Limit**                       | **Value**                                | **What happens** |
| ------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | ---------------- |
| Publish comment length          | 500 characters maximum                   | \-               |
| Allowed publishers list         | 50 users maximum; individual users only, | \-               |
| "Publish all pages" / Full Sync | Reads at most 1000 items in a single que | \-               |

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## Related

[Pages stopped going Outdated / Moved / Out of sync, but manual publishing still worksAll the Confluence event listeners that keep statuses current only run on a licensed site.](https://help.gocapable.com/publishing/pages-stopped-going-outdated-moved-out-of-sync-but-manual-publishing-still-works.html)

[Published blog post never goes Outdated even after I edit itPublishing only listens for edits to pages. Nothing listens for blog-post edits, so a publ](https://help.gocapable.com/publishing/published-blog-post-never-goes-outdated-even-after-i-edit-it.html)

[Export and published sitesThe rest of this family.](https://help.gocapable.com/publishing/export-and-published-sites.html)

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