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      There are times that pages stay in draft mode after publishing. When the page is stuck it also doesn't allow you to discard your draft. The only solution we've found is that someone else goes into the page, makes a change, and then publishes it himself.

      The following error message appears for some users as well:

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      Cause
      java.lang.NullPointerException
      at com.zenfoundation.drafts.ZenDraftHandler.createDraft(ZenDraftHandler.java:88)
      Stack Trace:[hide]
      java.lang.NullPointerException
      at com.zenfoundation.drafts.ZenDraftHandler.createDraft(ZenDraftHandler.java:88)
      at com.zenfoundation.drafts.ZenDraftHandler.createDraft(ZenDraftHandler.java:73)

            [CONFSERVER-33357] Page stays in draft mode after publishing

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              63d88b3486b1 Derk Zomer
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