I upgraded to 16.4., I published my root node with all of its descendants (no errors), and they seem published, but actually, are not. I get URL, status published in UI, but anytime I navigate it asks me to Save or ignore changes, and there are no changes. I try to open the page, it works, I try to …

Hi @nielslyngsoe and @sebastiaan , so I managed to fix the annoying save modal by bumping version from 16.4-rc2 to 16.4, so, all good, sorry.

Umbraco 16.4 nodes seem published, but are not

sebastiaan (Sebastiaan Janssen ⚓) November 26, 2025, 11:53am 3

Umbraco only published descendants if they actually have changes to be published.

Have you tried refreshing the content cache in the Settings section > Published Status