Resolve "Original Page X is dirty (modified)!"

This troubleshooting article provides step-by-step guidance for how to troubleshoot the publishing preview warning: "Original Page X is dirty (modified)!"

Symptoms

You are about to publish a version with new content and get the following warning when you click Preview before publishing:

Original Page Introduction is dirty (modified)!

Possible Causes

This warning typically appears when publishing a version containing previously published pages. If the page in the target space or Public view (for same-space publishing) has manual changes to it (for example, content has been manually added or deleted), it will be overwritten during the publish.

Troubleshooting

Follow these steps to address the warning:

1. Go to the pages mentioned in the warning.

2. Decide if the manual changes should be integrated into the versioned pages in the target space or in the Author view (for same-space publishing).

3. Apply relevant changes.

4. Re-run the publishing preview to ensure the changes are added.

Prevention Tips

To prevent this warning from appearing the future keep the following in mind:

To avoid this warning in the future:

• When publishing to existing space: Advise authors to add new changes only to versioned pages in the author space.

• When publishing to the same space: Encourage users to make changes to pages in the Author view rather than the Public view.