RPubs error: 'slug is already taken'

[pablobernabeu]

Hello,

I would like to share a personal update about a previously-reported error that arises rarely when republishing to RPubs. When there's an error while an RPubs document is being republished, the RPubs URL corresponding to that document can go into a broken state.

The error can be reproduced by publishing any document to RPubs, republishing it, and stopping the republish process while it is in progress (such a situation can happen if a user decides to make a change after pressing the 'Republish' button).

In an issue about the same error from some months ago, @jcheng responded:

It happened again. I delete an Rpub document, but rpubs claims slug is already taken

Ah, yeah, I figured it out. If there's an error during republish of an existing pub with a slug, you get into this broken state. I'll see about fixing it. Thanks!

Since I have run into the same error with one of my publications, I would be sincerely grateful for any advice from Joe or someone else regarding how to liberate the URL from the broken state.

Thank you very much

[jcheng]

You should be all set now. Sorry for the inconvenience.

[pablobernabeu]

Thank you very much!