This behavior has been resolved and deployed to the production environment as of 7/30/25.
Description
Publishing pages edited in the past is not updating the publish_at or updated_at data points properly in the api.
Expected Behavior
For the published_at and updated_at data points to be updated when publishing a page.
Workaround
No workaround exists at this time.
Steps to Reproduce
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In a Canvas course, create a page but do not publish it, just save.
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Go back to the page and publish it.
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Notice that the Published_at time does not populate, and the updated_at time does not update.
Additional Info
RCX-3582
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