The latest plugin version do not publish entry until server is restarted

[sergejpapper]

The latest Publisher plugin versions (2.0.8 and 2.0.9) do not work as expected.

When an entry is unpublished and I set the publish date to a past date, the entry should be automatically published after one minute. However, the entry remains in draft status even after waiting several minutes (. It only becomes published after restarting the server by running strapi develop.

When I downgrade the Publisher plugin to version 2.0.7, everything works correctly.

Could you please check this issue? Thank you.

Steps to reproduce

1. Go to the Strapi Content Manager and create an entry.
2. Set the publish date in the plugin to a past date (for example, 2024-01-01).
3. Wait 1–2 minutes, then refresh the page.
4. The entry is still in draft status.

Environment

• Node.js version: 22.22.2
• Strapi version: 5.46.1 (latest)
• Plugin version: 2.0.9
• Database: MySQL
• Operating system: macOS

server.ts file contains 'cron: enabled'

Please inform me, if you need more info.

[TMSchipper]

Hi @sergejpapper , thank you for opening this issue.

This behavior is related to changes we had to make following feedback/guidance from the Strapi team.
As a side effect, publishing content scheduled in the past no longer triggers the same publish flow and label/state updates as before.

So at the moment:

• scheduling in the future works as expected
• scheduling in the past no longer immediately triggers the publish flow + related label updates

We’ll investigate whether we can improve this behavior again without reintroducing the original concerns raised by the Strapi team.

[sergejpapper]

Thank you for the quick response.

For now, our team will continue working with version 2.0.7, but I’m also looking forward to this behavior being fixed.

Once again, thank you.