[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17115: Publishing an empty post results in success

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#17115: Publishing an empty post results in success
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 Reporter:  kawauso         |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)    |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Administration  |    Version:  3.1
 Severity:  normal          |   Keywords:
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 '''Steps to reproduce:'''
 1. Go to Add New post screen
 1. Publish post
 1. Success message is displayed with link to initial auto-draft of post

 The issue can be traced back to the `editpost` switch case in `post.php`
 (line 204), which calls `edit_post()` and `redirect_post()`.

 `edit_post()` saves any meta values passed with the post to the auto-
 draft, which isn't necessarily desirable, and returns the auto-draft post
 ID.

 `redirect_post()` then defaults to status message code 6 which incorrectly
 reports success in publishing.

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