[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #37366: Restoring a scheduled post can cause it to be published

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#37366: Restoring a scheduled post can cause it to be published
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 Reporter:  danielbachhuber    |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)       |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |  Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Posts, Post Types  |    Version:
 Severity:  normal             |   Keywords:  needs-patch dev-feedback
  Focuses:                     |
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 If you restore a scheduled post, the post will be published if the
 scheduled date has already passed.

 As a user, I'd expect a scheduled post to remain a draft when restored
 from the trash.

 Steps to reproduce:

 1. Create a new post.
 2. Schedule the post to be published two minutes in the future.
 3. Trash the post.
 4. Wait three minutes.
 5. Restore the post from the trash.
 6. Look at the post to see that it's been published.

 There are a few existing related tickets #23022, #19907, #22350, #18362
 that haven't seen much movement. However, I think this particular issue is
 more egregious than the others because the user ''accidentally publishes
 content they didn't mean to publish''. On higher profile sites,
 particularly where there are distribution mechanisms hooked into the
 publishing process, this bug can have a severely negative impact (for
 instance, accidentally publishing an embargoed post that still wasn't safe
 to publish).

 The solution will be to clear the post date value, but I'm undecided as to
 whether we should do that when a scheduled post is trashed, or when it's
 restored from the trash.

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