[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #55129: WP REST API - Updating "status" field on a "post" from "future" to "publish" does not work

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#55129: WP REST API - Updating "status" field on a "post" from "future" to
"publish" does not work
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 Reporter:  mcmwebsol     |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  REST API      |    Version:  5.9
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 When using the WP REST API's "posts" endpoint to update an existing post,
 the "status" field will not update from "future" to "publish".

 Example Request:
 curl -X POST https://example.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/2742 -d
 '{"status":"publish"}'

 Example Response:
 {"id":2742,"date":"2022-02-12T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-12T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/subdomain.wpengine.com\/?p=2742","raw":"https:\/\/subdomainagi.wpengine.com\/?p=2742"},"modified":"2022-02-09T12:30:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T18:30:22","password":"","slug
 ":"formerly-scheduled-
 test","status":"future","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertsonstagi.wpengine.com\/?p=2742","title":{"raw":"Formerly
 Scheduled Test","rendered":"Formerly Scheduled Test"},"content":{"raw":"
 fake content here<\/p>\r\n","rendered":"

 fake content
 here<\/p>\n","protected":false,"block_version":0},"excerpt":{"raw":"","rendered":"

 fake content
 here<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"","tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":17,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":""},"categories":[17,13],"tags":[57],"permalink_template":"https:\/\/robertsonstagi.wpengine.com\/%postname%\/","generated_slug
 ":"formerly-scheduled-
 test","td_post_theme_settings":"","yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n

 Note that updating the status from "draft" to "publish" works (and vice
 versa).  Also updating the status from "future" to "draft" works (and vice
 versa).  Additonally, updating the date/time of a "future" status works
 (at least if the date/time is in the future).

 Thank you

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