[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #61763: get_posts($args) returns "auto-drafts" even when "post_status=>publish"

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#61763: get_posts($args) returns "auto-drafts" even when "post_status=>publish"
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 Reporter:  jobst                                |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)                         |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |  Milestone:  Awaiting
                                                 |  Review
Component:  Query                                |    Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  accessibility, administration,       |
  performance                                    |
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 Frustrating bug this one is - had this for a while so not related to the
 current version.

 Wordpress: 6.6.1
 PHP: 8.2.21

 When I use the following code
 {{{
   $args = array( 'post_type'=>'post', 'post_status'=>'publish',
 'numberposts'=>5 );
   error_log("ARGS -> \n".print_r($args,1),3,"/var/log/php");
   $posts = get_posts($args);
   foreach($posts as $k  => $v)
   {
     error_log("--------------------------------\n",3,"/var/log/php");
     error_log("PT ".$v->post_title."\n",3,"/var/log/php");
     error_log("PS ".$v->post_status."\n",3,"/var/log/php");
     error_log("PY ".$v->post_type."\n",3,"/var/log/php");
   }
 }}}

 It will print out
 {{{
 ARGS ->
 Array
 (
     [post_type] => post
     [post_status] => publish
     [numberposts] => 5
 )
 --------------------------------
 PT Auto Draft
 PS auto-draft
 PY post
 --------------------------------
 PT Stuck in the Valley of Indecision?
 PS draft
 PY post
 --------------------------------
 PT Game Over: How Fair Play Can Rebuild the Construction Industry
 PS publish
 PY post
 --------------------------------
 PT The Power of Reflection for Sales Success
 PS publish
 PY post
 --------------------------------
 PT Trend 5 - Process AND Agency
 PS publish
 PY post
 }}}

 basically **completely ignoring** my request for 5 **published** posts.

 Wordpress' manual for get-posts
 (https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_posts/) clearly
 states that the allowed passed parameter for "$args" can be found in
 WP_Query::parse_query
 (https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Query/parse_query/)
 which "post_status" is one of them.

 I consider this a bug as get_query does not listen to my request ONLY to
 hand over "published" posts.

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