Unable to publish edits to existing page

[Ian]

Hello,

I have a meeting notes page that I want to update regularly with the latest meeting notes. After editing the page today, I clicked the "Publish" button and I get the error:

"A page with this name already exists 

Page names have to be unique within a space. Give your page a different name to publish it."

Well of course it exists, I'm trying to edit it. Confluence recognizes the edits as unpublished changes, but I'm unable to publish them. I am an admin and the only user who has used the page so far. I've tried logging out and back in, but no luck. Any ideas?

Thanks!

[Ian · Accepted solution]

FYI -- I figured out a workaround. I just made a copy of the page, published it, and re-named it back to the original.

[carolyn french]

Hi Ian,

That sounds very frustrating indeed!

Have you made sure that your internet connection is uninterrupted? I think I've had this trouble when that happened. If you go into your Draft page and reopen the draft, does that fix it and allow you to publish?

Carolyn

[Ian]

Hi Carolyn,

Thank you for the suggestion. I am still new to Confluence. I checked the Drafts and unfortunately the page didn't show up there (even though Confluence recognizes that the page has unpublished changes).

I figured out a workaround, though. I just made a copy of the page, published it, re-named it, and then re-named it back. Hopefully this is just a one-time fluke! Thanks.