Issue
I noticed an inconsistency between manual and auto-published deploys on my site. Here’s what happened:
- Auto-publishing was turned off.
- I made code updates and triggered a manual deploy after previewing the changes in Netlify’s deploy preview. The changes were visible in the preview.
- After a successful manual deployment, the changes didn’t reflect on my live site.
- I then tried “Clear cache and deploy”, but the issue persisted.
- Finally, I turned auto-publishing back on, made another small code change, and pushed it. This time, the changes appeared on the live site.
Questions & Observations
- If manual deploys are supposed to work as expected, why didn’t the changes show up until I enabled auto-publishing?
- Does Netlify handle manual and auto-published deploys differently when it comes to caching or CDN refresh?
- Could this be related to how Netlify prioritizes live builds when auto-publishing is off?