Update a published site

Ship changes to a site that is already live, and understand why your public address does not update on its own.

Your published site is a snapshot. It stays exactly as it was until you publish again — even as you keep building.

Before you start

A workspace you have already published once, and at least one change you want to ship.

Publish an update

1. Make your change

   Ask the Builder for it in the conversation and wait for the preview to show it.

   Expected result: the change is visible in the preview pane and the Builder has reported the milestone done.

2. Publish again

   Select Publish. There is no naming dialog this time — your address is already claimed — but the Review before publishing dialog still shows you the version going out. Select Approve and publish.

   Expected result: the button reads Deploying….

3. Wait, then check

   Deployment takes a few minutes. When it finishes, open your Live at … link.

   Expected result: your public site now shows the change.

Hard-refresh the tab, or open the site in a private window, if your browser is showing you a cached copy.

Why it works this way

Two useful consequences:

• You can build in the open without breaking what people see. Experiment freely; the live site is unaffected until you decide.
• Publishing is a decision. Nothing reaches your audience by accident.

Publishing always ships your last completed milestone. If the Builder is mid-change when you publish, the last finished state goes out — not the half-finished one.

If a publish fails

A failed publish leaves your existing live site untouched. Visitors keep seeing the last good version.

Your claimed address is also safe — a failed publish never releases the name.

Select Publish to try again. If it keeps failing, ask the Builder what went wrong; it reports failures honestly rather than claiming success.

Verify

• Your Live at … link shows the change in a private window.
• The change is the one you asked for and nothing else obviously moved.

Troubleshooting

Problem	Fix
The live site still shows the old version	Hard-refresh, or open it in a private window.
Nothing to publish yet. Finish a build first	The current change has not finished. Wait for the Builder’s summary.
Publish failed. Try again	Select Publish again. Your live site and address are unaffected.
You published something you did not mean to	Ask the Builder to change it back, then publish again.
Out of credits	Each publish costs a small fee. See Billing and top-ups.

Next

Work with the Builder

Make the next change.

How credits work

What publishing costs.