Hi,

I have a case where I need to update a property on a document immediately after it is published. The idea is that on a publish event the unpublished value will be published and then a new unpublished value will instantly be created.

For example: (Expected)

Published property value: 5

Unpublished property value: 6

[User presses Save&Publish]

Published property value: 6

Unpublished property value: 7

I'm using the ContentService.Published event to do this: (Note that this isn't my actual use-case, this is a Minimal, Complete and Verifiable example)

void ContentService_Published(IPublishingStrategy sender, PublishEventArgs<IContent> e)
{
    foreach (var newDocument in e.PublishedEntities)
    {
        var originalValue = newDocument.GetValue<int>("exampleProperty");

        newDocument.SetValue("exampleProperty", originalValue + 1);

        ApplicationContext.Current.Services.ContentService.Save(newDocument);
    }
}

However it seems that calling ContentService.Save() on a document in the Published event cancels the publish on that node. This behaviour is surprising, is there a way around this? I would expect the publish to continue and a new (draft) version of the document to be created chronologically after the published one.

So to complement my expected example earlier, here is the actual behaviour:

Published property value: 5

Unpublished property value: 6

[User presses Save&Publish]

Published property value: 5

Unpublished property value: 7

Thanks,

Josh