From d7a49d51637b257bd3c1a85ed8d097780a0d9985 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julien Calixte <julienc@bam.tech>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 00:08:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: preserve rkey when republishing with missing state

When a post's state entry is missing but its frontmatter already
contains an atUri, use "update" instead of "create" to preserve
the existing rkey and avoid duplicate records.
---
 packages/cli/src/commands/publish.ts | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/publish.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/publish.ts
index 4998076..825f2d8 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/publish.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/publish.ts
@@ -186,11 +186,10 @@ export const publishCommand = command({
 					reason: "forced",
 				});
 			} else if (!postState) {
-				// New post
 				postsToPublish.push({
 					post,
-					action: "create",
-					reason: "new post",
+					action: post.frontmatter.atUri ? "update" : "create",
+					reason: post.frontmatter.atUri ? "missing state" : "new post",
 				});
 			} else if (postState.contentHash !== contentHash) {
 				// Changed post
-- 
2.51.2