From 42fc3a5b6e03342f49940837a38eaad51b31594f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chihlasm <michael@chihlas.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:45:01 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: allow publishing clean drafts without requiring local
 edits

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 frontend/src/pages/TreeEditorPage.tsx | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/TreeEditorPage.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/TreeEditorPage.tsx
index 85e886d2..695d9237 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/TreeEditorPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/TreeEditorPage.tsx
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ export function TreeEditorPage() {
           {/* Publish */}
           <button
             onClick={handlePublish}
-            disabled={isSaving || !isDirty || hasBlockingErrors}
+            disabled={isSaving || hasBlockingErrors}
             title={hasBlockingErrors ? 'Fix validation errors before publishing (Ctrl+S when no errors)' : 'Publish tree (Ctrl+S when no errors)'}
             className={cn(
               'flex items-center gap-2 rounded-md bg-gradient-brand px-4 py-2 text-sm font-medium text-white shadow-lg shadow-primary/20',