1. 1.

    Navigate to a publication

  1. 2.

    Select "Draft"

  1. 3.

    Mess up the title

  1. 4.

    Go to Publish

  1. 5.

    Observe that the post title in the social preview

  1. 6.

    Go back to edit the post

  1. 7.

    Fix the typo

  1. 8.

    Go back to publish

  1. 9.

    Observe that the social preview still has the old title, even though the screenshot has the correct title

  1. 10.

    Navigate to "Next: Share" and observe on the next screen that it still uses the old title


Neither social previews are lying, that's the title displayed by Bluesky when publishing.

I did verify that this only occurs when you're posting a draft created for a specific publication. It does not occur if you create a draft from the homepage without selecting a publication first.

I've observed it across two different publications, my weekly notes and haiku pubs.