# Unpublished updates to already published entry not returned in API response

**URL:** <https://forum.builder.io/t/unpublished-updates-to-already-published-entry-not-returned-in-api-response/14397>\
**Category:** Technical Questions\
**Tags:** api\
**Created:** [April 15, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.builder.io/t/unpublished-updates-to-already-published-entry-not-returned-in-api-response/14397 "2025-04-15T22:08:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![lburtness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@lburtness](https://forum.builder.io/u/lburtness)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.builder.io/t/unpublished-updates-to-already-published-entry-not-returned-in-api-response/14397/1 "2025-04-15T22:08:30Z")

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**Builder content link**

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**Builder public api key**  
2fe4147bb8c843bb8ebba475c8973899

**What are you trying to accomplish**  
I have a published Builder page with some unpublished updates to text on the page. When viewed in the Builder editor, I see the unpublished updates correctly. However, when accessed outside of the Builder editor, only the published content is returned, no unpublished updates, even though I am including `includeUnpublished=true`.

Calling [https://cdn.builder.io/api/v3/content/page?apiKey=2fe4147bb8c843bb8ebba475c8973899&includeUnpublished=true&url=/builder-support-test&locale=en-US&data.locale=en-US&cachebust=true&noTraverse=false](https://cdn.builder.io/api/v3/content/page?apiKey=2fe4147bb8c843bb8ebba475c8973899&includeUnpublished=true&url=/builder-support-test&locale=en-US&data.locale=en-US&cachebust=true&noTraverse=false) only returns published content. This happens for both the Content and HTML APIs.

**Code stack you are integrating Builder with**  
Rails and React app

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**Author:** ![sheema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@sheema](https://forum.builder.io/u/sheema)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2025, 7:34am UTC](https://forum.builder.io/t/unpublished-updates-to-already-published-entry-not-returned-in-api-response/14397/2 "2025-04-22T07:34:40Z")

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Hey @lburtness,

I’m able to fetch the draft entries without any issues using the following query:  
[https://cdn.builder.io/api/v3/content/page?apiKey=2fe4147bb8c843bb8ebba475c8973899&includeUnpublished=true&noTraverse=True](https://cdn.builder.io/api/v3/content/page?apiKey=2fe4147bb8c843bb8ebba475c8973899&includeUnpublished=true&noTraverse=True)

Here’s a Loom video for a clearer understanding:  
https://www.loom.com/embed/761f305feb974cb097139f6496daa3e7?sid=b605fe88-31ce-4f08-8b6a-478ecc0915e0

Let me know if you need any additional info!

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**Author:** ![lburtness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@lburtness](https://forum.builder.io/u/lburtness)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.builder.io/t/unpublished-updates-to-already-published-entry-not-returned-in-api-response/14397/3 "2025-04-23T15:56:37Z")

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Hi @sheema ,

My issue is with retrieving unpublished changes to already published pages. We are able to retrieve draft pages like you showed.

The following steps outline the issue:

1. Create new page
2. Add some content
3. Can retrieve draft content from the API
4. Publish the page
5. Can retrieve published content from the API
6. Make an edit to the page without publishing the updates
7. Cannot retrieve these updates from the API

Hopefully that makes sense. Thank you

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**Author:** ![sheema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@sheema](https://forum.builder.io/u/sheema)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.builder.io/t/unpublished-updates-to-already-published-entry-not-returned-in-api-response/14397/4 "2025-04-25T15:30:04Z")

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Hey @lburtness , thanks for the explanation. We’re aware of this issue and it’s currently being worked on. I’ll make sure to update you as soon as it’s resolved.
