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How to create draft submission without publishing

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
48/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start with the msstore publish command and compare the behavior of -v -id abc with -nc; review the guidance in issue #50 linked from this report. Done means an .msix is uploaded while the submission remains a draft so its changelog can be edited before publishing.

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Description

I can successfully submit a new version of my msix via msstore publish abc.msix -v -id abc, however this results in the submission being submitted directly. I want to change the changelog first, so i added -nc to keep it a draft, but this results in the .msix not being uploaded. I saw a similar issue here https://github.com/microsoft/msstore-cli/issues/50#issuecomment-2195277801, but there isn't an answer on what i should do to achieve this.

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Merged PRs (30d)
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