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DuckPost uses statuses to control who can see a release and when delivery should happen.

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Release statuses

StatusWhat it means
DraftPrivate to your team. It does not appear on the public page, widget, or subscriber channels.
ScheduledQueued for future publication. DuckPost publishes it automatically at the selected time.
PublishedLive on your public page and available in the widget immediately.

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Subscriber delivery

When a release goes live, you can choose whether DuckPost should notify:
  • Confirmed email subscribers
  • Connected Slack channels
If subscriber notifications are turned off, the release still publishes. DuckPost only skips outbound delivery.

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Scheduling behavior

Scheduled releases are published by the background worker when their publish time arrives.
  • A scheduled release stays private until that time
  • If notifications are enabled, DuckPost sends them when the release becomes live

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Engagement tracking

Published releases can collect:
  • Views
  • Positive reactions
  • Neutral reactions
  • Negative reactions
Use this data from Releases to see which updates were seen and how customers reacted.

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Editing and deleting

  • You can reopen an existing release and update it
  • You can delete releases from the list when you need cleanup
  • Be careful when changing a published title or summary because customers may already have seen the original version

Create and publish releases

Learn how to write, preview, and publish a release.

Subscribers

See how email and Slack delivery works.

Public page

Review how published releases appear on your public page.

Widget

Add the widget to your app and show updates in product.