> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.duckpost.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Statuses and delivery

> Understand release visibility, scheduling, notifications, and engagement in DuckPost.

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

## Release statuses

| Status      | What it means                                                                                |
| ----------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Draft`     | Private to your team. It does not appear on the public page, widget, or subscriber channels. |
| `Scheduled` | Queued for future publication. DuckPost publishes it automatically at the selected time.     |
| `Published` | Live on your public page and available in the widget immediately.                            |

## 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.

## 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

## Engagement tracking

Published releases can collect:

* Views
* Positive reactions
* Neutral reactions
* Negative reactions

Use this data from [**Releases**](https://duckpost.app/releases) to see which updates were seen and how customers reacted.

## 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

## Related pages

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  <Card title="Create and publish releases" icon="square-pen" href="/releases/create-and-publish">
    Learn how to write, preview, and publish a release.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Subscribers" icon="square-terminal" href="/audience/subscribers">
    See how email and Slack delivery works.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Public page" icon="globe" href="/integrations/public-page">
    Review how published releases appear on your public page.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Widget" icon="code" href="/integrations/widget">
    Add the widget to your app and show updates in product.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>