# 404 when updating post date

**URL:** <https://discuss.write.as/t/404-when-updating-post-date/20927>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** writeas\
**Created:** [September 1, 2026, 2:44pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/404-when-updating-post-date/20927 "2026-09-01T14:44:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![justinf](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/justinf/32/1242_2.png) [@justinf](https://discuss.write.as/u/justinf)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2026, 2:44pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/404-when-updating-post-date/20927/1 "2026-09-01T14:44:08Z")

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Went to update a blog post’s date, and when saving, I get the following 404 (and the date does not change):

 ![image](https://discuss.write.as/uploads/default/original/2X/1/1ba3def132e8c1cd720b998abb4291c789d8c81b.png)

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**Author:** ![matt](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/matt/32/2760_2.png) [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/404-when-updating-post-date/20927/2 "2026-09-01T16:48:30Z")

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Thanks for the heads up – it should clear up if you retry, but I’m looking into the root cause.