## Description
The Articles API was ignoring the `status` parameter when creating new
articles. All articles were forced to be drafts due to a hardcoded
`@article.draft!` call in the controller, even when users explicitly
sent `status: 1` (published) in their API request.
This PR removes the hardcoded draft enforcement and allows the status
parameter to be respected while maintaining backward compatibility.
Fixes#12063
## Type of change
- [x] Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
## How Has This Been Tested?
**Before:**
- API POST with `status: 1` → Created as draft (ignored parameter)
- API POST without status → Created as draft
**After:**
- API POST with `status: 1` → Created as published ✅
- API POST without status → Created as draft (backward compatible) ✅
- UI creates articles → Still creates as draft (UI doesn't send status)
✅
**Tests run:**
```bash
bundle exec rspec spec/controllers/api/v1/accounts/articles_controller_spec.rb
# 17 examples, 0 failures
```
Updated tests:
1. Changed 2 existing tests that were verifying the broken behavior
(expecting draft when published was sent)
2. Added new test to verify articles default to draft when status is not
provided
3. All existing tests pass, confirming backward compatibility
## Checklist:
- [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project
- [x] I have performed a self-review of my code
- [x] My changes generate no new warnings
- [x] I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my
feature works
- [x] New and existing unit tests pass locally with my changes
Co-authored-by: Sojan Jose <sojan@pepalo.com>
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* chore: whitespace change
* feat: add border bottom color to list item
* feat: allow dragging articles
* feat: add migration to reorder all articles
* feat: add onsort method
* feat: finish UI sorting
* feat: show 50 per page in articles list
* feat: add article sorting methods
* feat: patch up reorder action with the API
* refactor: better naming
* chore: add comments
* feat: attach position to article before create
* feat: move article to end if moved between categories
* chore: add comments
* chore: update version
* fix: don't change position if previous category was nil
* fix: condition to trigger update on category change
* refactor: store new_position
* refactor: use grid instead of table
* feat: add snug spacing
* feat: add grab-icon
* feat: add grab icon to list
* refactor: show draggable only for category page
* feat: add update_positions as a class method
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Co-authored-by: Nithin David Thomas <1277421+nithindavid@users.noreply.github.com>
