Editor: Can't save a draft with a past or future publish date

[rachelmcr]

Expected behavior

I should be able to set a post's publish date to the future or past and save it as a draft.

Actual behavior

When I set a post's publish date to the future or past, I can't save it as a draft:

• For a new post, the "Save as Draft" option in the ellipsis menu is gone.
• If I try to exit the editor, I get the prompt "Update Post" which either publishes the post (if the post is backdated) or schedules it (if the post is future dated).

Steps to reproduce the behavior

1. Create a new post.
2. Add a title and/or content.
3. Open the Post Settings.
4. Select "Publish Date" and change it to a different date.
5. Go back to the editor.
6. Tap the ellipsis menu and notice there is no option to save the post as a draft.
7. Notice the call to action is "Schedule."
8. Tap the "X" to exit the editor.
9. Tap "Update Post" to save your draft.

Result: The post is published (if you chose a publish date in the past) or scheduled (if you chose a publish date in the future), instead of saved as a draft.

Tested on [iPhone XS], iOS [13.4.1], WPiOS [15.0.0.20200603]

Found while testing the changes in #14249 but it exists in the current beta release, too.

[yaelirub]

This issue has been around for a while (you can find the same behavior in 14.2)
Tackling post status issues is on our road map. I will label this and other tickets regarding post status issues as part of that future project

[negna1]

I can add "save as draft" button , when publish date will be past or future. And also change text "Update Post" to "publishes the post"

[dcalhoun]

Posting to confirm this issue is still valid and happens for me on iPhone SE, iOS 14.4.2, WPiOS 16.9 (16.9.0.13).

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• It has been inactive for the past year.
• It isn't in a project or a milestone.
• It hasn’t been labeled [Pri] Blocker, [Pri] High, or good first issue.

Please comment with an update if you believe this issue is still valid or if it can be closed. This issue will also be reviewed for validity and priority during regularly scheduled triage sessions.

[kean]

The "Publish Date" field for drafts was removed in 24.9.