From 990957927ca8987940de95c5bf7df9414698b34f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ty J Everett <ty@tyweb.us>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 21:44:37 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: preserve starter publication timestamps

---
 src/server/server.ts | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/server/server.ts b/src/server/server.ts
index 7a187a0..d9a3dda 100644
--- a/src/server/server.ts
+++ b/src/server/server.ts
@@ -880,9 +880,7 @@ async function seedStarterWork (work: StarterWork, starterAuthorIdentityKey: str
       title: work.title,
       description: work.description,
       status: 'published',
-      reviewed_by: starterAuthorIdentityKey,
-      published_at: db.fn.now(),
-      updated_at: db.fn.now()
+      reviewed_by: starterAuthorIdentityKey
     })
 
   if (!(await starterNeedsProcessing(work.id))) return false