View Post returns a 404 error when post has a custom status

[dutchigor]

I have created a status as follows:

    register_post_status( 'update', array(
        'label'                     => __( 'Update', 'flare-guide' ),
        'public'                    => false,
        'show_in_admin_all_list'    => true,
        'show_in_admin_status_list' => true,
        'label_count'               => _n_noop( 'Update <span class="count">(%s)</span>', 'Update <span class="count">(%s)</span>' ),
        'post_type'                   => array( 'participation' ), // Only for posts!
        'show_in_metabox_dropdown'    => true,
        'show_in_inline_dropdown'     => true,
        'show_in_press_this_dropdown' => true,
        'labels'                      => array(
            'metabox_dropdown' => __( 'Update', 'flare-guide' ),
            'inline_dropdown'  => __( 'Update', 'flare-guide' ),
        ),
        'dashicon'                    => 'dashicons-update',
    ) );

Then when I change the status of a participation CPT to Update, and click on View Participation, I get a 404 error. View participation works fine in either Draft or Published status. I noticed that when the post is in draft I get a url like .../?post_type=participation&p=6718&preview=true instead of the slug. As the Update status should basically be a synonym of draft, I would expect to see a similar url when the post is in this status but instead I get sent to the full permalink.

Any idea what could be the cause of this?

[ibes]

'public' => false,

This likely says, that the post with this status should not be seen by the outside world. Not sure how the "draft" status handles its preview link.

[imath]

yes try 'public'=> true The example I've shared in the README.md file was about an archive status and was about not showing the post on front.

[dutchigor]

Thanks, but that makes the post publicly available and this should not be the case until it is published. That did put me onthe right path though and after a bit of googling I came across an undocumented setting: protected. The following settings did the trick for anyone looking for something similar: ´'public' => false, 'internal' => false, 'protected' => true, 'private' => false,´