PublishedAt set to triggered publish action date instead of the selected past date

[ahda-hr]

Describe the bug
The publishedAt doesn't change to selected datetime if past date is selected. The publishedAt is set to when the publish action is triggered.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to a published content from applied Collection-Type
2. Click on three dot icon, select Unpublish in Entry section
3. After content has been unpublished, set the published date to a past date in Publisher section
4. Wait for the job triggered.

Expected behavior
The publishedAt date of the content should be the selected past date

System

• Node.js version: 22.16.0
• NPM version: 10.9.2
• Strapi version: 5.23.0
• Plugin version: 2.0.4
• Database: SQLite
• Operating system: WSL

Additional context

[TMSchipper]

@ahda-hr, thank you for opening this issue.

I can confirm that this is not working at the moment. I'll dive into this asap and will give you an update with any progress.

[TMSchipper]

@ahda-hr, this is added with the latest release: v2.0.5

If you can confirm this, can you close this ticket?

Cheers!