`npx wix release` does not build: how we shipped yesterday's `dist/` by mistake
Wix CLI, September to November 2026, measured on three of our own apps. CLI behaviour may change. npx wix release uploads whatever is in dist/ and creates a version. It doesn't run your build. If that sentence is obvious to you, the rest of this post is about how to prove what actually went live, which turned out to be less obvious than it sounds. What happened On 2026-09-19 we fixed a dashboard…
On September 19, 2026, a dashboard bug in a calendar app was fixed and the test suite passed. However, when releasing the fix using the command `npx wix release -t minor -c`, the new version 2.17.0 was created, but the change was not visible. The `dist/` folder was mistakenly thought to contain the updated files, but it remained from the previous evening.
Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that `npx wix release` simply uploads whatever is in the `dist/` folder and creates a version without running any build process. The source material provided steps on how to verify what was actually deployed, which proved more complex than initially thought.
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