Short Version
The SharePoint Pages command bar is getting a clearer page status indicator, showing at a glance whether a page is a draft or published, alongside some menu reordering and label updates. Due early to late August 2026.
Details
A new page status indicator appears in the command bar, so you can quickly see whether a page you’re working on is Draft (1), meaning it hasn’t been published, or Published, meaning it’s live, along with the date it went live. If a page was previously published and now has unpublished draft edits, you’ll see Draft; previously published on [date]. This label is purely informational: it doesn’t publish or unpublish anything for you; you still use Publish to make changes live.
A few menu items are also being reordered and relabelled. Save and Close becomes Save and Exit (2), and Edit for navigation changes becomes Edit Navigation. List Forms is no longer a standalone item in the +New menu; you’ll find it under the List menu option instead.
This affects site owners and site managers with edit permission. If you only have site visitor permissions, none of this affects you. Existing pages and content aren’t changed by this update; it’s purely about the authoring experience.
Availability
Due early to late August 2026.
Source, related links and references
MC1448372.
Images: Microsoft.
Related: Flexible Sections get easier to use in SharePoint Pages.
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Page originally published
14th August 2026.
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