# \_draft posts are not showing on page

**URL:** https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/draft-posts-are-not-showing-on-page/1766
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [May 6, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/draft-posts-are-not-showing-on-page/1766 "2018-05-06T20:09:43Z")
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### Author: ![gdiaz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/gdiaz/32/992_2.png) [@gdiaz](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/gdiaz)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/draft-posts-are-not-showing-on-page/1766/1 "2018-05-06T20:09:43Z")

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I’m having an issue where `_draft` posts are not showing in `localhost:4000`. As the instructions stated, the file doesn’t have the date and I ran `jekyll build --draft`. Any thought on why this is happening?

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### Author: ![Frank](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/frank/32/26_2.png) [@Frank](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/Frank)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/draft-posts-are-not-showing-on-page/1766/2 "2018-05-06T20:31:43Z")

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`jekyll serve --drafts` should display the posts stored in the `_drafts` folder (plural).

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### Author: ![gdiaz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/gdiaz/32/992_2.png) [@gdiaz](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/gdiaz)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2018, 8:44pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/draft-posts-are-not-showing-on-page/1766/3 "2018-05-06T20:44:24Z")

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Thanks @Frank, I got that solved. Now I have a different problem. when I run `jekyll build --drafts --watch` I get the following error… `jekyll 3.8.1 | Error: No such device or address @ rb_sysopen - ...`

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### Author: ![Frank](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/frank/32/26_2.png) [@Frank](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/Frank)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2018, 8:53pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/draft-posts-are-not-showing-on-page/1766/4 "2018-05-06T20:53:35Z")

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Can’t reproduce your issue, please provide a link to a public repo if you can’t figure it out.

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### Author: ![gdiaz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/gdiaz/32/992_2.png) [@gdiaz](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/gdiaz)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/draft-posts-are-not-showing-on-page/1766/5 "2018-05-06T21:06:06Z")

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I uninstall all gems and install jekyll back again. Now I can’t bundle install from the root, I get the following error… `Your bundle is locked to minitest (5.10.3)`

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### Author: ![Frank](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/frank/32/26_2.png) [@Frank](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/Frank)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/draft-posts-are-not-showing-on-page/1766/6 "2018-05-07T15:11:32Z")

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to reinstall all latest gems: `rm Gemfile.lock && bundle update`
