---
lastModified: 2026-09-10
title: Preview, publishing, and domain errors
description: Match exact Runner error messages to safe recovery steps for storefront previews, saved versions, Design Mode, publishing, custom domains, and design files.
---

Use the exact message and the screen where it appeared. A preview failure, a build failure, and a publish failure need different actions. Retrying a preview does not publish a store. Restoring a version changes the current project and should be a deliberate choice.

For an unresolved error, share the store link or project identifier, exact message, time, version number if shown, the action that failed, and a screenshot with private information removed. Include visible build details when relevant; never include passwords, API keys, or payment details.

## Find your error

- [Couldn't show this version](/en/guides/help-and-reference/error-playbook-build/couldnt-show-this-version)
- [Version history and restore](/en/guides/help-and-reference/error-playbook-build/version-history-and-restore)
- [Preview build failed or interrupted](/en/guides/help-and-reference/error-playbook-build/preview-build-failed-or-interrupted)
- [Publishing: code needs repair](/en/guides/help-and-reference/error-playbook-build/publishing-code-needs-repair)
- [Publishing: workspace or setup check unavailable](/en/guides/help-and-reference/error-playbook-build/publishing-workspace-or-setup-check-unavailable)
- [Live link and copy failures](/en/guides/help-and-reference/error-playbook-build/live-link-and-copy-failures)
- [Design Mode cannot start](/en/guides/help-and-reference/error-playbook-build/design-mode-cannot-start)
- [Design direction choice cannot be used](/en/guides/help-and-reference/error-playbook-build/design-direction-choice-cannot-be-used)
- [Domain input needs correction](/en/guides/help-and-reference/error-playbook-build/domain-input-needs-correction)
- [Adding, changing, removing, or transferring a domain failed](/en/guides/help-and-reference/error-playbook-build/adding-changing-removing-or-transferring-a-domain-failed)
- [DNS provider or authorization failed](/en/guides/help-and-reference/error-playbook-build/dns-provider-or-authorization-failed)
- [DNS configuration or HTTPS confirmation failed](/en/guides/help-and-reference/error-playbook-build/dns-configuration-or-https-confirmation-failed)
- [Domain purchase and renewal](/en/guides/help-and-reference/error-playbook-build/domain-purchase-and-renewal)
- [Domain registrant details](/en/guides/help-and-reference/error-playbook-build/domain-registrant-details)
- [Preview recovery and visual edit failures](/en/guides/help-and-reference/error-playbook-build/preview-recovery-and-visual-edit-failures)
- [Deployment could not start](/en/guides/help-and-reference/error-playbook-build/deployment-could-not-start)

## Related guides

- [Creative Studio and media errors](/en/guides/help-and-reference/error-playbook-creative)

- [Version history](/en/guides/storefront-and-publishing/version-history)
- [Preview your store](/en/guides/storefront-and-publishing/preview-your-store)
- [Design Mode](/en/guides/storefront-and-publishing/design-mode)
- [Publish and republish](/en/guides/storefront-and-publishing/publish-and-republish)
- [Custom domains](/en/guides/storefront-and-publishing/custom-domains)
- [Troubleshoot storefront builds](/en/guides/help-and-reference/troubleshoot-storefront-builds)
- [Support and community](/en/guides/help-and-reference/support-and-community)