---
title: "Service: /members/{member}/groups/{group}/publications/{publicationid}/version [POST] (obsolete)"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/reference/version_5/services/create-publication-version-deprecated-POST.html
description: "Versions all documents in a publication"
last_updated: 2026-08-07T17:09:54+10:00
tokens: ~413
---

# /members/\{member\}/groups/\{group\}/publications/\{publicationid\}/version \[POST\]

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Path: | /members/{member}/groups/{group}/publications/{publicationid}/version |
| Method: | POST |
| Generator: | obsolete |
| Version: |  |
| Since: | 5.9600 |
| Deprecated: | 5.9802 |
| Obsolete: | 6.0000 |
| Cache control: | N/A |
| API Support: | OBSOLETE |
| Generated: | 2022-07-01 |

## Description

> **Deprecated:** This service is deprecated as of PageSeeder v5.9900 use [Service: /members/\{member\}/groups/\{group\}/publications/\{publicationid\}/versions \[POST\]](../../../api/services/create-publication-version-POST.md) instead.

Versions all documents in a publication

Starting at publication root URI adds versions to all xref target URIs. If xref type="embed" with a PSML target URI it recursively processes the target URI’s xrefs as well (if target is a fragment it only follows xrefs for that fragment).

## Parameters

| Name | Description | Required | Type | Default value |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| description | The version content | no | string |  |
| labels | General labels for comment (e.g. Important, Typo) | no | string |  |
| name | The version number or name | yes | string |  |
| notify | Send notification flag, e.g. 'silent', 'normal', 'announce' | no | string | `silent` |
| notify-async | Whether to send emails asynchronously (for slow email servers) | no | boolean | `false` |

## Permission

## Response

```xml
<version-creation>
  <thread id="123"...>
     [thread XML]
  </thread>
</version-creation>
```

## Error Handling

No specific errors expected for this generator.