Custom Sitecore Pipeline is not triggering when publishing to Edge

Question

Publishing from Sitecore 10.3 to Edge

I have a custom pipeline that updates the Last Published field with in Sitecore. When I publish to the WEB, it works as expected, but when I publish to Experience Edge, it doesn't update the Sitecore field.

<pipelines>
  <publishItem>
    <processor patch:after="*[@type='Sitecore.Publishing.Pipelines.PublishItem.PerformAction, Sitecore.Kernel']" type="{Custom}_Sitecore.Pipelines.SetPublishDates, {Custom}"/>
  </publishItem>
</pipelines>

Goal: I want to update the first and last published dates when an item has been published.

I would be grateful if you could provide me with any information.

Answer 1

You can follow workflow action to achieve your target.

Please follow below steps to achieve this.

1. Create a ACTION (using template: /sitecore/templates/System/Workflow/Action) under the Final Workflow State
2. Under Type String – set the namespace and class name
3. Then write your custom code according to your requirement, below is sample code for reference you have to update it according to your requirement.

public class PublishedDate
    {
        private const String publishDate = "_publishDate";

        public void Process(WorkflowPipelineArgs args)
        {
            Assert.ArgumentNotNull(args, "args");
            Item item = args.DataItem;

            if (args.ProcessorItem!= null)
            {
                WorkflowState state = item.Database.WorkflowProvider.GetWorkflow(item).GetState(item);
                if (state != null && state.FinalState)
                {
                    using (new Sitecore.SecurityModel.SecurityDisabler())
                    {
                        using (new EditContext(item, false, false))
                        {
                            item.Editing.BeginEdit();
                            item[publishDate] = Sitecore.DateUtil.ToIsoDate(DateTime.Now);
                            item.Editing.EndEdit();
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

Hope this helps you.