missing page property not showing in node(CRX/DE) but seen/available in view-as-published
TLDR: I cannot find a page property when checking the page properties in CRX/DE but the property value is showing up when checking view-as-published
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so I have a property called "fileReference" which just points to an image in the DAM (e.g. /content/dam/images/animals/frog.jpg). I checked the node (/content/mysite/en/animals/frog/jcr:content) and I cannot find the property there.
BUT when I view-as-published on the page, the property value is showing in the rendered page.
Additional tests:
- I checked prod author CRX/DE and the fileReference is still not showing. BUT view-as-published on the page shows the correct value.
- I tried on prod publisher1 and same results as author.
- As another test, I deleted the rendered page copy in the dispatcher1 (so a fresh copy is retrieved from pub1). When I viewed the page from dispatcher1, I can see the property value.
- I made a package of /content/mysite/en/animals/frog using CRX packmgr and when I uncompressed the files, the page property is not showing.
- I manually reassigned the image to the property and now I can see property in CRX/DE.
- As a last test, I repeat no.4 and I can see the image reference now in the compressed files.
Any ideas what's happening? Thanks
EDIT1: here's a sample of the fileReference when it's showing correctly in CRX/DE


