For the longest time, a locked page could be unlocked only by the user who locked the page or the default master “admin” user. Even some other member of the administrators group impersonating the user couldn't unlock it. We've implemented new features of Apache Jackrabbit OAK in AEMaaCS 2024.10 (thi...

It is the recommended method. Keep in mind, the Content Copy Tool (CCT) can only copy from Prod to lower environments, not the other way around. So your use case of copying from Stage to Prod is not supported.See: https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/experience-manager-cloud-service/content/im...