can you please check this run mode in sling.properties sling.run.mode.install.options=author,publish|crx3|crx3tar,crx3mongo,crx3rdb,crx3tar-nofds,crx3composite-seed,crx3composite|samplecontent,nosamplecontent this may overwrite with author instanceset this to publishDsling.run.modes=publish,crx3,crx...