Invalid draft-mode Value

draft-mode must be gone, unlinked, or visible. Draft pages are treated as gone instead.

Q-5-49 — Invalid draft-mode Value

draft-mode must be gone, unlinked, or visible. Draft pages are treated as gone instead.

What this means

draft-mode controls how pages marked draft: true appear in a rendered website:

Value	The draft page	Links to it
gone (default)	blank	removed
unlinked	rendered, with a “Draft” banner	removed
visible	rendered, with a “Draft” banner	kept

Any other value is reported with this warning on each draft page it applies to, and the page is treated as gone:

# _quarto.yml
website:
  draft-mode: hidden      # Q-5-49: not one of gone / unlinked / visible

draft-mode can be set anywhere metadata can — _quarto.yml (as draft-mode or website.draft-mode), a directory’s _metadata.yml, or a page’s front matter — so the warning’s location points at the value that applies to the page.

How to fix it

Change the value to gone, unlinked, or visible.