Publishing issues with Required Related Field.

Problem Statement

When a content type has a related field that is set as Required, it breaks the right click context menu Publish button, as well as publishing based on the Publish Date Field set within the Content Type. The error it produces claims that there is no item within the required relationship field, despite there being a related contentlet.

Steps to Reproduce

In a demo starter environment on the latest version.

1. Go to the Content Types and edit the Activity content type
2. Add a relationship field, relate any content type and set it as required.
3. Go to the Content Search screen.
4. Open any activity and attach an item to the related field created.
5. Save the content.
6. Exit out of the content.
7. Try to publish the content with the right click menu (Might need to unpublish first)

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4ff1742d-5013-4351-9437-aaccc8ad4a22

Acceptance Criteria

The Right click context menu publishing as well as the automatic publishing based on the "Publish Date Field" if set should function with related fields that are set to required.

dotCMS Version

25.07.09-1
25.07.07-1
Latest

Proposed Objective

Customer Support

Proposed Priority

Priority 2 - Important

External Links... Slack Conversations, Support Tickets, Figma Designs, etc.

https://dotcms.freshdesk.com/a/tickets/32095

Assumptions & Initiation Needs

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Quality Assurance Notes & Workarounds

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Sub-Tasks & Estimates

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Reproduce the issue from the Content Types and Content Search screens using a required relationship field, then compare right-click publishing with automatic publishing from the Publish Date Field. Done means both publishing paths work when the required relationship contains a related contentlet, without the missing-relationship error.