Hi. This is an error the users frequently get "at random" since our publishing portal has been moved to production. As you might think, this is not random at all and I have been able to track down the problem in a clean and minimal MOSS setup with absolutely no customizations or custom code (new publishing portal with a "source" and a "target" variation). The exact steps to get the error message are : - Open a page in edit mode in target variation. Let's say we edit "default.aspx". - In source variation, in another browser window, create a new page and publish it. Wait one minute for the varied page to propagate to "target" site. - In the first browser window, "default.aspx", try to save your changes (save, save and close, check-in or publish, it does not matter). Save is aborted with SPException and message "The settings for this list have been recently changed. Refresh your browser before editing this list." Exception is coming from Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.BaseFieldControl.OnLoad. Easily seen with reflector. There is a validation in there that checks if List.Version has changed during edit and will raise an exception if so. Fact is, the variation engine indeed changes the Version of the "Pages" list in target variation when the new page is propagated (easily confirmed with SharePoint Manager). However, there are no significant changes in the list schema. This happens faily often in authoring environment and cause loss data and time for the users. What would be the best way to fix this ??