Testing Post-Upgrade Entry

This is what I think is happening...

If I use the regular static publishing profile, the MT monster is happy and everything (indexes, archives, etc.) displays as expected.

If I use the dynamic archives publishing profile, the MT monster is mysteriously provoked into the following behavior:

• Static pages display as expected


• New entry archives, category archives for newly created categories, and newly created pages display as expected. (Newly created = created after upgrade to 4.2)


• Archives for entries, categories, and pages created before the 4.2 upgrade do not display as expected. They are apparently missing the header, footer and other modules. Why?!

FWIW, I have tried batch editing/(re)saving the old entries - and - editing old entries and saving, in hopes of any change in display, alas to no avail.

What on earth could cause this behavior? Clearly a bug, right?

MT history of this blog:
Started out on MT2.x, upgraded numerous times through MT3.x, exported entries and moved to clean install of MT4.1, (upgraded to MT4.15? or exported entries to fresh install of 4.15? can't remember), upgraded to MT4.2rc2. That's when all the fun began.