I you've run into a "permission denied" error when trying to publish, then had it work a few hours or a day later, I think I've got it fixed. The problem was caused by future-dated commits that prevented any "older" comments from being published.
By the way, if you're wondering why there hasn't been much activity here recently: I've been hard at work on an on-premises version of Reviewable. It'll be done soon and I expect to return to a regular schedule of features and improvements.