publish button missing

The stock answer.
Have you tried:
-deactivating all plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).
-switching to the default theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.

Are you using tinyMCE advanced?

Thank you kmessinger… I deactivated all the plugins and the publish/update button showed up! I reactivated everything I wanted to and it didn’t disappear again… soooo… who knows. In any case, I’m super grateful for your help! Thank you ??

Great!