u/Capital_Safety_6737

I'm using Google Play Console with Managed Publishing turned on. My situation:

• I accidentally added 176 countries/regions to my Production track (originally only had South Korea targeted)
• I noticed and removed all 176 again, so the Production track is back to just 1 country (South Korea)
• However, the Publishing Overview still shows these as pending changes:
  • "Added 176 countries/regions: Ghana, Gabon, and 174 more"
  • "Other countries added"
• My Production track is inactive with no build/release uploaded
• I only want to publish my Open Testing track (build 0.0.40) plus store listing translations and app content updates

Question: If I click "Publish 15 changes" now, will the production country additions cause any real-world side effect (like accidentally going live in 176 countries)? My understanding is that since there's no production APK/AAB, no one can actually download the app from Production regardless of country settings. Is that correct? Or is there any risk I'm missing?

Has anyone else seen the Publishing Overview retain the "add then remove" history as net-non-zero change events?

Thanks!