[Gallagher]

It depends on the item it's coming from, the item going into commons, and how we're feeling at the time (we being myself and Francs, who assists with commons editing and uploading).

Premium items, such as monthlies, will often see commons versions of poses that made it into the final version of the monthly seeing a delayed release, so as not to compete with immediate sales. Sometimes, there are poses meant for premium items that get cut specifically for commons (think hairs, accessories, single color things) and those may see a release before the premium item has cycled out, under a set name that is in the same theme as the item they were originally made to be part of.

Then, of course, we have the sort of recolors that are user requested edits of already existing commons, or pose variations of event/premium items that have been unavailable for some time. These tend to both see the lowest priority (as in, if we have a large or special commons set planned, the new item will be released after the set), but also tend to be fairly easy to do and can be fit into days, or sometimes even hours, where we happen to be available to work on side projects.

The secret release items you saw me pushing out the other day were made for the Remix event but cut to be commons, and now here they are.