So I filed a national phase application, and then shortly thereafter - before notice of the filing the application published - the client instructed me to file some amendments to the text.
As I've mentioned on previous occasions, one of the annoying things about the Israel PTO's EFS is that it has a predefined set classifications for documents that are being filed, and miscellaneous" is not among the choices. So you have to wade through dozens of choices for documents to be filed. Fortunately, there is a category for amendments to an already-filed specification - two, in fact, one for filing before substantive examination has begun and one for filing during substantive examination. Of course, these, like many categories, as classified as "request to ...", even though I'm not asking anyone to do anything: I'm telling them, we're amending the spec, and there's no discretion here for which need to ask the ILPTO's permission.
What I found silly was that after I chose the task description, and then typed in the number of the application, and the system didn't choke and say "you can't do that task in that application at this time", I got the following screen:
That last line, in brown, says, "name of the application: not yet published".
Who are they hiding the information from? I'm the one who filed the application! And the way the system is set up, I can only get to this screen if I'm authorized to file. If entered the number of an application with which I'm not associated, a text box will pop up that says "You're not authorized to file in that application, you ninny!"