This is probably an edge case, but I'm reporting it here anyway.

I use Override Node Options module to allow some users access to changing a node's post date, but not its author.

On creating a new node as one of these users, Vertical Tabs' summary of the "authoring" section (which now only displays the post date) is listed as "By Anonymous" (see screenshot). If the node is saved, it is correctly attributed to the user, so Vertical Tabs is just interpreting the lack of a field (or its access to it) as meaning there is no author.

I also posted this issue to Override Node Options' queue -- #668796: Remove fieldset handling code, support generic alternative and Vertical Tabs -- but the suggestion from Dave Reid was that this was something that should be addressed in Vertical Tabs itself.

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Issue tags: +Override Node Options, +Save Draft

Found another, similar edge case: Using Save Draft, which removes the published/unpublished checkbox. Consequently, the "Publishing options" section displays "Not published," even when it is.

Again, I know this may not be high priority, just wanted to report it here.

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julien.reulos commented

Hi,
My provisional solution for this problem is using the Display Suite + Renderable Elements modules, that, long story made short, let you compose your own vertical tabs group for your node settings, and then distribute the fields wherever you want in the form.