Fix[Editorial Notes]: Clarify Editorial Notes save flow and hide stale updates action

src/experiments/editorial-notes/components/EditorialNotesPlugin.tsx

@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ export default function EditorialNotesPlugin() {
 								justifyContent: 'center',
 								width: '100%',
 							} }
+							accessibleWhenDisabled
 							__next40pxDefaultSize
 						>
 							{ buttonLabel }

src/experiments/editorial-notes/hooks/useEditorialNotes.ts

@@ -265,6 +265,20 @@ export function useEditorialNotes(): {
 				(
 					dispatch( coreStore ) as any
 				 ).invalidateResolutionForStoreSelector( 'getEntityRecords' );
+
+				( dispatch( noticesStore ) as any ).createSuccessNotice(
+					sprintf(
+						/* translators: %d: number of suggestions added. */
+						_n(
+							'%d suggestion added. Save to keep changes.',
+							'%d suggestions added. Save to keep changes.',
+							totalSuggestions,
+							'ai'
+						),
+						totalSuggestions
+					),
+					{ type: 'snackbar' }
+				);
 			}
 		} catch ( error: any ) {
 			( dispatch( noticesStore ) as any ).createErrorNotice(
@@ -350,8 +364,8 @@ export function useEditorialBlock(): {
 					sprintf(
 						/* translators: %d: number of suggestions added. */
 						_n(
-							'%d suggestion added.',
-							'%d suggestions added.',
+							'%d suggestion added. Save to keep changes.',
+							'%d suggestions added. Save to keep changes.',
 							suggestionCount,
 							'ai'
 						),

src/experiments/editorial-updates/components/EditorialUpdatesPlugin.tsx

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ export default function EditorialUpdatesPlugin() {
 							width: '100%',
 							justifyContent: 'center',
 						} }
+						accessibleWhenDisabled
 					>
 						{ buttonLabel }
 					</Button>

src/experiments/editorial-updates/hooks/useEditorialUpdates.ts

@@ -99,13 +99,34 @@ export function useEditorialUpdates(): {
 			if ( ! postId ) {
 				return false;
 			}
+
+			// Collect Note IDs linked from block metadata, then check whether any are
+			// still pending. This avoids showing the action for stale Notes left behind
+			// after refreshing before the generated Note metadata was explicitly saved.
+			const allBlocks = sel( blockEditorStore ).getBlocks() as Block[];
+			const linkedNoteIds = Array.from(
+				new Set(
+					flattenBlocks( allBlocks )
+						.filter( ( block ) =>
+							REVIEWABLE_BLOCK_TYPES.includes( block.name )
+						)
+						.map( ( block ) => block.attributes.metadata?.noteId )
+						.filter( ( id ) => typeof id === 'number' )
+				)
+			);
+
+			if ( linkedNoteIds.length === 0 ) {
+				return false;
+			}
+
 			const notes = ( sel( coreStore ) as any ).getEntityRecords(
 				'root',
 				'comment',
 				{
 					type: 'note',
 					status: 'hold',
 					post: postId,
+					include: Array.from( linkedNoteIds ),
 					per_page: 1,
 					_fields: 'id',
 				}

tests/e2e/specs/experiments/editorial-updates.spec.js

@@ -232,8 +232,14 @@ test.describe( 'Editorial Updates Experiment', () => {
 
 		await admin.createNewPost( {
 			title: 'Grouped Editorial Controls Test',
-			content:
-				'This post has enough content to meet the minimum character requirement for the summarization feature and show the editor sidebar controls.',
+		} );
+
+		await editor.insertBlock( {
+			name: 'core/paragraph',
+			attributes: {
+				content:
+					'This post has enough content to meet the minimum character requirement for the summarization feature and show the editor sidebar controls.',
+			},
 		} );
 		await editor.saveDraft();
 
@@ -296,6 +302,19 @@ test.describe( 'Editorial Updates Experiment', () => {
 		await page.reload();
 		await editor.openDocumentSettingsSidebar();
 
+		// Re-inject noteId after reload.
+		await page.evaluate( ( id ) => {
+			const blocks = window.wp.data
+				.select( 'core/block-editor' )
+				.getBlocks();
+
+			window.wp.data
+				.dispatch( 'core/block-editor' )
+				.updateBlockAttributes( blocks[ 0 ].clientId, {
+					metadata: { noteId: id },
+				} );
+		}, noteId );
+
 		const notesButton = page.getByRole( 'button', {
 			name: 'Generate Editorial Notes',
 		} );