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VisualEditor: "The page has been restored" appearing on top of the page instead of "your edit was saved" after switching to edit source mode and saving the page from there
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Description

Steps to replicate the issue:

  • Open a page in VisualEditor
  • Edit something
  • Switch to edit source mode
  • Save the page from edit source mode

What happens?:

  • Message "The page has been restored." appearing on top of the page

What should have happened instead?:

  • Message "Your edit was published." appearing on top of the page

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Johannnes89 created this task.Nov 8 2025, 3:36 PM
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Hackerb9 subscribed.Feb 22 2026, 5:11 PM

I can confirm that this is still a problem. I started editing a page, switched to "Edit Source", made no changes to the body of the article but did add in an Edit Summary, and hit "Publish changes". I was then given the very confusing "The page has been restored" message.

Other possibly relevant details:

  • It was a semi-protected page. I thought "restored" was referring to a rejection of my changes, but actually my edit was saved correctly.
  • I had only switched to Edit Source mode because I wasn't familiar with the Visual Editor and couldn't find where I was supposed to put the Edit Summary before publishing. That means the article itself was unchanged in the Source Editor. Perhaps that is part of what is triggering this bug.
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