openedx / openedx/frontend-app-authoring

"Studio's having trouble saving your work" when deleting component

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TypeScript
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Description

Scenario

  • Go to the unit editor
  • Add a component
  • Click three-dot menu -> "Delete" -> Confirm

Expected
✅ Component disappears
✅ After page refresh: component is gone

Actual
❌ Component does not disappear
❌ Error banner at bottom of page: "⚠️ Studio's having trouble saving your work"
✅ After page refresh: component is gone

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Research direction

Reproduce the scenario in the unit editor by adding a component and deleting it through the three-dot menu. Trace the delete and save flow from that interaction; done means the component disappears immediately, no error banner appears, and it remains gone after a refresh.

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Assessment

Tech stack
react, typescript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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