Wp-calypso: Posts: Copy a Post and Copy a Page posts and pages cannot be saved or published

[mapk]

Steps to reproduce

1. Starting at URL: Any WordPress.com website
2. Create a draft post.
3. Copy the draft post to create a new one.
4. Edit it and try to save.

What I expected

I expected the copied post to save as another draft.

What happened instead

The post returned an error that said, "Saving of draft failed."

Browser / OS version

Chrome

Screenshot / Video

Context / Source

I found this bug during Support Rotation. A ticket came up about it.

manual-testing, #user-report

[nellofn]

I was about to create this same issue. Neither a copied page nor a post can't be saved or published. I ran a test on my end and the result is the same as above. It was also reported by a user on this ticket 836996-zen

[scosgro]

Just got another report of this from a user. Confirmed on my end. Using the copy button on a post is showing the 'Saving of draft failed' and 'Publishing of draft failed' errors. 837617-zen

[krutidugade]

Another user reported this issue. I was able to reproduce on my test blog. 838111-zen

[julsyd]

Another user report: 837351-zen

[separatelyunited]

Another user reported in HC tonight. Follow up ticket here: 839516-zen

[sandymcfadden]

A bit of extra information when helping trouble shoot a report of this issue. When trying to save the draft it is making a call to https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.2/sites/undefined/posts/new where undefined should be the site id or domain.

[gugaalves]

Another user report: 839922-zen

[nellofn]

Another user reported the error here 491650-c

[SiobhyB]

This was reported in HC again earlier today. Following up in 840043-z.

[jenlynnemc]

User reported this here: 1263583-c. Following up in 840183-z.
I also duplicated this issue on my test site.

[gugaalves]

+1 user reported that issue: 840262-zen

[sstabrizi]

Another user reported this issue here: 1264678-hc
I'm following up here: 840330-zen

[designsimply]

Tested and confirmed using the steps provided. I tried several routes to for both the Copy a Post and Copy a Page features (i.e. from the Published Posts list, from Drafts, from a new post, etc.), and I was unable to save or publish any post or page that has been copied first. I did not see any JavaScript errors in the browser console while testing. I tested with Firefox 57.0.1 on Mac OS X 10.13.1 on a WordPress.com Simple blog logged in as a regular user.

Video: 2m50s

[jblz]

This usage of selectedSite is possibly related:

https://github.com/Automattic/wp-calypso/blob/2455cab8c7031cfe2810082c0bb77ad0da3b4fb5/client/post-editor/post-editor.jsx#L716-L718

[Copons]

@jblz Very related but not exactly the problem. :)