[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11889: Create post with special post_status when viewing Add New screen

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#11889: Create post with special post_status when viewing Add New screen
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 Reporter:  markjaquith     |       Owner:  markjaquith
     Type:  task (blessed)  |      Status:  new        
 Priority:  high            |   Milestone:  3.0        
Component:  Autosave        |     Version:  3.0        
 Severity:  normal          |    Keywords:             
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 So many things would be easier if we had a post ID in hand when generating
 the Add New X screens. The previous concern has been ID inflation, but
 post revisions have already crossed that bridge.

 The plan:

  1. Auto-create a draft with a special status when entering Add New screen
  1. Update status to regular draft upon autosave or manual save
  1. Garbage collect old auto-drafts after x days
  1. Use XHR "ping" to prevent auto-draft from being deleted out from under
 an edit window that has been sitting around for a long time (icing)

 #11145 would be fixed by this, as would several other bugs. In addition,
 we could remove all the JS code that updates all the post IDs on the first
 autosave, etc.

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