[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #29431: Brand new auto-drafts with no title or content inserted into database with ugly URL

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#29431: Brand new auto-drafts with no title or content inserted into database with
ugly URL
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 Reporter:  henry.wright  |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General       |    Version:  3.9.2
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 My posts can be accessed by ID. For example example.com/176

 If I select Pages > Add new then wait for a few moments without typing a
 title or content, a row gets written to the database. I can see
 {{{post_title}}} is Auto Draft, {{{post_status}}} is auto-draft.

 Let's say that page's ID is 177. If I now try to go to example.com/177 I
 get redirected to an ugly URL such as example.com/?page_id=252 and shown a
 404 message.

 1) Should brand new completely empty auto-draft posts be written to the
 database?

 2) Is there a need to redirect to the ugly URL? i.e. why can't the 404
 message be shown at example.com/177

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