[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #52790: Reusable blocks disappeared

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#52790: Reusable blocks disappeared
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 Reporter:  jordiparera                      |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)                     |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal                           |   Milestone:  5.8.2
Component:  Editor                           |     Version:  5.7
 Severity:  critical                         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  reporter-feedback needs-testing  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by amazingribs):

 We are having the same problems with Reusable Blocks (RBs). The problem
 started happening after a WP update which changed the default behavior of
 RBs. Before the update, RBs were locked and uneditable. You had to
 proactively choose to edit the RB and then "save the changes" or "update
 the Block".

 After the update RBs were immediately editable within any post or page and
 then if you made a change, WP would prompt you to save the changes to the
 RB.

 This was an ill-advised update to the behavior. The point of a RB is to
 store content that DOES NOT CHANGE! You want the block to stay the same
 across the entire site! That's the point. Who thought it was a good idea
 to make RBs easier to edit and change?

 We have RBs where the content has been deleted. The revisions history does
 not even show what was deleted or when. We have also seen multiple RBs
 being combined. Suddenly, one RB contains the content for several other
 RBs.

 We also see that after inserting the RB it is no longer a reusable block.
 If you right click on it the context menu considers the reusable block
 just a normal block.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/52790#comment:59>
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