From c30d5f984ac280f33b9b82e29a4324688c7da055 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henry Jameson <me@hjkos.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:57:23 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix posts being discarded when posting after preview request

---
 changelog.d/preview_posting.fix                     | 1 +
 src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.js | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 changelog.d/preview_posting.fix

diff --git a/changelog.d/preview_posting.fix b/changelog.d/preview_posting.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a35dbeba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/preview_posting.fix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix posting not working when using preview
diff --git a/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.js b/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.js
index 1acd211c4..ef012c9cf 100644
--- a/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.js
+++ b/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.js
@@ -721,6 +721,10 @@ const PostStatusForm = {
         })
         .finally(() => {
           this.previewLoading = false
+          // If we post right after doing a preview request
+          // backend treats non-preview request as preview one
+          // and "eats" the post
+          this.updateIdempotencyKey()
         })
     },
     debouncePreviewStatus: debounce(function () {