Menu actions incorrectly enabled for resolved notes after “Reopen & Reply”

[karthick-murugan]

Description

Description

When working with Notes, clicking Resolve (“Marked as resolved”) should always have disabled menu actions, since they represent system-generated resolution status messages and are not user-editable.

However, after using “Reopen & Reply”, the menu actions become incorrectly re-enabled for the previously resolved entry.

This allows users to interact with resolution messages in ways that should not be permitted.

Expected behavior

• The “Marked as resolved” item should remain non-interactive.
• Its menu options (Edit, Delete) should stay disabled or hidden.
• Even after reopening the thread, system-generated resolution messages must remain immutable.

Actual behavior

• After submitting Reopen & Reply, the “Marked as resolved” item shows enabled menu actions such as:

  Reopen
  Delete

• Clicking “Reopen” triggers a “Note Reopened” notification and the menu changes to:

  Edit
  Delete

• This is incorrect, because resolution messages should not be editable, openable, or deletable

Step-by-step reproduction instructions

1. Create a new Note on any block.
2. Click Resolve — a system-generated comment appears: “Marked as resolved” (menu actions correctly disabled).
3. Add a reply to the note.
4. Click “Reopen & Reply”.
5. Observe the original “Marked as resolved” note.

Screenshots, screen recording, code snippet

REC-20251113181156.mp4

Environment info

• WordPress 6.9-RC1
• Chrome Version 142.0.7444.135
• Macbook Pro
• Gutenberg Version 22.1.0-rc.1

Please confirm that you have searched existing issues in the repo.

• Yes

Please confirm that you have tested with all plugins deactivated except Gutenberg.

• Yes

Please confirm which theme type you used for testing.

• Block
• Classic
• Hybrid (e.g. classic with theme.json)
• Not sure

[karthick-murugan]

I am working on it.