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Draft not discarded after posting an answer
Old issue: Posting sometimes doesn't clear the saved post
Moshi's comment points out that this old issue (closed in 2021) describes the same problem, so this may be a regression. Other comments suggest at least 3 people have seen this over the last year.
During writing an answer, a draft is automatically saved, which can be very useful, particularly when continuing work on an answer on a different device. Usually, when the answer is posted the draft is automatically discarded.
Today I posted an answer which did not discard the draft, so I was left with a posted answer and a draft answer with identical wording:
When there is only 1 answer this is unlikely to be more than a brief distraction, as it is clear that the draft has already been posted. However, where there are many answers to a question I can imagine this leading to accidentally posting an answer twice, particularly if there is a long delay before the author returns to the question after initially posting.
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