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Fix: Post Editor: 403 on /wp/v2/settings at boot for users without manage_options cap #81813

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Fix: Post Editor: 403 on /wp/v2/settings at boot for users without manage_options cap #81813

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Resolve the preloading correctly based on the capabilities
hbhalodia Aug 19, 2026
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Merge branch 'trunk' into fix/issue-81812
hbhalodia Aug 19, 2026
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Remove read cap check and fetch global style for non-admin using view…
hbhalodia Aug 19, 2026
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Merge branch 'trunk' into fix/issue-81812
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Merge branch 'trunk' into fix/issue-81812
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34 changes: 31 additions & 3 deletions packages/edit-post/src/index.js
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Expand Up @@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ async function preloadResolutions( postType, postId ) {
core.__experimentalGetCurrentThemeBaseGlobalStyles(),
core.__experimentalGetCurrentThemeGlobalStylesVariations(),
core.getEntityRecord( 'root', '__unstableBase' ),
core.getEntityRecord( 'root', 'site' ),
core.canUser( 'read', { kind: 'root', name: 'site' } ),
core.canUser( 'create', { kind: 'postType', name: 'attachment' } ),
core.canUser( 'create', { kind: 'postType', name: 'page' } ),
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -238,12 +237,16 @@ async function preloadResolutions( postType, postId ) {

// Phase 2: read derived data out of state.
const tasks = [];

if ( coreSelect.canUser( 'read', { kind: 'root', name: 'site' } ) ) {
tasks.push( core.getEntityRecord( 'root', 'site' ) );
}

const globalStylesId =
coreSelect.__experimentalGetCurrentGlobalStylesId();
if ( globalStylesId ) {
tasks.push(
core.getEntityRecord( 'root', 'globalStyles', globalStylesId ),
core.canUser( 'read', {
core.canUser( 'update', {
kind: 'root',
name: 'globalStyles',
id: globalStylesId,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -279,6 +282,31 @@ async function preloadResolutions( postType, postId ) {
if ( tasks.length ) {
await Promise.all( tasks );
}

// Phase 3: requests whose capability check only resolved in phase 2.
if ( globalStylesId ) {
if (
coreSelect.canUser( 'update', {
kind: 'root',
name: 'globalStyles',
id: globalStylesId,
} )
) {
await core.getEntityRecord(
'root',
'globalStyles',
globalStylesId
);
} else {
// Fetch for non-admin users using view context.
await core.getEntityRecord(
'root',
'globalStyles',
globalStylesId,
{ context: 'view' }
);
}
}
} catch {
// Resolver failures here would also surface on demand; don't block render.
}
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