Trying to reply to a topic with an exisiting edit draft opens the composer with the edit draft as a reply instead

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If you start editing a post, then click x to save the edit draft, clicking on Reply, the composer opens with your edit draft and not a blank composer. The composer is not even an edit action; it posts a reply with the edited post.

I think the reason for this is that the topic is serialized with a string draft field, so handling multiple drafts per topic isn’t built in.

Repro steps:

  1. Start editing an exisiting post. Make a few changes so a draft is saved. Do not submit the edit.
  2. Close the composer with the x button.
  3. Click on the Reply button in the topic. Your edit draft appears, not a blank composer. The composer’s action is to reply, not even to edit.
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Added repro steps to OP for clarity.

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