fix(ui): disables form during locale change (#8705)

Editing fields during a locale change on slow networks can lead to
changes being reset when the new form state is returned. This is because
the fields receive new values from context when the new locale loads in,
which may have occurred _after_ changes were made to the fields. The fix
is to subscribe to a new `localeIsLoading` context which is set
immediately after changing locales, and then reset once the new locale
loads in. This also removes the misleading `@deprecated` flag from the
`useLocale` hook itself.

packages/next/src/layouts/Root/index.tsx

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export const RootLayout = async ({
 
   const payload = await getPayload({ config, importMap })
 
-  const { i18n, permissions, user } = await initReq(config)
+  const { i18n, permissions, req, user } = await initReq(config)
 
   const dir = (rtlLanguages as unknown as AcceptedLanguages[]).includes(languageCode)
     ? 'RTL'
@@ -92,9 +92,10 @@ export const RootLayout = async ({
     importMap,
   })
 
+  req.user = user
+
   const locale = await getRequestLocale({
-    payload,
+    req,
-    user,
   })
 
   return (

packages/next/src/utilities/getPreferences.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { Payload, User } from 'payload'
 
 import { cache } from 'react'
 
-export const getPreference = cache(
+export const getPreferences = cache(
   async <T>(key: string, payload: Payload, user: User): Promise<T> => {
     let result: T = null
 

packages/next/src/utilities/getRequestLocale.ts

@@ -1,29 +1,30 @@
-import type { Locale, Payload, User } from 'payload'
+import type { Locale, PayloadRequest } from 'payload'
 
+import { upsertPreferences } from '@payloadcms/ui/rsc'
 import { findLocaleFromCode } from '@payloadcms/ui/shared'
 
-import { getPreference } from './getPreference.js'
+import { getPreferences } from './getPreferences.js'
 
 type GetRequestLocalesArgs = {
-  localeFromParams?: string
+  req: PayloadRequest
-  payload: Payload
-  user: User
 }
 
-export async function getRequestLocale({
+export async function getRequestLocale({ req }: GetRequestLocalesArgs): Promise<Locale> {
-  localeFromParams,
+  if (req.payload.config.localization) {
-  payload,
+    const localeFromParams = req.query.locale as string | undefined
-  user,
+
-}: GetRequestLocalesArgs): Promise<Locale> {
+    if (localeFromParams) {
-  if (payload.config.localization) {
+      await upsertPreferences<Locale['code']>({ key: 'locale', req, value: localeFromParams })
+    }
+
     return (
       findLocaleFromCode(
-        payload.config.localization,
+        req.payload.config.localization,
-        localeFromParams || (await getPreference<Locale['code']>('locale', payload, user)),
+        localeFromParams || (await getPreferences<Locale['code']>('locale', req.payload, req.user)),
       ) ||
       findLocaleFromCode(
-        payload.config.localization,
+        req.payload.config.localization,
-        payload.config.localization.defaultLocale || 'en',
+        req.payload.config.localization.defaultLocale || 'en',
       )
     )
   }

packages/next/src/utilities/initPage/index.ts

@@ -74,9 +74,7 @@ export const initPage = async ({
   req.user = user
 
   const locale = await getRequestLocale({
-    localeFromParams: req.query.locale as string,
+    req,
-    payload,
-    user,
   })
 
   req.locale = locale?.code

packages/ui/src/elements/Localizer/index.tsx

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 import { getTranslation } from '@payloadcms/translations'
 import { useSearchParams } from 'next/navigation.js'
 import * as qs from 'qs-esm'
-import React from 'react'
+import React, { Fragment } from 'react'
 
 import { useConfig } from '../../providers/Config/index.js'
-import { useLocale } from '../../providers/Locale/index.js'
+import { useLocale, useLocaleLoading } from '../../providers/Locale/index.js'
 import { useTranslation } from '../../providers/Translation/index.js'
 import { parseSearchParams } from '../../utilities/parseSearchParams.js'
 import { Popup, PopupList } from '../Popup/index.js'
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export const Localizer: React.FC<{
   const { config } = useConfig()
   const { localization } = config
   const searchParams = useSearchParams()
+  const { setLocaleIsLoading } = useLocaleLoading()
 
   const { i18n } = useTranslation()
   const locale = useLocale()
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ export const Localizer: React.FC<{
                 return (
                   <PopupList.Button
                     active={locale.code === localeOption.code}
+                    disabled={locale.code === localeOption.code}
                     href={qs.stringify(
                       {
                         ...parseSearchParams(searchParams),
@@ -49,10 +51,22 @@ export const Localizer: React.FC<{
                       { addQueryPrefix: true },
                     )}
                     key={localeOption.code}
-                    onClick={close}
+                    onClick={() => {
+                      setLocaleIsLoading(true)
+                      close()
+                    }}
                   >
-                    {localeOptionLabel}
+                    {localeOptionLabel !== localeOption.code ? (
-                    {localeOptionLabel !== localeOption.code && ` (${localeOption.code})`}
+                      <Fragment>
+                        {localeOptionLabel}
+                        &nbsp;
+                        <span className={`${baseClass}__locale-code`}>
+                          {`(${localeOption.code})`}
+                        </span>
+                      </Fragment>
+                    ) : (
+                      <span className={`${baseClass}__locale-code`}>{localeOptionLabel}</span>
+                    )}
                   </PopupList.Button>
                 )
               })}

packages/ui/src/elements/Popup/PopupButtonList/index.tsx

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 'use client'
-// TODO: abstract the `next/link` dependency out from this component
 import type { LinkProps } from 'next/link.js'
 
 import LinkImport from 'next/link.js'
-import * as React from 'react' // TODO: abstract this out to support all routers
+import * as React from 'react'
 
 import './index.scss'
 
@@ -32,6 +31,7 @@ type MenuButtonProps = {
   active?: boolean
   children: React.ReactNode
   className?: string
+  disabled?: boolean
   href?: LinkProps['href']
   id?: string
   onClick?: (e?: React.MouseEvent) => void
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export const Button: React.FC<MenuButtonProps> = ({
   active,
   children,
   className,
+  disabled,
   href,
   onClick,
 }) => {
@@ -49,39 +50,41 @@ export const Button: React.FC<MenuButtonProps> = ({
     .filter(Boolean)
     .join(' ')
 
-  if (href) {
+  if (!disabled) {
-    return (
+    if (href) {
-      <Link
+      return (
-        className={classes}
+        <Link
-        href={href}
+          className={classes}
-        id={id}
+          href={href}
-        onClick={(e) => {
+          id={id}
-          if (onClick) {
+          onClick={(e) => {
-            onClick(e)
+            if (onClick) {
-          }
+              onClick(e)
-        }}
+            }
-        prefetch={false}
+          }}
-      >
+          prefetch={false}
-        {children}
+        >
-      </Link>
+          {children}
-    )
+        </Link>
-  }
+      )
+    }
 
-  if (onClick) {
+    if (onClick) {
-    return (
+      return (
-      <button
+        <button
-        className={classes}
+          className={classes}
-        id={id}
+          id={id}
-        onClick={(e) => {
+          onClick={(e) => {
-          if (onClick) {
+            if (onClick) {
-            onClick(e)
+              onClick(e)
-          }
+            }
-        }}
+          }}
-        type="button"
+          type="button"
-      >
+        >
-        {children}
+          {children}
-      </button>
+        </button>
-    )
+      )
+    }
   }
 
   return (

packages/ui/src/providers/DocumentInfo/index.tsx

@@ -8,7 +8,15 @@ import type {
 } from 'payload'
 
 import * as qs from 'qs-esm'
-import React, { createContext, useCallback, useContext, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import React, {
+  createContext,
+  useCallback,
+  useContext,
+  useEffect,
+  useMemo,
+  useRef,
+  useState,
+} from 'react'
 
 import type { DocumentInfoContext, DocumentInfoProps } from './types.js'
 
@@ -16,7 +24,7 @@ import { useAuth } from '../../providers/Auth/index.js'
 import { requests } from '../../utilities/api.js'
 import { formatDocTitle } from '../../utilities/formatDocTitle.js'
 import { useConfig } from '../Config/index.js'
-import { useLocale } from '../Locale/index.js'
+import { useLocale, useLocaleLoading } from '../Locale/index.js'
 import { usePreferences } from '../Preferences/index.js'
 import { useTranslation } from '../Translation/index.js'
 import { UploadEditsProvider, useUploadEdits } from '../UploadEdits/index.js'
@@ -113,10 +121,14 @@ const DocumentInfo: React.FC<
     setUploadStatus(status)
   }, [])
 
-  const isInitializing = initialState === undefined || initialData === undefined
-
   const { getPreference, setPreference } = usePreferences()
   const { code: locale } = useLocale()
+  const { localeIsLoading } = useLocaleLoading()
+
+  const isInitializing = useMemo(
+    () => initialState === undefined || initialData === undefined || localeIsLoading,
+    [initialData, initialState, localeIsLoading],
+  )
 
   const baseURL = `${serverURL}${api}`
   let slug: string

packages/ui/src/providers/Locale/index.tsx

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import type { Locale } from 'payload'
 
 import { useSearchParams } from 'next/navigation.js'
-import React, { createContext, useContext, useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import React, { createContext, useContext, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 
 import { findLocaleFromCode } from '../../utilities/findLocaleFromCode.js'
 import { useAuth } from '../Auth/index.js'
@@ -12,9 +12,30 @@ import { usePreferences } from '../Preferences/index.js'
 
 const LocaleContext = createContext({} as Locale)
 
+export const LocaleLoadingContext = createContext({
+  localeIsLoading: false,
+  setLocaleIsLoading: (_: boolean) => undefined,
+})
+
+const fetchPreferences = async <T extends Record<string, unknown> | string>(
+  key: string,
+): Promise<{ id: string; value: T }> =>
+  await fetch(`/api/payload-preferences/${key}`, {
+    credentials: 'include',
+    headers: {
+      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+    },
+    method: 'GET',
+  })?.then((res) => res.json() as Promise<{ id: string; value: T }>)
+
 export const LocaleProvider: React.FC<{ children?: React.ReactNode; locale?: Locale['code'] }> = ({
   children,
-  locale: localeFromProps,
+  /**
+    The `locale` prop originates from the root layout, which does not have access to search params
+    This component uses the `useSearchParams` hook to get the locale from the URL as precedence over this prop
+    This prop does not update as the user navigates the site, because the root layout does not re-render
+  */
+  locale: initialLocaleFromPrefs,
 }) => {
   const {
     config: { localization = false },
@@ -28,61 +49,74 @@ export const LocaleProvider: React.FC<{ children?: React.ReactNode; locale?: Loc
   const { getPreference, setPreference } = usePreferences()
   const localeFromParams = useSearchParams().get('locale')
 
-  // `localeFromProps` originates from the root layout, which does not have access to search params
+  const [locale, setLocale] = React.useState<Locale>(() => {
-  const [localeCode, setLocaleCode] = useState<string>(localeFromProps || localeFromParams)
-
-  const locale: Locale = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!localization) {
       // TODO: return null V4
       return {} as Locale
     }
 
     return (
-      findLocaleFromCode(localization, localeFromParams || localeCode) ||
+      findLocaleFromCode(localization, localeFromParams) ||
+      findLocaleFromCode(localization, initialLocaleFromPrefs) ||
       findLocaleFromCode(localization, defaultLocale)
     )
-  }, [localeCode, localeFromParams, localization, defaultLocale])
+  })
+
+  const [isLoading, setLocaleIsLoading] = useState(false)
+
+  const prevLocale = useRef<Locale>(locale)
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    async function setInitialLocale() {
+    /**
-      if (localization && user) {
+     * We need to set `isLoading` back to false once the locale is detected to be different
-        if (typeof localeFromParams !== 'string') {
+     * This happens when the user clicks an anchor link which appends the `?locale=` query param
-          try {
+     * This triggers a client-side navigation, which re-renders the page with the new locale
-            const localeToSet = await getPreference<string>('locale')
+     * In Next.js, local state is persisted during this type of navigation because components are not unmounted
-            setLocaleCode(localeToSet)
+     */
-          } catch (_) {
+    if (locale.code !== prevLocale.current.code) {
-            setLocaleCode(defaultLocale)
+      setLocaleIsLoading(false)
-          }
+    }
-        } else {
+
-          void setPreference(
+    prevLocale.current = locale
-            'locale',
+  }, [locale])
-            findLocaleFromCode(localization, localeFromParams)?.code || defaultLocale,
+
-          )
+  useEffect(() => {
-        }
+    /**
+     * This effect should only run when `localeFromParams` changes, i.e. when the user clicks an anchor link
+     * The root layout, which sends the initial locale from prefs, will not re-render as the user navigates the site
+     * For this reason, we need to fetch the locale from prefs if the search params clears the `locale` query param
+     */
+    async function resetLocale() {
+      if (localization && user?.id) {
+        const localeToUse =
+          localeFromParams ||
+          (await fetchPreferences<Locale['code']>('locale')?.then((res) => res.value)) ||
+          defaultLocale
+
+        const newLocale =
+          findLocaleFromCode(localization, localeToUse) ||
+          findLocaleFromCode(localization, defaultLocale)
+
+        setLocale(newLocale)
       }
     }
 
-    void setInitialLocale()
+    void resetLocale()
-  }, [defaultLocale, getPreference, localization, localeFromParams, setPreference, user])
+  }, [defaultLocale, getPreference, localization, localeFromParams, user?.id])
 
-  return <LocaleContext.Provider value={locale}>{children}</LocaleContext.Provider>
+  return (
+    <LocaleContext.Provider value={locale}>
+      <LocaleLoadingContext.Provider value={{ localeIsLoading: isLoading, setLocaleIsLoading }}>
+        {children}
+      </LocaleLoadingContext.Provider>
+    </LocaleContext.Provider>
+  )
 }
 
+export const useLocaleLoading = () => useContext(LocaleLoadingContext)
+
 /**
- * @deprecated A hook that returns the current locale object.
+ * TODO: V4
- *
+ * The return type of the `useLocale` hook will change in v4. It will return `null | Locale` instead of `false | {} | Locale`.
- * ---
- *
- * #### 🚨 V4 Breaking Change
- * The `useLocale` return type now reflects `null | Locale` instead of `false | Locale`.
- *
- * **Old (V3):**
- * ```ts
- * const { code } = useLocale();
- * ```
- * **New (V4):**
- * ```ts
- * const locale = useLocale();
- * ```
  */
 export const useLocale = (): Locale => useContext(LocaleContext)

packages/ui/src/utilities/buildTableState.ts

@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ export const buildTableState = async (
     value: {
       columns,
       limit: isNumber(query?.limit) ? Number(query.limit) : undefined,
-      sort: query?.sort,
+      sort: query?.sort as string,
     },
   })
 

packages/ui/src/utilities/upsertPreferences.ts

@@ -1,27 +1,17 @@
-import type { PayloadRequest } from 'payload'
+import type { DefaultDocumentIDType, PayloadRequest } from 'payload'
 
 import { dequal } from 'dequal/lite'
 
 import { removeUndefined } from './removeUndefined.js'
 
-/**
+const getPreferences = async <T>({
- * Will update the given preferences by key, creating a new record if it doesn't already exist, or merging existing preferences with the new value.
- * This is not possible to do with the existing `db.upsert` operation because it stores on the `value` key and does not perform a deep merge beyond the first level.
- * I.e. if you have a preferences record with a `value` key, `db.upsert` will overwrite the existing value. In the future if this supported we should use that instead.
- * @param req - The PayloadRequest object
- * @param key - The key of the preferences to update
- * @param value - The new value to merge with the existing preferences
- */
-export const upsertPreferences = async <T extends Record<string, any>>({
   key,
   req,
-  value: incomingValue,
 }: {
   key: string
   req: PayloadRequest
-  value: Record<string, any>
+}): Promise<{ id: DefaultDocumentIDType; value: T }> => {
-}): Promise<T> => {
+  const result = (await req.payload
-  const preferencesResult = await req.payload
     .find({
       collection: 'payload-preferences',
       depth: 0,
@@ -47,11 +37,36 @@ export const upsertPreferences = async <T extends Record<string, any>>({
         ],
       },
     })
-    .then((res) => res.docs[0] ?? { id: null, value: {} })
+    .then((res) => res.docs?.[0])) as { id: DefaultDocumentIDType; value: T }
 
-  let newPrefs = preferencesResult.value
+  return result
+}
 
-  if (!preferencesResult.id) {
+/**
+ * Will update the given preferences by key, creating a new record if it doesn't already exist, or merging existing preferences with the new value.
+ * This is not possible to do with the existing `db.upsert` operation because it stores on the `value` key and does not perform a deep merge beyond the first level.
+ * I.e. if you have a preferences record with a `value` key, `db.upsert` will overwrite the existing value. In the future if this supported we should use that instead.
+ * @param req - The PayloadRequest object
+ * @param key - The key of the preferences to update
+ * @param value - The new value to merge with the existing preferences
+ */
+export const upsertPreferences = async <T extends Record<string, unknown> | string>({
+  key,
+  req,
+  value: incomingValue,
+}: {
+  key: string
+  req: PayloadRequest
+  value: T
+}): Promise<T> => {
+  const existingPrefs = await getPreferences<T>({
+    key,
+    req,
+  })
+
+  let newPrefs = existingPrefs?.value
+
+  if (!existingPrefs?.id) {
     await req.payload.create({
       collection: 'payload-preferences',
       data: {
@@ -66,15 +81,19 @@ export const upsertPreferences = async <T extends Record<string, any>>({
       req,
     })
   } else {
-    const mergedPrefs = {
+    // Strings are valid JSON, i.e. `locale` saved as a string to the locale preferences
-      ...(preferencesResult?.value || {}), // Shallow merge existing prefs to acquire any missing keys from incoming value
+    const mergedPrefs =
-      ...removeUndefined(incomingValue || {}),
+      typeof incomingValue === 'object'
-    }
+        ? {
+            ...(typeof existingPrefs.value === 'object' ? existingPrefs?.value : {}), // Shallow merge existing prefs to acquire any missing keys from incoming value
+            ...removeUndefined(incomingValue || {}),
+          }
+        : incomingValue
 
-    if (!dequal(mergedPrefs, preferencesResult.value)) {
+    if (!dequal(mergedPrefs, existingPrefs.value)) {
       newPrefs = await req.payload
         .update({
-          id: preferencesResult.id,
+          id: existingPrefs.id,
           collection: 'payload-preferences',
           data: {
             key,

test/helpers.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-import type { BrowserContext, ChromiumBrowserContext, Locator, Page } from '@playwright/test'
+import type {
+  BrowserContext,
+  CDPSession,
+  ChromiumBrowserContext,
+  Locator,
+  Page,
+} from '@playwright/test'
 import type { Config } from 'payload'
 
 import { formatAdminURL } from '@payloadcms/ui/shared'
@@ -52,6 +58,11 @@ const networkConditions = {
     latency: 1000,
     upload: ((10 * 1000 * 1000) / 8) * 0.8,
   },
+  None: {
+    download: 0,
+    latency: -1,
+    upload: -1,
+  },
 }
 
 /**
@@ -134,7 +145,7 @@ export async function throttleTest({
   context: BrowserContext
   delay: keyof typeof networkConditions
   page: Page
-}) {
+}): Promise<CDPSession> {
   const cdpSession = await context.newCDPSession(page)
 
   await cdpSession.send('Network.emulateNetworkConditions', {
@@ -151,6 +162,8 @@ export async function throttleTest({
 
   const client = await (page.context() as ChromiumBrowserContext).newCDPSession(page)
   await client.send('Emulation.setCPUThrottlingRate', { rate: 8 }) // 8x slowdown
+
+  return client
 }
 
 export async function firstRegister(args: FirstRegisterArgs): Promise<void> {
@@ -278,18 +291,50 @@ export async function closeNav(page: Page): Promise<void> {
   await expect(page.locator('.template-default.template-default--nav-open')).toBeHidden()
 }
 
+export async function openLocaleSelector(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  const button = page.locator('.localizer button.popup-button')
+  const popup = page.locator('.localizer .popup.popup--active')
+
+  if (!(await popup.isVisible())) {
+    await button.click()
+    await expect(popup).toBeVisible()
+  }
+}
+
+export async function closeLocaleSelector(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  const popup = page.locator('.localizer .popup.popup--active')
+
+  if (await popup.isVisible()) {
+    await page.click('body', { position: { x: 0, y: 0 } })
+    await expect(popup).toBeHidden()
+  }
+}
+
 export async function changeLocale(page: Page, newLocale: string) {
-  await page.locator('.localizer >> button').first().click()
+  await openLocaleSelector(page)
-  await page
-    .locator(`.localizer .popup.popup--active .popup-button-list__button`, {
-      hasText: newLocale,
-    })
-    .first()
-    .click()
 
-  const regexPattern = new RegExp(`locale=${newLocale}`)
+  const currentlySelectedLocale = await page
+    .locator(
+      `.localizer .popup.popup--active .popup-button-list__button--selected .localizer__locale-code`,
+    )
+    .textContent()
 
-  await expect(page).toHaveURL(regexPattern)
+  if (currentlySelectedLocale !== `(${newLocale})`) {
+    const localeToSelect = page
+      .locator('.localizer .popup.popup--active .popup-button-list__button')
+      .locator('.localizer__locale-code', {
+        hasText: `(${newLocale})`,
+      })
+
+    await expect(localeToSelect).toBeEnabled()
+    await localeToSelect.click()
+
+    const regexPattern = new RegExp(`locale=${newLocale}`)
+
+    await expect(page).toHaveURL(regexPattern)
+  }
+
+  await closeLocaleSelector(page)
 }
 
 export function exactText(text: string) {

test/localization/e2e.spec.ts

@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ import type { Config, LocalizedPost } from './payload-types.js'
 
 import {
   changeLocale,
+  closeLocaleSelector,
   ensureCompilationIsDone,
   initPageConsoleErrorCatch,
   openDocDrawer,
+  openLocaleSelector,
   saveDocAndAssert,
   throttleTest,
 } from '../helpers.js'
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ import {
   withRequiredLocalizedFields,
 } from './shared.js'
 import { navigateToDoc } from 'helpers/e2e/navigateToDoc.js'
+
 import { upsertPrefs } from 'helpers/e2e/upsertPrefs.js'
 import { RESTClient } from 'helpers/rest.js'
 import { GeneratedTypes } from 'helpers/sdk/types.js'
@@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ const dirname = path.dirname(filename)
  * Repeat above for Globals
  */
 
-const { beforeAll, beforeEach, describe } = test
+const { beforeAll, beforeEach, describe, afterEach } = test
 let url: AdminUrlUtil
 let urlWithRequiredLocalizedFields: AdminUrlUtil
 let urlRelationshipLocalized: AdminUrlUtil
@@ -92,35 +95,40 @@ describe('Localization', () => {
   })
 
   describe('localizer', async () => {
-    test('should not render default locale in locale selector when prefs are not default', async () => {
+    test('should show localizer controls', async () => {
-      // change prefs to spanish, then load page and check that the localizer label does not say English
+      await page.goto(url.create)
-      await upsertPrefs<Config, GeneratedTypes<any>>({
+      await expect(page.locator('.localizer.app-header__localizer')).toBeVisible()
-        payload,
+      await page.locator('.localizer >> button').first().click()
-        user: client.user,
+      await expect(page.locator('.localizer .popup.popup--active')).toBeVisible()
-        key: 'locale',
+    })
-        value: 'es',
-      })
 
-      await page.goto(url.list)
+    test('should disable control for active locale', async () => {
+      await page.goto(url.create)
 
-      const localeLabel = await page
+      await page.locator('.localizer button.popup-button').first().click()
-        .locator('.localizer.app-header__localizer .localizer-button__current-label')
-        .innerText()
 
-      expect(localeLabel).not.toEqual('English')
+      await expect(page.locator('.localizer .popup')).toHaveClass(/popup--active/)
+
+      const activeOption = await page.locator(
+        `.localizer .popup.popup--active .popup-button-list__button--selected`,
+      )
+
+      await expect(activeOption).toBeVisible()
+      const tagName = await activeOption.evaluate((node) => node.tagName)
+      await expect(tagName).not.toBe('A')
+      await expect(activeOption).not.toHaveAttribute('href')
+      await expect(tagName).not.toBe('BUTTON')
+      await expect(tagName).toBe('DIV')
     })
   })
 
   describe('localized text', () => {
     test('create english post, switch to spanish', async () => {
       await changeLocale(page, defaultLocale)
-
       await page.goto(url.create)
-
       await fillValues({ description, title })
       await saveDocAndAssert(page)
 
-      // Change back to English
       await changeLocale(page, 'es')
 
       // Localized field should not be populated
@@ -131,12 +139,10 @@ describe('Localization', () => {
         .not.toBe(title)
 
       await expect(page.locator('#field-description')).toHaveValue(description)
-
       await fillValues({ description, title: spanishTitle })
       await saveDocAndAssert(page)
-      await changeLocale(page, defaultLocale)
 
-      // Expect english title
+      await changeLocale(page, defaultLocale)
       await expect(page.locator('#field-title')).toHaveValue(title)
       await expect(page.locator('#field-description')).toHaveValue(description)
     })
@@ -227,7 +233,6 @@ describe('Localization', () => {
       await page.waitForURL(url.create)
       await changeLocale(page, defaultLocale)
       await fillValues({ description, title: englishTitle })
-      await expect(page.locator('#field-localizedCheckbox')).toBeEnabled()
       await page.locator('#field-localizedCheckbox').click()
       await page.locator('#action-save').click()
       await expect.poll(() => page.url(), { timeout: POLL_TOPASS_TIMEOUT }).not.toContain('create')
@@ -260,34 +265,51 @@ describe('Localization', () => {
       const originalID = await page.locator('.id-label').innerText()
       await openDocControls(page)
       await page.locator('#action-duplicate').click()
-      await expect(page.locator('.id-label')).not.toContainText(originalID)
+
-      await expect(page.locator('#field-title')).toHaveValue(englishTitle)
       await expect(page.locator('.payload-toast-container')).toContainText(
         'successfully duplicated',
       )
+
+      await expect(page.locator('.id-label')).not.toContainText(originalID)
+      await expect(page.locator('#field-title')).toHaveValue(englishTitle)
       await expect(page.locator('.id-label')).not.toContainText(originalID)
     })
   })
 
   describe('locale preference', () => {
-    test('ensure preference is used when query param is not', async () => {
+    test('should set preference on locale change and use preference no locale param is present', async () => {
       await page.goto(url.create)
       await changeLocale(page, spanishLocale)
       await expect(page.locator('#field-title')).toBeEmpty()
       await fillValues({ title: spanishTitle })
       await saveDocAndAssert(page)
-      await page.goto(url.admin)
       await page.goto(url.list)
       await expect(page.locator('.row-1 .cell-title')).toContainText(spanishTitle)
     })
+
+    test('should not render default locale in locale selector when prefs are not default', async () => {
+      await upsertPrefs<Config, GeneratedTypes<any>>({
+        payload,
+        user: client.user,
+        key: 'locale',
+        value: 'es',
+      })
+
+      await page.goto(url.list)
+
+      const localeLabel = await page
+        .locator('.localizer.app-header__localizer .localizer-button__current-label')
+        .innerText()
+
+      expect(localeLabel).not.toEqual('English')
+    })
   })
 
   describe('localized relationships', () => {
     test('ensure relationship field fetches are localized as well', async () => {
       await changeLocale(page, spanishLocale)
       await navigateToDoc(page, url)
-      const selectField = page.locator('#field-children .rs__control')
+      await page.locator('#field-children .rs__control').click()
-      await selectField.click()
       await expect(page.locator('#field-children .rs__menu')).toContainText('spanish-relation2')
     })
 
@@ -318,6 +340,7 @@ describe('Localization', () => {
       await setToLocale(page, 'Spanish')
       await runCopy(page)
       await expect(page.locator('#field-title')).toHaveValue(title)
+      await changeLocale(page, defaultLocale)
     })
 
     test('should copy rich text data to correct locale', async () => {
@@ -359,7 +382,6 @@ describe('Localization', () => {
       await changeLocale(page, spanishLocale)
       await createAndSaveDoc(page, url, { title })
       await openCopyToLocaleDrawer(page)
-
       const fromLocaleField = page.locator('#field-fromLocale')
       await expect(fromLocaleField).toContainText('Spanish')
       await page.locator('.drawer-close-button').click()
@@ -391,14 +413,13 @@ describe('Localization', () => {
       await fillValues({ title: spanishTitle })
       await saveDocAndAssert(page)
       await changeLocale(page, defaultLocale)
-
       await openCopyToLocaleDrawer(page)
       await setToLocale(page, 'Spanish')
       const overwriteCheckbox = page.locator('#field-overwriteExisting')
       await overwriteCheckbox.click()
       await runCopy(page)
-
       await expect(page.locator('#field-title')).toHaveValue(englishTitle)
+      await changeLocale(page, defaultLocale)
     })
 
     test('should not include current locale in toLocale options', async () => {
@@ -447,6 +468,46 @@ describe('Localization', () => {
       await expect(page.locator('.payload-toast-container')).toContainText('unsaved')
     })
   })
+
+  describe('locale change', () => {
+    test('should disable fields during locale change', async () => {
+      await page.goto(url.create)
+      await changeLocale(page, defaultLocale)
+      await expect(page.locator('#field-title')).toBeEnabled()
+
+      await openLocaleSelector(page)
+
+      const localeToSelect = page
+        .locator('.localizer .popup.popup--active .popup-button-list__button')
+        .locator('.localizer__locale-code', {
+          hasText: `${spanishLocale}`,
+        })
+
+      // only throttle test after initial load to avoid timeouts
+      const cdpSession = await throttleTest({
+        page: page,
+        context,
+        delay: 'Fast 4G',
+      })
+
+      await localeToSelect.click()
+      await expect(page.locator('#field-title')).toBeDisabled()
+
+      const regexPattern = new RegExp(`locale=${spanishLocale}`)
+      await expect(page).toHaveURL(regexPattern)
+      await expect(page.locator('#field-title')).toBeEnabled()
+      await closeLocaleSelector(page)
+
+      await cdpSession.send('Network.emulateNetworkConditions', {
+        offline: false,
+        latency: 0,
+        downloadThroughput: -1,
+        uploadThroughput: -1,
+      })
+
+      await cdpSession.detach()
+    })
+  })
 })
 
 async function fillValues(data: Partial<LocalizedPost>) {
@@ -461,9 +522,7 @@ async function fillValues(data: Partial<LocalizedPost>) {
 }
 
 async function runCopy(page) {
-  const copyDrawerClose = page.locator('.copy-locale-data__sub-header button')
+  await page.locator('.copy-locale-data__sub-header button').click()
-  await expect(copyDrawerClose).toBeVisible()
-  await copyDrawerClose.click()
 }
 
 async function createAndSaveDoc(page, url, values) {
@@ -473,12 +532,8 @@ async function createAndSaveDoc(page, url, values) {
 }
 
 async function openCopyToLocaleDrawer(page) {
-  const docControls = page.locator('.doc-controls__popup button.popup-button')
+  await page.locator('.doc-controls__popup button.popup-button').click()
-  expect(docControls).toBeEnabled()
+  await page.locator('#copy-locale-data__button').click()
-  await docControls.click()
-  const copyButton = page.locator('#copy-locale-data__button')
-  await expect(copyButton).toBeVisible()
-  await copyButton.click()
   await expect(page.locator('#copy-locale')).toBeVisible()
   await expect(page.locator('.copy-locale-data__content')).toBeVisible()
 }