Focus is lost after generating or regenerating an excerpt

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Description

When generating or regenerating an excerpt using the AI excerpt feature, focus is lost after the action completes. The expected behaviour is for focus to remain on the button that initiated the action.

Step-by-step reproduction instructions

1. Create or open a post.
2. Open the Post sidebar.
3. Navigate to the excerpt section.
4. Use the keyboard to activate the "Generate excerpt" button.
5. Wait for the generation process to complete.
6. Observe that focus is lost.
7. Activate the "Regenerate excerpt" button.
8. Wait for the regeneration process to complete.
9. Observe that focus is lost again.

Screenshots, screen recording, code snippet

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Environment info

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

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Please confirm that you have tested with all plugins deactivated except the AI plugin.

• Yes

Please confirm which theme type you used for testing.

• Block
• Classic
• Hybrid (e.g. classic with theme.json)
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