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What?

Show Regenerate Reply after a successful, non-empty AI suggestion. Reset the button to Suggest Reply when the reply form is closed or reopened.

Why?

The button still said “Suggest Reply” after generating a draft, even though clicking it again replaces that draft.

How?

Reuse the existing form lock and observer to update the label. Track whether a suggestion has been inserted, and reset that state when WordPress moves the shared form.

Use of AI Tools

AI assistance: Yes
Tool(s): Codex (Sol 6.1)
Used for: Investigation, benchmarking, and drafting the PR description. The implementation review, testing, and verification are done manually.

Testing Instructions

1. Enable Suggest Reply in Settings → AI. Open a normal reply in Comments and check that the button says Suggest Reply.
2. Generate a suggestion. Check Generating… → Regenerate Reply. Edit the draft, change tone, and regenerate; the suggestion should replace the draft.
3. Cancel and reopen, switch comments, or submit and start another reply. Check that the label resets. Quick Edit should hide the AI controls.
4. Start a suggestion, switch comments, then return before it finishes. Check that the form locks again, accepts its pending suggestion, and shows Regenerate Reply.
5. Repeat in Dashboard → Activity. Empty or failed first attempts should keep Suggest Reply.

Screenshots or screencast

Before

Screen.Recording.2026-10-14.at.19.44.12.mov

After

Screen.Recording.2026-10-14.at.19.26.33.mov

Changelog Entry

Fixed - Show “Regenerate Reply” after generating a reply suggestion and reset the label for new reply forms.

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Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 82.17%. Comparing base (26322c3) to head (70a01e0).
⚠️ Report is 1 commits behind head on develop.

Additional details and impacted files

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