TYPO3 Core

I tried powermail2 on the same site where I initially experienced the issue and the outcome is exactly as described above.

However, I also tried to reproduce this on another installation. It works instantly over there.

So far, I am clueless about where to start digging for the cause. We'll see.

One major difference I could see between the working and non-working sites is the uid and pid parameters send to the suggest receiver.

Not Working:

        {
          "name": "uid",
          "value": "NEW5064247dc6ec8" 
        },
        {
          "name": "pid",
          "value": "-1790" 
        },

Working:

        {
          "name": "uid",
          "value": "1946" 
        },
        {
          "name": "pid",
          "value": "642" 
        },

I went through different scenarios with this, but on the non-working site the pid will always be negative (until I save) and the uid will be a NEW.... placeholder.
However, on the working site, the uid and pid will have valid values right from the get-go.

Seems like it actually doesn't work on either site.

I was just a little confused because the working site uses TemplaVoila. The TV page module (or our configuration of it) seems to instantly save CEs upon creation, while the default page module doesn't. When using the default page module on the working site, the behavior is faulty and as described in the original report.

Stefan Galinski wrote:

Hmm.. Just tested that with the current master and the content element "special menus" as well the powermail2 plugin. In both cases the suggest wizard worked instantly.

Ok, I've just made a new, fresh installation of 4.7.4 from the blank package, and I get the same problem.

Before saving:
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After saving:
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So, is this fixed in master?

So, is this fixed in master?

Please look at my comment above yours. It's not fixed in master and it seems to be a flexform issue with the suggest wizard.

I can confirm it for 4.6.15 & 4.7.7

When I insert the Plugin via "Insert general Plugin" and then select the plugin. The CE gets saved and the suggest wizard for Flexforms is working.
When inserting the plugin directly as mentioned above I first need to save the CE manually to get the suggest wizard working.

This one should be fixed with #50549.