New revision has same revision log message as previous revision
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Reported by: [danflanagan8](https://www.drupal.org/user/3615359)
Related to !176
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<h3 id="summary-problem-motivation">Problem/Motivation</h3>
<p>I am using the <code>inline_entity_form_complex</code> field widget configured to create new revisions. The new revisions get created and have the correct user and timestamp. However, the new revisions use the same revision log message as the previous revision of the entity, which usually means the revision log message is inaccurate.</p>
<h4 id="summary-steps-reproduce">Steps to reproduce</h4>
<p>My current project uses the <a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/revision_log_default">Revision Log Default</a> module, which exposes this bug very well. If I create a new node via IEF and then edit it a couple times, we see that I keep getting the original revision log message:</p>
<p><img src="https://www.drupal.org/files/issues/2026-09-15/Screenshot%202026-09-15%20at%2011.56.10%E2%80%AFAM.png" alt="bug"></p>
<h3 id="summary-proposed-resolution">Proposed resolution</h3>
<p>The <code>InlineEntityForm</code> element class has this snippet of code that sets the user and timestamp of the new revision:</p>
<pre> // @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\ContentEntityForm::buildEntity<br> if ($entity_form['#entity'] instanceof RevisionLogInterface) {<br> $entity_form['#entity']->setRevisionUserId(\Drupal::currentUser()->id());<br> $entity_form['#entity']->setRevisionCreationTime(\Drupal::time()->getRequestTime());<br> }</pre><p>What it misses, though, is something that happens in the <code>::prepareEntity</code> method of <code>ContentEntityForm</code>:</p>
<pre> // Hide the current revision log message in UI.<br> if ($this->showRevisionUi() && !$this->entity->isNew() && $this->entity instanceof RevisionLogInterface) {<br> $this->entity->setRevisionLogMessage(NULL);<br> }</pre><p>That's the line that prevents the latest revision log message from getting used over and over when using the basic entity form.</p>
<p>I think we should just throw that line into the ief code:</p>
<pre> // @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\ContentEntityForm::buildEntity and ::prepareEntity.<br> if ($entity_form['#entity'] instanceof RevisionLogInterface) {<br> $entity_form['#entity']->setRevisionLogMessage(NULL);<br> $entity_form['#entity']->setRevisionUserId(\Drupal::currentUser()->id());<br> $entity_form['#entity']->setRevisionCreationTime(\Drupal::time()->getRequestTime());<br> }</pre><p>With that little change, the revision log message no longer gets stuck.</p>
<p><img src="https://www.drupal.org/files/issues/2026-09-15/Screenshot%202026-09-15%20at%2011.58.27%E2%80%AFAM.png" alt="fixed"></p>
<h3 id="summary-remaining-tasks">Remaining tasks</h3>
<h3 id="summary-ui-changes">User interface changes</h3>
<h3 id="summary-api-changes">API changes</h3>
<h3 id="summary-data-model-changes">Data model changes</h3>
>>> [!note] Pre-migration files
- [Screenshot 2026-09-15 at 11.56.10 AM.png](https://www.drupal.org/files/issues/2026-09-15/Screenshot%202026-09-15%20at%2011.56.10%E2%80%AFAM.png)
- [Screenshot 2026-09-15 at 11.58.27 AM.png](https://www.drupal.org/files/issues/2026-09-15/Screenshot%202026-09-15%20at%2011.58.27%E2%80%AFAM.png)
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