From eab5d2b30ef443870167a7ec34ba3d2b603a8aef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bogdan Matei <bogdan.matei@grafana.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:17:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Dashboard: Fix rogue modal when exiting edit mode (#115240)

* Dashboard: Fix rogue modal when exiting edit mode

* Remove unnecessary change
---
 .../dashboard-scene/saving/DashboardSceneChangeTracker.ts     | 4 ++++
 public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.tsx  | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/DashboardSceneChangeTracker.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/DashboardSceneChangeTracker.ts
index 6bae04e7248..3884106df39 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/DashboardSceneChangeTracker.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/DashboardSceneChangeTracker.ts
@@ -206,6 +206,10 @@ export class DashboardSceneChangeTracker {
     }
 
     this._changesWorker!.onmessage = (e: MessageEvent<DashboardChangeInfo>) => {
+      if (!this._dashboard.state.isEditing) {
+        return;
+      }
+
       this.updateIsDirty(!!e.data.hasChanges);
     };
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.tsx
index 2312fdec7ed..4e3fa954a51 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.tsx
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ export class DashboardScene extends SceneObjectBase<DashboardSceneState> impleme
 
   public onEnterEditMode = () => {
     // Save this state
-    this._initialState = sceneUtils.cloneSceneObjectState(this.state);
+    this._initialState = sceneUtils.cloneSceneObjectState(this.state, { isDirty: false });
     this._initialUrlState = locationService.getLocation();
 
     // Switch to edit mode