ENH Skip validation when creating a new elemental block

src/GraphQL/Resolvers/Resolver.php

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public static function resolveAddElementToArea(
             $reorderer = Injector::inst()->create(ReorderElements::class, $newElement);
             $reorderer->reorder($afterElementID); // also writes the element
         } else {
-            $newElement->write();
+            $newElement->write(skipValidation: true);
         }
 
         return $newElement;

src/Models/BaseElement.php

@@ -304,8 +304,13 @@ public function canCreate($member = null, $context = array())
         return Permission::check('CMS_ACCESS', 'any', $member);
     }
 
-    public function write($showDebug = false, $forceInsert = false, $forceWrite = false, $writeComponents = false)
-    {
+    public function write(
+        $showDebug = false,
+        $forceInsert = false,
+        $forceWrite = false,
+        $writeComponents = false,
+        bool $skipValidation = false
+    ) {
         // Skips writes for broken blocks, so that we can still publish the page to allow all other blocks to publish.
         if ($this->ObsoleteClassName) {
             return $this->ID;
@@ -553,7 +558,7 @@ public function getContentForCmsSearch(): string
         }
         // Allow projects to update contents of third-party elements.
         $this->extend('updateContentForCmsSearch', $contents);
-        
+
         // Use |#| to delimit different fields rather than space so that you don't
         // accidentally join results of two columns that are next to each other in a table
         $content = implode('|#|', array_filter($contents));

tests/Behat/features/validation-failure.feature

@@ -50,3 +50,12 @@ Feature: Don't lose content when page or block is invalid
     Then the "Content" field for block 1 should contain "New sample content"
       And the "Title" field for block 1 should contain "Charlie's Block"
       And I should see the ".element-editor-header__version-state--draft" element
+
+  Scenario: New blocks don't automatically trigger validation errors
+    Given I add an extension "DNADesign\Elemental\Tests\Src\ValidationFailedExtension" to the "DNADesign\Elemental\Models\BaseElement" class
+      And I go to "/admin/pages"
+      And I left click on "Blocks Page" in the tree
+    Then I should see a list of blocks
+    When I press the "Add block" button
+    Then I press the "Content" button in the add block popover
+    Then I should see "Untitled Content block" as the title for block 2