Post/Page Publish/Update button not clickable once I make an edit

It appears to be a bug, but one that can be hacked around each time it happens with about 2 seconds of work. This wordpress forum thread:

If you’re using Chrome, right-click on the greyed-out “Update” button
and select “Inspect Element”. You will see something to the likes of:

<input name="save" type="submit" class="button button-primary
button-large disabled" id="publish" accesskey="p" value="Update">

Just delete the word disabled and the update button will become
clickable again. Click it and it should update.

Saved me reloading and losing work.

See also this less resolved thread.

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