save_post action firing before I publish / save the post

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A draft or “blank” is saved as soon as you start to create a new post. Those new posts have the post_status of auto-draft. Check for that to prevent your callback from firing on those “blank” post saves.

function update_test( $post_id, $post ) { 
  if (isset($post->post_status) && 'auto-draft' == $post->post_status) {
    return;
  }
  update_post_meta($post_id, 'copied', '1');
  update_post_meta($post_id, 'blurb', 'this value updated by save_post action');
}
add_action( 'save_post', 'update_test', 1, 2);

You may also want to check for the DOING_AJAX and DOING_AUTOSAVE constants.

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