WooCommerce new product editor (beta): Add block button causes editor to crash

[jp-imagines]

Quick summary

The "new product editor (beta)" allows for creating WooCommerce products using the block editor. With Gutenberg v18.3.0 installed and active, clicking the new block (+) button in the "full editor" experience causes the editor to crash to a blank screen.

Steps to reproduce

1. Start with a site with WooCommece installed.
2. Enable the new product editor (beta) experience from WooCommerce > Settings (or Settings > WooCommerce on an Entrepreneur plan site) > Advanced > Features.
3. Go to WooCommerce > Products (or Products on Entrepreneur).
4. Add a new product or edit an existing product.
5. Click on the Description field, then click the Full editor button to bring up the block editor.
6. Click the + button at the top left.

What you expected to happen

New block/pattern dialog should open.

What actually happened

Editor crashes without visible error messages, showing just a blank screen.

Impact

Some (< 50%)

Available workarounds?

Yes, easy to implement

Platform (Simple and/or Atomic)

Atomic

Logs or notes

Console errors:

TypeError: e.focusSearch is not a function
Uncaught TypeError: e.focusSearch is not a function
Plugin "wc-admin-more-menu" is not registered.
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'querySelector')

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Workarounds:

• use / to search for and add blocks instead of the + button
• deactivate Gutenberg
• disable the new product editor

[jp-imagines]

Initial report here: 8184637-zd-a8c

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• [ ] 8184637-zen

[rickmgithub]

📌 REPRODUCTION RESULTS

• Tested on Atomic – Replicated

📌 FINDINGS/SCREENSHOTS/VIDEO

Replicated as per the OP description I tested on two different sites with WooC In my case I went to create a new product on both sites and the editor just hung. With the feature off, it worked as expected

📌 ACTIONS

Triaged

[alaczek]

I tested it today on an Atomic site, and while the editor didn't hung at any point, when I clicked on Patterns, there were none, which does feel like a bug: