Fix non-page model creation with WAGTAILLOCALIZE_SYNC_LIVE_STATUS_ON_TRANSLATE=False

wagtail_localize/models.py

@@ -738,6 +738,7 @@ def create_or_update_translation(
         created = False
 
         # Only pages can be saved as draft
+        # To-Do: add support for models using DraftStateMixin
         if not publish and not isinstance(original, Page):
             raise CannotSaveDraftError
 

wagtail_localize/operations.py

@@ -75,8 +75,12 @@ def create_translations(self, instance, include_related_objects=True):
             # Determine whether to publish the translation.
             if getattr(settings, "WAGTAILLOCALIZE_SYNC_LIVE_STATUS_ON_TRANSLATE", True):
                 publish = getattr(instance, "live", True)
-            else:
+            elif isinstance(instance, Page):
                 publish = False
+            else:
+                # we cannot save drafts for non-Page models, so set this to True
+                # To-Do: add support for models using DraftStateMixin
+                publish = True
 
             try:
                 translation.save_target(user=self.user, publish=publish)

wagtail_localize/tests/test_submit_translations.py

@@ -882,6 +882,33 @@ def test_post_submit_snippet_translation(self):
             ),
         )
 
+    @override_settings(WAGTAILLOCALIZE_SYNC_LIVE_STATUS_ON_TRANSLATE=False)
+    def test_post_submit_snippet_translation_draft(self):
+        response = self.client.post(
+            reverse(
+                "wagtail_localize:submit_snippet_translation",
+                args=["wagtail_localize_test", "testsnippet", self.en_snippet.id],
+            ),
+            {"locales": [self.fr_locale.id]},
+        )
+
+        translation = Translation.objects.get()
+        self.assertEqual(translation.source.locale, self.en_locale)
+        self.assertEqual(translation.target_locale, self.fr_locale)
+        self.assertTrue(translation.created_at)
+
+        # The translated snippet should've been created
+        translated_snippet = self.en_snippet.get_translation(self.fr_locale)
+        self.assertEqual(translated_snippet.field, "Test snippet")
+
+        self.assertRedirects(
+            response,
+            reverse(
+                f"wagtailsnippets_{translated_snippet._meta.app_label}_{translated_snippet._meta.model_name}:edit",
+                args=[quote(translated_snippet.pk)],
+            ),
+        )
+
     def test_post_submit_snippet_translation_into_multiple_locales(self):
         response = self.client.post(
             reverse(