Merge pull request #14641 from craftcms/bugfix/14635-recent-activity-…

…element-as-a-response

recent activity element can be a response

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 - The `setup/cloud` command now ensures that the environment and `composer.json` are configured to use PHP 8.1+.
 - Fixed a JavaScript error that could occur if another error occurred when performing an element action.
 - Fixed a bug where filesystems’ `afterSave()` and `afterDelete()` methods weren’t getting called. ([#14634](https://github.com/craftcms/cms/pull/14634))
+- Fixed an error that could occur on `elements/recent-activity` Ajax requests when editing an element. ([#14635](https://github.com/craftcms/cms/issues/14635))
 
 ## 4.8.4 - 2024-03-19
 

src/controllers/ElementsController.php

@@ -1787,6 +1787,10 @@ public function actionRecentActivity(): Response
     {
         $element = $this->_element();
 
+        if ($element instanceof Response) {
+            return $element;
+        }
+
         if (!$element || $element->getIsRevision()) {
             throw new BadRequestHttpException('No element was identified by the request.');
         }