The delete-panel <form action='.../delete'> was nested inside the
main <form action='.../edit'>. HTML doesn't allow nested forms —
browsers parse the inner form as if it didn't exist, so clicking
'Delete permanently' submitted the outer edit form to /edit
instead of /delete, leaving the channel intact.
Move the delete-panel block to a sibling of the main form. The
'Delete channel…' button still toggles its visibility via JS, the
panel still renders inside the page layout, and now its form
actually posts to the delete handler.
steve
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