diff --git a/e2e/tests/functional/plugins/notebook/tags.e2e.spec.js b/e2e/tests/functional/plugins/notebook/tags.e2e.spec.js
index a8a3dd239b..6a650c6076 100644
--- a/e2e/tests/functional/plugins/notebook/tags.e2e.spec.js
+++ b/e2e/tests/functional/plugins/notebook/tags.e2e.spec.js
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ async function createNotebookAndEntry(page, iterations = 1) {
         const entryLocator = `[aria-label="Notebook Entry Input"] >> nth = ${iteration}`;
         await page.locator(entryLocator).click();
         await page.locator(entryLocator).fill(`Entry ${iteration}`);
+        await page.locator(entryLocator).press('Enter');
     }
 
     return notebook;
diff --git a/src/api/objects/ObjectAPI.js b/src/api/objects/ObjectAPI.js
index f5031ec6df..1f23b305f4 100644
--- a/src/api/objects/ObjectAPI.js
+++ b/src/api/objects/ObjectAPI.js
@@ -193,23 +193,27 @@ export default class ObjectAPI {
      * @memberof module:openmct.ObjectProvider#
      * @param {string} key the key for the domain object to load
      * @param {AbortController.signal} abortSignal (optional) signal to abort fetch requests
+     * @param {boolean} forceRemote defaults to false. If true, will skip cached and
+     *          dirty/in-transaction objects use and the provider.get method
      * @returns {Promise} a promise which will resolve when the domain object
      *          has been saved, or be rejected if it cannot be saved
      */
-    get(identifier, abortSignal) {
+    get(identifier, abortSignal, forceRemote = false) {
         let keystring = this.makeKeyString(identifier);
 
-        if (this.cache[keystring] !== undefined) {
-            return this.cache[keystring];
-        }
+        if (!forceRemote) {
+            if (this.cache[keystring] !== undefined) {
+                return this.cache[keystring];
+            }
 
-        identifier = utils.parseKeyString(identifier);
+            identifier = utils.parseKeyString(identifier);
 
-        if (this.isTransactionActive()) {
-            let dirtyObject = this.transaction.getDirtyObject(identifier);
+            if (this.isTransactionActive()) {
+                let dirtyObject = this.transaction.getDirtyObject(identifier);
 
-            if (dirtyObject) {
-                return Promise.resolve(dirtyObject);
+                if (dirtyObject) {
+                    return Promise.resolve(dirtyObject);
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -391,7 +395,6 @@ export default class ObjectAPI {
                 lastPersistedTime = domainObject.persisted;
                 const persistedTime = Date.now();
                 this.#mutate(domainObject, 'persisted', persistedTime);
-
                 savedObjectPromise = provider.update(domainObject);
             }
 
@@ -399,7 +402,7 @@ export default class ObjectAPI {
                 savedObjectPromise.then(response => {
                     savedResolve(response);
                 }).catch((error) => {
-                    if (lastPersistedTime !== undefined) {
+                    if (!isNewObject) {
                         this.#mutate(domainObject, 'persisted', lastPersistedTime);
                     }
 
@@ -412,11 +415,12 @@ export default class ObjectAPI {
 
         return result.catch(async (error) => {
             if (error instanceof this.errors.Conflict) {
-                this.openmct.notifications.error(`Conflict detected while saving ${this.makeKeyString(domainObject.identifier)}`);
+                // Synchronized objects will resolve their own conflicts
+                if (this.SYNCHRONIZED_OBJECT_TYPES.includes(domainObject.type)) {
+                    this.openmct.notifications.info(`Conflict detected while saving "${this.makeKeyString(domainObject.name)}", attempting to resolve`);
+                } else {
+                    this.openmct.notifications.error(`Conflict detected while saving ${this.makeKeyString(domainObject.identifier)}`);
 
-                // Synchronized objects will resolve their own conflicts, so
-                // bypass the refresh here and throw the error.
-                if (!this.SYNCHRONIZED_OBJECT_TYPES.includes(domainObject.type)) {
                     if (this.isTransactionActive()) {
                         this.endTransaction();
                     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/notebook/components/Notebook.vue b/src/plugins/notebook/components/Notebook.vue
index 91bdbebc71..5a029c51c6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/notebook/components/Notebook.vue
+++ b/src/plugins/notebook/components/Notebook.vue
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         <Sidebar
             ref="sidebar"
             class="c-notebook__nav c-sidebar c-drawer c-drawer--align-left"
-            :class="[{'is-expanded': showNav}, {'c-drawer--push': !sidebarCoversEntries}, {'c-drawer--overlays': sidebarCoversEntries}]"
+            :class="sidebarClasses"
             :default-page-id="defaultPageId"
             :selected-page-id="getSelectedPageId()"
             :default-section-id="defaultSectionId"
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@
             </div>
             <div
                 v-if="selectedPage && !selectedPage.isLocked"
+                :class="{ 'disabled': activeTransaction }"
                 class="c-notebook__drag-area icon-plus"
                 @click="newEntry()"
                 @dragover="dragOver"
@@ -133,6 +134,11 @@
                     To start a new entry, click here or drag and drop any object
                 </span>
             </div>
+            <progress-bar
+                v-if="savingTransaction"
+                class="c-telemetry-table__progress-bar"
+                :model="{ progressPerc: undefined }"
+            />
             <div
                 v-if="selectedPage && selectedPage.isLocked"
                 class="c-notebook__page-locked"
@@ -183,6 +189,7 @@ import NotebookEntry from './NotebookEntry.vue';
 import Search from '@/ui/components/search.vue';
 import SearchResults from './SearchResults.vue';
 import Sidebar from './Sidebar.vue';
+import ProgressBar from '../../../ui/components/ProgressBar.vue';
 import { clearDefaultNotebook, getDefaultNotebook, setDefaultNotebook, setDefaultNotebookSectionId, setDefaultNotebookPageId } from '../utils/notebook-storage';
 import { addNotebookEntry, createNewEmbed, getEntryPosById, getNotebookEntries, mutateObject } from '../utils/notebook-entries';
 import { saveNotebookImageDomainObject, updateNamespaceOfDomainObject } from '../utils/notebook-image';
@@ -200,7 +207,8 @@ export default {
         NotebookEntry,
         Search,
         SearchResults,
-        Sidebar
+        Sidebar,
+        ProgressBar
     },
     inject: ['agent', 'openmct', 'snapshotContainer'],
     props: {
@@ -225,7 +233,9 @@ export default {
             showNav: false,
             sidebarCoversEntries: false,
             filteredAndSortedEntries: [],
-            notebookAnnotations: {}
+            notebookAnnotations: {},
+            activeTransaction: false,
+            savingTransaction: false
         };
     },
     computed: {
@@ -270,6 +280,20 @@ export default {
 
             return this.sections[0];
         },
+        sidebarClasses() {
+            let sidebarClasses = [];
+            if (this.showNav) {
+                sidebarClasses.push('is-expanded');
+            }
+
+            if (this.sidebarCoversEntries) {
+                sidebarClasses.push('c-drawer--overlays');
+            } else {
+                sidebarClasses.push('c-drawer--push');
+            }
+
+            return sidebarClasses;
+        },
         showLockButton() {
             const entries = getNotebookEntries(this.domainObject, this.selectedSection, this.selectedPage);
 
@@ -297,6 +321,8 @@ export default {
         this.formatSidebar();
         this.setSectionAndPageFromUrl();
 
+        this.transaction = null;
+
         window.addEventListener('orientationchange', this.formatSidebar);
         window.addEventListener('hashchange', this.setSectionAndPageFromUrl);
         this.filterAndSortEntries();
@@ -749,6 +775,7 @@ export default {
             return section.id;
         },
         async newEntry(embed = null) {
+            this.startTransaction();
             this.resetSearch();
             const notebookStorage = this.createNotebookStorageObject();
             this.updateDefaultNotebook(notebookStorage);
@@ -891,20 +918,34 @@ export default {
         },
         startTransaction() {
             if (!this.openmct.objects.isTransactionActive()) {
+                this.activeTransaction = true;
                 this.transaction = this.openmct.objects.startTransaction();
             }
         },
         async saveTransaction() {
-            if (this.transaction !== undefined) {
-                await this.transaction.commit();
-                this.openmct.objects.endTransaction();
+            if (this.transaction !== null) {
+                this.savingTransaction = true;
+                try {
+                    await this.transaction.commit();
+                } finally {
+                    this.endTransaction();
+                }
             }
         },
         async cancelTransaction() {
-            if (this.transaction !== undefined) {
-                await this.transaction.cancel();
-                this.openmct.objects.endTransaction();
+            if (this.transaction !== null) {
+                try {
+                    await this.transaction.cancel();
+                } finally {
+                    this.endTransaction();
+                }
             }
+        },
+        endTransaction() {
+            this.openmct.objects.endTransaction();
+            this.transaction = null;
+            this.savingTransaction = false;
+            this.activeTransaction = false;
         }
     }
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/notebook/monkeyPatchObjectAPIForNotebooks.js b/src/plugins/notebook/monkeyPatchObjectAPIForNotebooks.js
index dd337c81e1..e3c9ca863e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/notebook/monkeyPatchObjectAPIForNotebooks.js
+++ b/src/plugins/notebook/monkeyPatchObjectAPIForNotebooks.js
@@ -74,19 +74,22 @@ async function resolveNotebookTagConflicts(localAnnotation, openmct) {
 
 async function resolveNotebookEntryConflicts(localMutable, openmct) {
     if (localMutable.configuration.entries) {
+        const FORCE_REMOTE = true;
         const localEntries = structuredClone(localMutable.configuration.entries);
-        const remoteMutable = await openmct.objects.getMutable(localMutable.identifier);
-        applyLocalEntries(remoteMutable, localEntries, openmct);
-        openmct.objects.destroyMutable(remoteMutable);
+        const remoteObject = await openmct.objects.get(localMutable.identifier, undefined, FORCE_REMOTE);
+
+        return applyLocalEntries(remoteObject, localEntries, openmct);
     }
 
     return true;
 }
 
-function applyLocalEntries(mutable, entries, openmct) {
+function applyLocalEntries(remoteObject, entries, openmct) {
+    let shouldSave = false;
+
     Object.entries(entries).forEach(([sectionKey, pagesInSection]) => {
         Object.entries(pagesInSection).forEach(([pageKey, localEntries]) => {
-            const remoteEntries = mutable.configuration.entries[sectionKey][pageKey];
+            const remoteEntries = remoteObject.configuration.entries[sectionKey][pageKey];
             const mergedEntries = [].concat(remoteEntries);
             let shouldMutate = false;
 
@@ -110,8 +113,13 @@ function applyLocalEntries(mutable, entries, openmct) {
             });
 
             if (shouldMutate) {
-                openmct.objects.mutate(mutable, `configuration.entries.${sectionKey}.${pageKey}`, mergedEntries);
+                shouldSave = true;
+                openmct.objects.mutate(remoteObject, `configuration.entries.${sectionKey}.${pageKey}`, mergedEntries);
             }
         });
     });
+
+    if (shouldSave) {
+        return openmct.objects.save(remoteObject);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/objectMigration/plugin.js b/src/plugins/objectMigration/plugin.js
index 715d70418b..8c0db54079 100644
--- a/src/plugins/objectMigration/plugin.js
+++ b/src/plugins/objectMigration/plugin.js
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ export default function () {
         }
 
         let wrappedFunction = openmct.objects.get;
-        openmct.objects.get = function migrate(identifier) {
-            return wrappedFunction.apply(openmct.objects, [identifier])
+        openmct.objects.get = function migrate() {
+            return wrappedFunction.apply(openmct.objects, [...arguments])
                 .then(function (object) {
                     if (needsMigration(object)) {
                         migrateObject(object)
diff --git a/src/plugins/persistence/couch/CouchChangesFeed.js b/src/plugins/persistence/couch/CouchChangesFeed.js
index 4547c6c9e4..86059841ca 100644
--- a/src/plugins/persistence/couch/CouchChangesFeed.js
+++ b/src/plugins/persistence/couch/CouchChangesFeed.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
                 connected = false;
                 // stop listening for events
                 couchEventSource.removeEventListener('message', self.onCouchMessage);
+                couchEventSource.close();
                 console.debug('🚪 Closed couch connection 🚪');
 
                 return;
diff --git a/src/plugins/persistence/couch/CouchObjectProvider.js b/src/plugins/persistence/couch/CouchObjectProvider.js
index 0b98d713a2..9ba083674a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/persistence/couch/CouchObjectProvider.js
+++ b/src/plugins/persistence/couch/CouchObjectProvider.js
@@ -96,8 +96,13 @@ class CouchObjectProvider {
             let keyString = this.openmct.objects.makeKeyString(objectIdentifier);
             //TODO: Optimize this so that we don't 'get' the object if it's current revision (from this.objectQueue) is the same as the one we already have.
             let observersForObject = this.observers[keyString];
+            let isInTransaction = false;
 
-            if (observersForObject) {
+            if (this.openmct.objects.isTransactionActive()) {
+                isInTransaction = this.openmct.objects.transaction.getDirtyObject(objectIdentifier);
+            }
+
+            if (observersForObject && !isInTransaction) {
                 observersForObject.forEach(async (observer) => {
                     const updatedObject = await this.get(objectIdentifier);
                     if (this.isSynchronizedObject(updatedObject)) {
@@ -219,7 +224,12 @@ class CouchObjectProvider {
                 console.error(error.message);
                 throw new Error(`CouchDB Error - No response"`);
             } else {
-                console.error(error.message);
+                if (body?.model && isNotebookOrAnnotationType(body.model)) {
+                    // warn since we handle conflicts for notebooks
+                    console.warn(error.message);
+                } else {
+                    console.error(error.message);
+                }
 
                 throw error;
             }