diff --git a/src/applications/paste/conduit/PasteCreateConduitAPIMethod.php b/src/applications/paste/conduit/PasteCreateConduitAPIMethod.php
index d5ce021f13..2dae0132d4 100644
--- a/src/applications/paste/conduit/PasteCreateConduitAPIMethod.php
+++ b/src/applications/paste/conduit/PasteCreateConduitAPIMethod.php
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ final class PasteCreateConduitAPIMethod extends PasteConduitAPIMethod {
 
     $editor = id(new PhabricatorPasteEditor())
       ->setActor($viewer)
+      ->setContinueOnNoEffect(true)
       ->setContentSourceFromConduitRequest($request);
 
     $xactions = $editor->applyTransactions($paste, $xactions);
diff --git a/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorApplicationTransaction.php b/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorApplicationTransaction.php
index a61de01978..9eb1609931 100644
--- a/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorApplicationTransaction.php
+++ b/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorApplicationTransaction.php
@@ -626,7 +626,9 @@ abstract class PhabricatorApplicationTransaction
         return pht('Edges already exist; transaction has no effect.');
     }
 
-    return pht('Transaction has no effect.');
+    return pht(
+      'Transaction (of type "%s") has no effect.',
+      $this->getTransactionType());
   }
 
   public function getTitle() {