diff --git a/spyder/widgets/editor.py b/spyder/widgets/editor.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/spyder/widgets/editor.py
+++ b/spyder/widgets/editor.py
@@ -1318,6 +1318,9 @@ class EditorStack(QWidget):
             # Save the currently edited file

             index = self.get_stack_index()

         finfo = self.data[index]

+        # The next line is necessary to avoid checking if the file exists

+        # While running __check_file_status

+        # See issues 3678 and 3026

         finfo.newly_created = True

         filename = self.select_savename(finfo.filename)

         if filename:
Added comment about the necessity of the change