diff --git a/src/applications/differential/editor/DifferentialTransactionEditor.php b/src/applications/differential/editor/DifferentialTransactionEditor.php
--- a/src/applications/differential/editor/DifferentialTransactionEditor.php
+++ b/src/applications/differential/editor/DifferentialTransactionEditor.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   private $hasReviewTransaction = false;
   private $affectedPaths;
   private $firstBroadcast = false;
-  private $wasDraft = false;
+  private $wasBroadcasting;
 
   public function getEditorApplicationClass() {
     return 'PhabricatorDifferentialApplication';
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
       }
     }
 
-    $this->wasDraft = $object->isDraft();
+    $this->wasBroadcasting = $object->getShouldBroadcast();
 
     return parent::expandTransactions($object, $xactions);
   }
@@ -1594,17 +1594,13 @@
     // email so the mail gets enriched with "SUMMARY" and "TEST PLAN".
 
     $is_new = $this->getIsNewObject();
-    $was_draft = $this->wasDraft;
+    $was_broadcasting = $this->wasBroadcasting;
 
-    if (!$object->isDraft() && ($was_draft || $is_new)) {
-      if (!$object->getShouldBroadcast()) {
+    if ($object->getShouldBroadcast()) {
+      if (!$was_broadcasting || $is_new) {
         // Mark this as the first broadcast we're sending about the revision
         // so mail can generate specially.
         $this->firstBroadcast = true;
-
-        $object
-          ->setShouldBroadcast(true)
-          ->save();
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/applications/differential/storage/DifferentialRevision.php b/src/applications/differential/storage/DifferentialRevision.php
--- a/src/applications/differential/storage/DifferentialRevision.php
+++ b/src/applications/differential/storage/DifferentialRevision.php
@@ -75,8 +75,10 @@
 
     if (PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig('phabricator.show-prototypes')) {
       $initial_state = DifferentialRevisionStatus::DRAFT;
+      $should_broadcast = false;
     } else {
       $initial_state = DifferentialRevisionStatus::NEEDS_REVIEW;
+      $should_broadcast = true;
     }
 
     return id(new DifferentialRevision())
@@ -85,7 +87,8 @@
       ->attachRepository(null)
       ->attachActiveDiff(null)
       ->attachReviewers(array())
-      ->setModernRevisionStatus($initial_state);
+      ->setModernRevisionStatus($initial_state)
+      ->setShouldBroadcast($should_broadcast);
   }
 
   protected function getConfiguration() {
diff --git a/src/applications/differential/xaction/DifferentialRevisionRequestReviewTransaction.php b/src/applications/differential/xaction/DifferentialRevisionRequestReviewTransaction.php
--- a/src/applications/differential/xaction/DifferentialRevisionRequestReviewTransaction.php
+++ b/src/applications/differential/xaction/DifferentialRevisionRequestReviewTransaction.php
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@
 
   public function applyInternalEffects($object, $value) {
     $status_review = DifferentialRevisionStatus::NEEDS_REVIEW;
-    $object->setModernRevisionStatus($status_review);
+    $object
+      ->setModernRevisionStatus($status_review)
+      ->setShouldBroadcast(true);
   }
 
   protected function validateAction($object, PhabricatorUser $viewer) {