Does an embeddable get an instance identifier I can access?

Question

I have 3 embeddables in a blog post. Does an embeddable get assigned any sort of instance identifier/guid assigned to it that I can access at runtime?

Ben Tiedt · Accepted Answer

An ID is generated whenever there isn't one or the ID specified in the content is not currently related to that content item (by ContentTypeId / ContentId). So copying an embeddable from one post to another would result in the ID updating. So would publishing an article revision (since article revisions are content with unique IDs vs the published version of the article).

Ben Tiedt · Answer

The ID can change due to saving/versioning but does represent the current instance and will persist through reloads assuming no change related to versioning or copying. The ID you are extracting, while it is not guaranteed to be a GUID (it is currently but may not always be), will uniquely identify the embeddable.

Does an embeddable get an instance identifier I can access?

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