Method getTitle() returns an unexpected value. What causes this?

In an implementation of hook_node_insert(), I have the following three lines of code:

dpm($entity, 'entity'); $title = $entity->getTitle(); dpm($title, 'title'); 

From the first dpm() I get:

entity => DrupalnodeEntityNode {#1632 ▼   +in_preview: null   #values: array:27 [▼     ...     "title" => array:1 [▼        "x-default" => array:1 [▼         0 => array:1 [▼           "value" => "Expected title"         ]      ] ... 

I.e. the title field output by the variable dumper is the title field I expected to see.

The second dpm() produces:

title => "The previous title" 

I.e. when I extract the title from the entity, using the getTitle() method, I get a different value. The value is from an entity (node) the I load in a operations link controller (overriding ControllerBase), but it not saved inside the controller, and should not fire hook_node_insert().

I construct and save a new node in the controller, using this code:

$node = Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage('node')->create([   'type' => 'my_type',   'body' => 'Body', ]); $node->setTitle('Expected title'); $node->save(); 

I assume that this is the $node->save();that fires hook_node_insert.

What is going on here?

Why does the bogus title appear in the hook, and how do I get the expected result?

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