My edit button has reappeared, but if I use it, the replies to that comment disappear temporarily, so this is looking like a random glitch.
Edited to add: The reply didn't disappear, so random glitch.
It has always been true that when you are editing a comment the replies are hidden.
Probably the disappearing edit button is that it is not available on one's user page. But it is available on post and permalink pages.
Edit: I, too, had a glitch. I went to recent comments and I had two comments visible. This one had an edit button and the other didn't. A reload fixed it. The one that didn't also lacked a reply button, fixed by the same reload. Since only my comments have edit buttons, but all comments have reply buttons, there are more opportunities to obser...
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