diff --git a/bin/api-docs/gen-components-docs/get-tags-from-storybook.mjs b/bin/api-docs/gen-components-docs/get-tags-from-storybook.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..84d7beaf1e4076
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/api-docs/gen-components-docs/get-tags-from-storybook.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/**
+ * External dependencies
+ */
+import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
+import babel from '@babel/core';
+
+/**
+ * Returns `meta.tags` from a Storybook file.
+ *
+ * @param {string} filePath
+ * @return {Promise<string[]>} Array of tags.
+ */
+export async function getTagsFromStorybook( filePath ) {
+	const fileContent = await fs.readFile( filePath, 'utf8' );
+	const parsedFile = babel.parse( fileContent, {
+		filename: filePath,
+	} );
+
+	const meta = parsedFile.program.body.find(
+		( node ) =>
+			node.type === 'VariableDeclaration' &&
+			node.declarations[ 0 ].id.name === 'meta'
+	);
+
+	return (
+		meta.declarations[ 0 ].init.properties
+			.find( ( node ) => node.key.name === 'tags' )
+			?.value.elements.map( ( node ) => node.value ) ?? []
+	);
+}
diff --git a/bin/api-docs/gen-components-docs/index.mjs b/bin/api-docs/gen-components-docs/index.mjs
index c7109dc4982c36..30888acf851cab 100644
--- a/bin/api-docs/gen-components-docs/index.mjs
+++ b/bin/api-docs/gen-components-docs/index.mjs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import path from 'path';
  */
 import { generateMarkdownDocs } from './markdown/index.mjs';
 import { getDescriptionsForSubcomponents } from './get-subcomponent-descriptions.mjs';
+import { getTagsFromStorybook } from './get-tags-from-storybook.mjs';
 
 const MANIFEST_GLOB = 'packages/components/src/**/docs-manifest.json';
 
@@ -113,9 +114,17 @@ await Promise.all(
 			} ) ?? []
 		);
 
+		const tags = await getTagsFromStorybook(
+			path.resolve(
+				path.dirname( manifestPath ),
+				'stories/index.story.tsx'
+			)
+		);
+
 		const docs = generateMarkdownDocs( {
 			typeDocs,
 			subcomponentTypeDocs,
+			tags,
 		} );
 		const outputFile = path.resolve(
 			path.dirname( manifestPath ),
diff --git a/bin/api-docs/gen-components-docs/markdown/index.mjs b/bin/api-docs/gen-components-docs/markdown/index.mjs
index b66aedaa144e7f..28e20dc3de12e0 100644
--- a/bin/api-docs/gen-components-docs/markdown/index.mjs
+++ b/bin/api-docs/gen-components-docs/markdown/index.mjs
@@ -18,10 +18,19 @@ json2md.converters.md = ( input ) => {
 	return input?.trim() || '';
 };
 
-export function generateMarkdownDocs( { typeDocs, subcomponentTypeDocs } ) {
+export function generateMarkdownDocs( {
+	typeDocs,
+	subcomponentTypeDocs,
+	tags,
+} ) {
 	const mainDocsJson = [
 		{ h1: typeDocs.displayName },
 		'<!-- This file is generated automatically and cannot be edited directly. Make edits via TypeScript types and TSDocs. -->',
+		tags.includes( 'status-private' ) && [
+			{
+				p: '🔒 This component is locked as a [private API](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/packages/packages-private-apis/). We do not yet recommend using this outside of the Gutenberg project.',
+			},
+		],
 		{
 			p: `<p class="callout callout-info">See the <a href="https://wordpress.github.io/gutenberg/?path=/docs/components-${ typeDocs.displayName.toLowerCase() }--docs">WordPress Storybook</a> for more detailed, interactive documentation.</p>`,
 		},
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/dimensions-tool/stories/aspect-ratio-tool.story.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/dimensions-tool/stories/aspect-ratio-tool.story.js
index b853d780052942..aeb8a5f957425f 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/dimensions-tool/stories/aspect-ratio-tool.story.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/dimensions-tool/stories/aspect-ratio-tool.story.js
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ import {
 import AspectRatioTool from '../aspect-ratio-tool';
 
 export default {
-	title: 'BlockEditor (Private APIs)/DimensionsTool/AspectRatioTool',
+	title: 'BlockEditor/DimensionsTool/AspectRatioTool',
 	component: AspectRatioTool,
+	tags: [ 'status-private' ],
 	argTypes: {
 		panelId: { control: false },
 		onChange: { action: 'changed' },
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/dimensions-tool/stories/index.story.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/dimensions-tool/stories/index.story.js
index ebf08fba0c686b..0ccfba2b9e97a6 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/dimensions-tool/stories/index.story.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/dimensions-tool/stories/index.story.js
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ import {
 import DimensionsTool from '..';
 
 export default {
-	title: 'BlockEditor (Private APIs)/DimensionsTool',
+	title: 'BlockEditor/DimensionsTool/DimensionsTool',
 	component: DimensionsTool,
+	tags: [ 'status-private' ],
 	argTypes: {
 		panelId: { control: false },
 		onChange: { action: 'changed' },
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/dimensions-tool/stories/scale-tool.story.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/dimensions-tool/stories/scale-tool.story.js
index b485bf68a892d9..ea0a3ec194beed 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/dimensions-tool/stories/scale-tool.story.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/dimensions-tool/stories/scale-tool.story.js
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ import {
 import ScaleTool from '../scale-tool';
 
 export default {
-	title: 'BlockEditor (Private APIs)/DimensionsTool/ScaleTool',
+	title: 'BlockEditor/DimensionsTool/ScaleTool',
 	component: ScaleTool,
+	tags: [ 'status-private' ],
 	argTypes: {
 		panelId: { control: false },
 		onChange: { action: 'changed' },
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/dimensions-tool/stories/width-height-tool.story.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/dimensions-tool/stories/width-height-tool.story.js
index eed3cbc02f466e..86b3b4b22be60d 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/dimensions-tool/stories/width-height-tool.story.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/dimensions-tool/stories/width-height-tool.story.js
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ import {
 import WidthHeightTool from '../width-height-tool';
 
 export default {
-	title: 'BlockEditor (Private APIs)/DimensionsTool/WidthHeightTool',
+	title: 'BlockEditor/DimensionsTool/WidthHeightTool',
 	component: WidthHeightTool,
+	tags: [ 'status-private' ],
 	argTypes: {
 		panelId: { control: false },
 		onChange: { action: 'changed' },
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/inner-blocks/use-inner-block-template-sync.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/inner-blocks/use-inner-block-template-sync.js
index fd801779372aac..505785c87914d7 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/inner-blocks/use-inner-block-template-sync.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/inner-blocks/use-inner-block-template-sync.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import fastDeepEqual from 'fast-deep-equal/es6';
  * WordPress dependencies
  */
 import { useRef, useLayoutEffect } from '@wordpress/element';
-import { useSelect, useDispatch } from '@wordpress/data';
+import { useRegistry } from '@wordpress/data';
 import { synchronizeBlocksWithTemplate } from '@wordpress/blocks';
 
 /**
@@ -42,14 +42,7 @@ export default function useInnerBlockTemplateSync(
 ) {
 	// Instead of adding a useSelect mapping here, please add to the useSelect
 	// mapping in InnerBlocks! Every subscription impacts performance.
-
-	const {
-		getBlocks,
-		getSelectedBlocksInitialCaretPosition,
-		isBlockSelected,
-	} = useSelect( blockEditorStore );
-	const { replaceInnerBlocks, __unstableMarkNextChangeAsNotPersistent } =
-		useDispatch( blockEditorStore );
+	const registry = useRegistry();
 
 	// Maintain a reference to the previous value so we can do a deep equality check.
 	const existingTemplateRef = useRef( null );
@@ -57,6 +50,14 @@ export default function useInnerBlockTemplateSync(
 	useLayoutEffect( () => {
 		let isCancelled = false;
 
+		const {
+			getBlocks,
+			getSelectedBlocksInitialCaretPosition,
+			isBlockSelected,
+		} = registry.select( blockEditorStore );
+		const { replaceInnerBlocks, __unstableMarkNextChangeAsNotPersistent } =
+			registry.dispatch( blockEditorStore );
+
 		// There's an implicit dependency between useInnerBlockTemplateSync and useNestedSettingsUpdate
 		// The former needs to happen after the latter and since the latter is using microtasks to batch updates (performance optimization),
 		// we need to schedule this one in a microtask as well.
@@ -110,5 +111,11 @@ export default function useInnerBlockTemplateSync(
 		return () => {
 			isCancelled = true;
 		};
-	}, [ template, templateLock, clientId ] );
+	}, [
+		template,
+		templateLock,
+		clientId,
+		registry,
+		templateInsertUpdatesSelection,
+	] );
 }
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/resolution-tool/stories/index.story.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/resolution-tool/stories/index.story.js
index 75db0f90a568bc..531618b38224f9 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/resolution-tool/stories/index.story.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/resolution-tool/stories/index.story.js
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ import {
 import ResolutionTool from '..';
 
 export default {
-	title: 'BlockEditor (Private APIs)/ResolutionControl',
+	title: 'BlockEditor/ResolutionControl',
 	component: ResolutionTool,
+	tags: [ 'status-private' ],
 	argTypes: {
 		panelId: { control: false },
 		onChange: { action: 'changed' },
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/text-alignment-control/stories/index.story.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/text-alignment-control/stories/index.story.js
index fd97f9b60e6a90..076535ab330d69 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/text-alignment-control/stories/index.story.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/text-alignment-control/stories/index.story.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import TextAlignmentControl from '../';
 const meta = {
 	title: 'BlockEditor/TextAlignmentControl',
 	component: TextAlignmentControl,
+	tags: [ 'status-private' ],
 	parameters: {
 		docs: {
 			canvas: { sourceState: 'shown' },
diff --git a/packages/components/src/badge/README.md b/packages/components/src/badge/README.md
index 10767b2505039d..2100939684a856 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/badge/README.md
+++ b/packages/components/src/badge/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 <!-- This file is generated automatically and cannot be edited directly. Make edits via TypeScript types and TSDocs. -->
 
+🔒 This component is locked as a [private API](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/packages/packages-private-apis/). We do not yet recommend using this outside of the Gutenberg project.
+
 <p class="callout callout-info">See the <a href="https://wordpress.github.io/gutenberg/?path=/docs/components-badge--docs">WordPress Storybook</a> for more detailed, interactive documentation.</p>
 
 ## Props
diff --git a/packages/components/src/badge/stories/index.story.tsx b/packages/components/src/badge/stories/index.story.tsx
index 7f827d3bfabf5a..bbe0bef2a79472 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/badge/stories/index.story.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/src/badge/stories/index.story.tsx
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ import type { Meta, StoryObj } from '@storybook/react';
  */
 import Badge from '..';
 
-const meta = {
+const meta: Meta< typeof Badge > = {
 	component: Badge,
 	title: 'Components/Containers/Badge',
 	id: 'components-badge',
 	tags: [ 'status-private' ],
-} satisfies Meta< typeof Badge >;
+};
 
 export default meta;
 
diff --git a/packages/core-data/src/private-selectors.ts b/packages/core-data/src/private-selectors.ts
index 0d4a28ad174a19..fb0401509694ef 100644
--- a/packages/core-data/src/private-selectors.ts
+++ b/packages/core-data/src/private-selectors.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@ import { createSelector, createRegistrySelector } from '@wordpress/data';
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
  */
-import { getDefaultTemplateId, getEntityRecord, type State } from './selectors';
+import {
+	canUser,
+	getDefaultTemplateId,
+	getEntityRecord,
+	type State,
+} from './selectors';
 import { STORE_NAME } from './name';
 import { unlock } from './lock-unlock';
 
@@ -134,6 +139,13 @@ interface SiteData {
 export const getHomePage = createRegistrySelector( ( select ) =>
 	createSelector(
 		() => {
+			const canReadSiteData = select( STORE_NAME ).canUser( 'read', {
+				kind: 'root',
+				name: 'site',
+			} );
+			if ( ! canReadSiteData ) {
+				return null;
+			}
 			const siteData = select( STORE_NAME ).getEntityRecord(
 				'root',
 				'site'
@@ -156,7 +168,10 @@ export const getHomePage = createRegistrySelector( ( select ) =>
 			return { postType: 'wp_template', postId: frontPageTemplateId };
 		},
 		( state ) => [
-			getEntityRecord( state, 'root', 'site' ),
+			canUser( state, 'read', {
+				kind: 'root',
+				name: 'site',
+			} ) && getEntityRecord( state, 'root', 'site' ),
 			getDefaultTemplateId( state, {
 				slug: 'front-page',
 			} ),
@@ -165,6 +180,13 @@ export const getHomePage = createRegistrySelector( ( select ) =>
 );
 
 export const getPostsPageId = createRegistrySelector( ( select ) => () => {
+	const canReadSiteData = select( STORE_NAME ).canUser( 'read', {
+		kind: 'root',
+		name: 'site',
+	} );
+	if ( ! canReadSiteData ) {
+		return null;
+	}
 	const siteData = select( STORE_NAME ).getEntityRecord( 'root', 'site' ) as
 		| SiteData
 		| undefined;
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/components/document-bar/index.js b/packages/editor/src/components/document-bar/index.js
index f5ca65dfe18ed7..544b5024d88a89 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/components/document-bar/index.js
+++ b/packages/editor/src/components/document-bar/index.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { store as commandsStore } from '@wordpress/commands';
 import { useRef, useEffect } from '@wordpress/element';
 import { useReducedMotion } from '@wordpress/compose';
 import { decodeEntities } from '@wordpress/html-entities';
+import { __unstableStripHTML as stripHTML } from '@wordpress/dom';
 
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
@@ -200,7 +201,7 @@ export default function DocumentBar( props ) {
 						<Text size="body" as="h1">
 							<span className="editor-document-bar__post-title">
 								{ title
-									? decodeEntities( title )
+									? stripHTML( title )
 									: __( 'No title' ) }
 							</span>
 							{ pageTypeBadge && (
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/components/post-card-panel/index.js b/packages/editor/src/components/post-card-panel/index.js
index 78f9522ba5f444..895545cb007f00 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/components/post-card-panel/index.js
+++ b/packages/editor/src/components/post-card-panel/index.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { store as coreStore } from '@wordpress/core-data';
 import { useSelect } from '@wordpress/data';
 import { useMemo } from '@wordpress/element';
 import { __, sprintf } from '@wordpress/i18n';
-import { decodeEntities } from '@wordpress/html-entities';
+import { __unstableStripHTML as stripHTML } from '@wordpress/dom';
 
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export default function PostCardPanel( {
 			labels?.name
 		);
 	} else if ( postTitle ) {
-		title = decodeEntities( postTitle );
+		title = stripHTML( postTitle );
 	}
 
 	return (
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/components/provider/index.js b/packages/editor/src/components/provider/index.js
index abdab284cfd138..1259eae623de93 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/components/provider/index.js
+++ b/packages/editor/src/components/provider/index.js
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ export const ExperimentalEditorProvider = withRegistryProvider(
 		BlockEditorProviderComponent = ExperimentalBlockEditorProvider,
 		__unstableTemplate: template,
 	} ) => {
+		const hasTemplate = !! template;
 		const {
 			editorSettings,
 			selection,
@@ -195,7 +196,9 @@ export const ExperimentalEditorProvider = withRegistryProvider(
 					isReady: __unstableIsEditorReady(),
 					mode: getRenderingMode(),
 					defaultMode:
-						postTypeObject?.default_rendering_mode ?? 'post-only',
+						hasTemplate && postTypeObject?.default_rendering_mode
+							? postTypeObject?.default_rendering_mode
+							: 'post-only',
 					selection: getEditorSelection(),
 					postTypeEntities:
 						post.type === 'wp_template'
@@ -203,7 +206,7 @@ export const ExperimentalEditorProvider = withRegistryProvider(
 							: null,
 				};
 			},
-			[ post.type ]
+			[ post.type, hasTemplate ]
 		);
 
 		const shouldRenderTemplate = !! template && mode !== 'post-only';