diff --git a/ddev/changelog.d/17348.fixed b/ddev/changelog.d/17348.fixed
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5402e6a975519
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ddev/changelog.d/17348.fixed
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Do not open the editor if no changelog should be generated in the changelog new command
diff --git a/ddev/src/ddev/cli/release/changelog/new.py b/ddev/src/ddev/cli/release/changelog/new.py
index 6416d734eb9c0..a240488c62945 100644
--- a/ddev/src/ddev/cli/release/changelog/new.py
+++ b/ddev/src/ddev/cli/release/changelog/new.py
@@ -32,11 +32,27 @@ def new(app: Application, entry_type: str | None, targets: tuple[str], message:
     """
     from datadog_checks.dev.tooling.commands.release.changelog import towncrier
 
+    create_command = None
+
+    edited = 0
+    for check in app.repo.integrations.iter_changed_code(targets):
+        if not create_command:
+            create_command = __get_create_command(app, entry_type, message)
+
+        towncrier(check.path, *create_command)
+        edited += 1
+
+    if not edited:
+        app.display_info('No changelog entries to create')
+    else:
+        app.display_success(f'Added {edited} changelog entr{"ies" if edited > 1 else "y"}')
+
+
+def __get_create_command(app, entry_type, message):
     from ddev.release.constants import ENTRY_TYPES
 
     latest_commit = app.repo.git.latest_commit
     pr = app.github.get_pull_request(latest_commit.sha)
-    message_based_on_git = ''
     if pr is not None:
         pr_number = pr.number
         message_based_on_git = pr.title
@@ -44,20 +60,14 @@ def new(app: Application, entry_type: str | None, targets: tuple[str], message:
         pr_number = app.github.get_next_issue_number()
         message_based_on_git = latest_commit.subject
 
-    if entry_type is not None:
-        if entry_type not in ENTRY_TYPES:
-            app.abort(f'Unknown entry type: {entry_type}')
-    else:
+    if entry_type is None:
         entry_type = click.prompt('Entry type?', type=click.Choice(ENTRY_TYPES, case_sensitive=False))
+    elif entry_type not in ENTRY_TYPES:
+        app.abort(f'Unknown entry type: {entry_type}')
 
-    create_cmd = [
+    return [
         'create',
         '--content',
         message or click.edit(text=message_based_on_git, require_save=False) or message_based_on_git,
         f'{pr_number}.{entry_type}',
     ]
-    edited = 0
-    for check in app.repo.integrations.iter_changed_code(targets):
-        towncrier(check.path, *create_cmd)
-        edited += 1
-    app.display_success(f'Added {edited} changelog entr{"ies" if edited > 1 else "y"}')
diff --git a/ddev/tests/cli/release/test_changelog.py b/ddev/tests/cli/release/test_changelog.py
index 51b788cbbdf26..b738ec63eb1cb 100644
--- a/ddev/tests/cli/release/test_changelog.py
+++ b/ddev/tests/cli/release/test_changelog.py
@@ -254,10 +254,10 @@ def fragments_dir(self, repo_with_towncrier, network_replay, mocker):
         mocker.patch(
             'ddev.utils.git.GitManager.capture',
             side_effect=[
-                '0000000000000000000000000000000000000000\nFoo',
                 'M ddev/pyproject.toml',
                 '',
                 '',
+                '0000000000000000000000000000000000000000\nFoo',
             ],
         )
         return repo_with_towncrier.path / 'ddev' / 'changelog.d'
@@ -308,6 +308,28 @@ def test_prompt_for_entry_type(self, ddev, fragments_dir, helpers, mocker):
         )
         assert fragment_file.read_text() == "Foo"
 
+    def test_start_no_changelog(self, ddev, fragments_dir, helpers, mocker):
+        mocker.patch(
+            'ddev.utils.git.GitManager.capture',
+            side_effect=[
+                'M tests/conftest.py',
+                '',
+                '',
+                '0000000000000000000000000000000000000000\nFoo',
+            ],
+        )
+        edit_patch = mocker.patch('click.edit', return_value=None)
+        result = ddev('release', 'changelog', 'new', 'added')
+
+        assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
+        assert helpers.remove_trailing_spaces(result.output) == helpers.dedent(
+            '''
+            No changelog entries to create
+            '''
+        )
+        assert not (fragments_dir / '15476.added').exists()
+        edit_patch.assert_not_called()
+
     def test_edit_entry(self, ddev, fragments_dir, helpers, mocker):
         message = 'Foo \n\n    Bar'
         mocker.patch(