Changes made to a sublevel in a persistent level do not transfer to the primary sublevel .umap, however changes made to the .umap appear when it is loaded as a sublevel.
Regression (yes) issue (does not) occur in 4.12.5
Results
Changes made to sublevel are not saved in the .umap file
Expected
Changes made to the sublevel as a sublevel are saved and appear when the .umap file is opened.
There's no existing public thread on this issue, so head over to Questions & Answers just mention UE-37644 in the post.