Restored a previous version of a file and it won't open on my Mac unless I edit and save it first

Hello Walter,
Thank you for your reply. I have answered your following questions.

1. Yes, the same error message happens with other word docs as well. As soon as I restore another version of a file from the web, it gives the same message from the menu bar app. All these files are available offline on my desktop app. I also tried with a word doc that is not "made available offline" by default but is visible on the desktop app, and when I do the restoration of a different version, it gives me the same message from the menu bar app. I have to make an edit and save, and then only can I access the file from the menu bar of my mac. For example, I did not edit a restored file for several hours, and when i tried to open it from the menu bar, it still gave the same message. Only when i opened, edited and saved that restored file from my desktop, then that message would disappear, and I can open from the menu bar.

2. I have Mac Sonoma V14.0. My dropbox is 186.4.6207.

3. Another work-around this error message I have found that beside making an edit and save is to do this. If a file is "available offline", I would make it "online-only" and then it can also open from the menu bar. And if is online only, and I made it "available offline" and then it can also open from the menu bar.

4. I have used the version history feature and never encountered this error before.

5. It's not a browser problem, the file's previous version is restored, and the restored version can be seen from the browser, and desktop app, when opened. The main problem is when its first restored, I can't open it from the menu bar unless I open, edit and save from the actual location on the desktip app or make the file "online-only" if it is available offline, or vice-versa and then I can open it from the menu bar.

6. I have closed the dropbox desktop app to see if it clears the error, it doesn't. I have done it multiple times.

7. Lastly, to reiterate, it does not matter if the file is available offline or online only but visible in my Dropbox desktop app, if I restored a previous version from the web, I cannot open it from the menu bar, unless 1) open, edit and save the file from my desktop or 2) make the file online-only if it was offline or vice-versa, and then I can open it from the menu bar.