I am having an issue where newly created parcels are apparently not recognized as parcels. The parcels were created by: 1)using the traverse tool to create tax parcel lines, 2) creating seeds and 3) building active record. Now I want to change parcel type to "pending parcel" and the tool icon is grayed out with an error message shown below.

You can also see that there are multiple tools grayed out that should be available.
Below is what happens when I try to do exactly the same thing, but using a Conveyance Division instead of a Tax parcel. (Same workflow under the same record)

Any ideas what is happening here?