Hmm, that’s strange behavior. Clicking those should take you to the /?edit=1 but on my end the page refreshes almost immediately and I see the Editor controls without needing to log in.
Can you try logging out and back into your account and giving it another try? If that doesn’t work, are you able to access the Editor from either of those places within an incognito window? It’s possible one of your extensions is conflicting with that authentication.