diff --git a/lib/compat/wordpress-6.3/navigation-block-preloading.php b/lib/compat/wordpress-6.3/navigation-block-preloading.php
index 3d910e789a299..0def6f2c7c791 100644
--- a/lib/compat/wordpress-6.3/navigation-block-preloading.php
+++ b/lib/compat/wordpress-6.3/navigation-block-preloading.php
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ function gutenberg_preload_navigation_posts( $preload_paths, $context ) {
 			array(
 				'context'   => 'edit',
 				'per_page'  => 100,
+				'order'     => 'desc',
+				'orderby'   => 'date',
 				'_locale'   => 'user',
 				// array indices are required to avoid query being encoded and not matching in cache.
 				'status[0]' => 'publish',
@@ -47,11 +49,12 @@ function gutenberg_preload_navigation_posts( $preload_paths, $context ) {
 	$preload_paths[] = array(
 		add_query_arg(
 			array(
-				'context'  => 'edit',
-				'per_page' => 100,
-				'order'    => 'desc',
-				'orderby'  => 'date',
-				'status'   => 'publish',
+				'context'   => 'edit',
+				'per_page'  => 100,
+				'order'     => 'desc',
+				'orderby'   => 'date',
+				'status[0]' => 'publish',
+				'status[1]' => 'draft',
 			),
 			$navigation_rest_route
 		),
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/navigation/constants.js b/packages/block-library/src/navigation/constants.js
index 9bdf8736d7c2b..5e6b26ae40b0f 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/navigation/constants.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/navigation/constants.js
@@ -19,3 +19,14 @@ export const PRIORITIZED_INSERTER_BLOCKS = [
 	'core/navigation-link/page',
 	'core/navigation-link',
 ];
+
+export const SELECT_NAVIGATION_MENUS_ARGS = [
+	'postType',
+	'wp_navigation',
+	{
+		per_page: 100,
+		status: [ 'publish', 'draft' ],
+		order: 'desc',
+		orderby: 'date',
+	},
+];
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/navigation/edit/unsaved-inner-blocks.js b/packages/block-library/src/navigation/edit/unsaved-inner-blocks.js
index 51a8d2aed7fe2..52f6d8134042d 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/navigation/edit/unsaved-inner-blocks.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/navigation/edit/unsaved-inner-blocks.js
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ import { useContext, useEffect, useRef, useMemo } from '@wordpress/element';
  * Internal dependencies
  */
 import { areBlocksDirty } from './are-blocks-dirty';
-import { DEFAULT_BLOCK, ALLOWED_BLOCKS } from '../constants';
+import {
+	DEFAULT_BLOCK,
+	ALLOWED_BLOCKS,
+	SELECT_NAVIGATION_MENUS_ARGS,
+} from '../constants';
 
 const EMPTY_OBJECT = {};
 
@@ -82,11 +86,7 @@ export default function UnsavedInnerBlocks( {
 				isSaving: isSavingEntityRecord( 'postType', 'wp_navigation' ),
 				hasResolvedAllNavigationMenus: hasFinishedResolution(
 					'getEntityRecords',
-					[
-						'postType',
-						'wp_navigation',
-						{ per_page: -1, status: [ 'publish', 'draft' ] },
-					]
+					SELECT_NAVIGATION_MENUS_ARGS
 				),
 			};
 		},
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/navigation/test/use-navigation-menu.js b/packages/block-library/src/navigation/test/use-navigation-menu.js
index b03776b663eaf..f82acca835884 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/navigation/test/use-navigation-menu.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/navigation/test/use-navigation-menu.js
@@ -36,16 +36,28 @@ function resolveRecords( registry, menus ) {
 	dispatch.startResolution( 'getEntityRecords', [
 		'postType',
 		'wp_navigation',
-		{ per_page: -1, status: [ 'publish', 'draft' ] },
+		{
+			per_page: 100,
+			status: [ 'publish', 'draft' ],
+			order: 'desc',
+			orderby: 'date',
+		},
 	] );
 	dispatch.finishResolution( 'getEntityRecords', [
 		'postType',
 		'wp_navigation',
-		{ per_page: -1, status: [ 'publish', 'draft' ] },
+		{
+			per_page: 100,
+			status: [ 'publish', 'draft' ],
+			order: 'desc',
+			orderby: 'date',
+		},
 	] );
 	dispatch.receiveEntityRecords( 'postType', 'wp_navigation', menus, {
-		per_page: -1,
+		per_page: 100,
 		status: [ 'publish', 'draft' ],
+		order: 'desc',
+		orderby: 'date',
 	} );
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/navigation/use-navigation-menu.js b/packages/block-library/src/navigation/use-navigation-menu.js
index 607a92cb82f95..30e5cdd99c092 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/navigation/use-navigation-menu.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/navigation/use-navigation-menu.js
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ import {
 } from '@wordpress/core-data';
 import { useSelect } from '@wordpress/data';
 
+/**
+ * Internal dependencies
+ */
+import { SELECT_NAVIGATION_MENUS_ARGS } from './constants';
+
 export default function useNavigationMenu( ref ) {
 	const permissions = useResourcePermissions( 'navigation', ref );
 
@@ -68,17 +73,15 @@ function selectNavigationMenus( select ) {
 	const { getEntityRecords, hasFinishedResolution, isResolving } =
 		select( coreStore );
 
-	const args = [
-		'postType',
-		'wp_navigation',
-		{ per_page: -1, status: [ 'publish', 'draft' ] },
-	];
 	return {
-		navigationMenus: getEntityRecords( ...args ),
-		isResolvingNavigationMenus: isResolving( 'getEntityRecords', args ),
+		navigationMenus: getEntityRecords( ...SELECT_NAVIGATION_MENUS_ARGS ),
+		isResolvingNavigationMenus: isResolving(
+			'getEntityRecords',
+			SELECT_NAVIGATION_MENUS_ARGS
+		),
 		hasResolvedNavigationMenus: hasFinishedResolution(
 			'getEntityRecords',
-			args
+			SELECT_NAVIGATION_MENUS_ARGS
 		),
 	};
 }
diff --git a/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menus/constants.js b/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menus/constants.js
index 740474597b3b2..ab2e6e9cefa33 100644
--- a/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menus/constants.js
+++ b/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menus/constants.js
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 // This requested is preloaded in `gutenberg_preload_navigation_posts`.
 // As unbounded queries are limited to 100 by `fetchAllMiddleware`
 // on apiFetch this query is limited to 100.
+// These parameters must be kept aligned with those in
+// lib/compat/wordpress-6.3/navigation-block-preloading.php
 export const PRELOADED_NAVIGATION_MENUS_QUERY = {
 	per_page: 100,
-	status: 'publish',
+	status: [ 'publish', 'draft' ],
 	order: 'desc',
 	orderby: 'date',
 };
diff --git a/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menus/index.js b/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menus/index.js
index b3fae528aaed2..2234f1e1bbdee 100644
--- a/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menus/index.js
+++ b/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menus/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * WordPress dependencies
  */
-import { __ } from '@wordpress/i18n';
+import { __, sprintf } from '@wordpress/i18n';
 import { useEntityRecords } from '@wordpress/core-data';
 
 import { decodeEntities } from '@wordpress/html-entities';
@@ -21,6 +21,25 @@ import { useLink } from '../routes/link';
 import SingleNavigationMenu from '../sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menu/single-navigation-menu';
 import useNavigationMenuHandlers from '../sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menu/use-navigation-menu-handlers';
 
+// Copied from packages/block-library/src/navigation/edit/navigation-menu-selector.js.
+function buildMenuLabel( title, id, status ) {
+	if ( ! title?.rendered ) {
+		/* translators: %s is the index of the menu in the list of menus. */
+		return sprintf( __( '(no title %s)' ), id );
+	}
+
+	if ( status === 'publish' ) {
+		return decodeEntities( title?.rendered );
+	}
+
+	return sprintf(
+		// translators: %1s: title of the menu; %2s: status of the menu (draft, pending, etc.).
+		__( '%1$s (%2$s)' ),
+		decodeEntities( title?.rendered ),
+		status
+	);
+}
+
 export default function SidebarNavigationScreenNavigationMenus() {
 	const { records: navigationMenus, isResolving: isLoading } =
 		useEntityRecords(
@@ -67,16 +86,14 @@ export default function SidebarNavigationScreenNavigationMenus() {
 	return (
 		<SidebarNavigationScreenWrapper>
 			<ItemGroup>
-				{ navigationMenus?.map( ( navMenu ) => (
+				{ navigationMenus?.map( ( { id, title, status }, index ) => (
 					<NavMenuItem
-						postId={ navMenu.id }
-						key={ navMenu.id }
+						postId={ id }
+						key={ id }
 						withChevron
 						icon={ navigation }
 					>
-						{ decodeEntities(
-							navMenu.title?.rendered || navMenu.slug
-						) }
+						{ buildMenuLabel( title, index + 1, status ) }
 					</NavMenuItem>
 				) ) }
 			</ItemGroup>