Wordpress Post Transition - JS Alert - wordpress

We have a few processes that team member must follow when changing a Wordpress status. Because of this I am trying to display a message on status change as a reminder.
I found the post transition function on the WP Codex and think this is the right function for the job, I tried setting up simple JS Alert as a test but does not seem to work. I tested my function was being called using a die() test.
Any suggestions would be appreciated, does not need to be JS as long as I can display a message on status change..
My current function:
function status_change_dtp( $post ) {
echo "<script>alert('Display a message on change')</script>";
}
add_action( 'draft_to_publish', 'status_change_dtp', 10, 3 );

Came up with a solution, rather than using the post transition hook I simply updated the status messages themselves...
add_filter( 'post_updated_messages', 'rw_post_updated_messages' );
function rw_post_updated_messages( $messages ) {
$post = get_post();
$post_type = get_post_type( $post );
$post_type_object = get_post_type_object( $post_type );
$messages['cpt_operator'] = array(
6 => __( "Operator Published - <script>alert('Please Set to Live in Protostar')</script>." ),
10 => __( 'Draft Saved.' )
);
return $messages;
}

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Thank you.
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We need to discard any updates autosave or revision actions. The WordPress autosave system fire every 60 seconds.
#See https://wordpress.org/support/article/revisions/
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#See https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/185991/190376
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#See https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_publish_post/
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#See https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/save_post/#avoiding-infinite-loops
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#See https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/19539/190376
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I found some guidance that appears to be quite simple
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}
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Also delete content on uninstall and not on deactivate. Consider deactivating a plugin as pausing it and uninstalling it when you really want it gone.
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'post_type' => 'POST_TYPE',
'posts_per_page' => - 1
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