When I added a standalone recording I also created a new work while at it. Everything looked fine in the editor once i submitted the edit the recording was not automatically linked to the work.

Another example with screenshots of my input.
Work creation iframe:

Standalone recording creation form:

Which upon submission created this edit search:
https://beta.musicbrainz.org/search/edits?conditions.0.field=id&conditions.0.operator=BETWEEN&conditions.0.args.0=96984700&conditions.0.args.1=96984701