Can you elaborate a bit more on the context in which you're running Python? Is it in a Python LOP? A Python pane?
If you're in a Python LOP, then `stage = node.editableStage()` should work. If you're in some other context (e.g., a Python pane), then:
1 - make sure you're trying to query the stage from a node (`/stage/some_node`) not the LOP network (`/stage`) 2 - consider `node.stage()` instead of `node.editableStage()` for querying