I am going to refer to your post in the future. When you do this you don’t get asked to enter a windows ten key? This never happened? Your new SSD clone is so perfect that it emulated the Windows 10 ID of the drive it was cloned from?...I suppose.
BTW for legit windows 10 keys go to the UK ebay. They go for about $4. Then download win 10 from Microsoft site onto a bootable flash drive/ Microsoft site does the for you. IOW you do not have create the bootable flash dr. MS does it for you.
So with Win 10 on a bootable flash drive + your UK ebay Win 10 key you can fresh install the latest version of Win 10 onto freshly bought SSD.
The clone is an EXACT image of your system drive, including any Windows or other software keys you’ve previously entered. Office, Windows, etc. MSFT doesn’t know you’ve changed drives. Prolly doeesn’t care, either.