Can't find a saved Draft #1407

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opened 2026-02-05 00:48:49 +03:00 by OVERLORD · 5 comments
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Originally created by @ShemamAmir on GitHub (Oct 13, 2019).

Dears,
I created a page, and started editing it, and then saved it as draft. When I tried to open it again I could not find it neither in the book that I created it in, nor in My Recent Drafts. I am sure it was saved before I logout from my bookstack. Any ideas that may help please? thanks in advance

Originally created by @ShemamAmir on GitHub (Oct 13, 2019). Dears, I created a page, and started editing it, and then saved it as draft. When I tried to open it again I could not find it neither in the book that I created it in, nor in My Recent Drafts. I am sure it was saved before I logout from my bookstack. Any ideas that may help please? thanks in advance
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@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Oct 13, 2019):

Hi @ShemamAmir,
Are you sure it didn't get saved as a page at somepoint? It's worth looking for a normal page, If you saved a draft on an existing non-draft page then your content should pre-populate when you go back into the page to edit. Probably a good idea to look for a page names "New Page" as that could be it.

Other than that, you could scan the database if you have access. Either the pages or page_revisions table.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Oct 13, 2019): Hi @ShemamAmir, Are you sure it didn't get saved as a page at somepoint? It's worth looking for a normal page, If you saved a draft on an existing non-draft page then your content should pre-populate when you go back into the page to edit. Probably a good idea to look for a page names "New Page" as that could be it. Other than that, you could scan the database if you have access. Either the `pages` or `page_revisions` table.
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@ShemamAmir commented on GitHub (Oct 13, 2019):

Hi,
Thank you so much for your quick reply,
I did not save it as page. I saved it directly as draft

@ShemamAmir commented on GitHub (Oct 13, 2019): Hi, Thank you so much for your quick reply, I did not save it as page. I saved it directly as draft
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@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Oct 13, 2019):

Okay, If at no point you hit "Save Page", then you'll need to look into the database as my comment above, if you can't see it via the UI. Look for something updated around the same time.
If not there then it may just be lost.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Oct 13, 2019): Okay, If at no point you hit "Save Page", then you'll need to look into the database as my comment above, if you can't see it via the UI. Look for something updated around the same time. If not there then it may just be lost.
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@amo13 commented on GitHub (Mar 25, 2020):

Are you sure it didn't get saved as a page at somepoint? It's worth looking for a normal page, If you saved a draft on an existing non-draft page then your content should pre-populate when you go back into the page to edit. Probably a good idea to look for a page names "New Page" as that could be it.

Thank you so much for this comment, it just saved me a lot of time =)

@amo13 commented on GitHub (Mar 25, 2020): > Are you sure it didn't get saved as a page at somepoint? It's worth looking for a normal page, If you saved a draft on an existing non-draft page then your content should pre-populate when you go back into the page to edit. Probably a good idea to look for a page names "New Page" as that could be it. Thank you so much for this comment, it just saved me a *lot* of time =)
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@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Mar 25, 2020):

@amo13 No worries!

Will close this off since there has not been a response from the original issue creator in a few months.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Mar 25, 2020): @amo13 No worries! Will close this off since there has not been a response from the original issue creator in a few months.
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Reference: starred/BookStack#1407