# Auto-Save Functionality Stalled

**URL:** <https://community.penpot.app/t/auto-save-functionality-stalled/10764>\
**Category:** Help us improve Penpot\
**Created:** [July 28, 2026, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/auto-save-functionality-stalled/10764 "2026-07-28T17:45:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Physics-Comp](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/physics-comp/32/9750_2.png) [@Physics-Comp](https://community.penpot.app/u/Physics-Comp)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/auto-save-functionality-stalled/10764/1 "2026-07-28T17:45:35Z")

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Dear Support,

Last night I lost all my progress on a project because the auto-save functionality stalled and failed to save my work.

I am starting all over again and I still see the auto-save function is in a persistent saving state. I switched browsers and saw no change in the infinite saving state. This has never been an issue so I am curious as to why this is happening.

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**Author:** ![Physics-Comp](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/physics-comp/32/9750_2.png) [@Physics-Comp](https://community.penpot.app/u/Physics-Comp)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 1:48am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/auto-save-functionality-stalled/10764/2 "2026-07-29T01:48:00Z")

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For further clarification, I have cleared cache and cookies on both browsers (Google Chrome and Safari) in addition to ensuring that both are up to date.

This issue continues to persist

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**Author:** ![Anders\_Carlsson](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/anders_carlsson/32/7579_2.png) [@Anders\_Carlsson](https://community.penpot.app/u/Anders_Carlsson)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 12:32pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/auto-save-functionality-stalled/10764/4 "2026-08-13T12:32:23Z")

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I also have this issue occasionally. Most of the time, auto-save works fine but I’ve seen a few times that it gets stuck at saving and I end up losing some of work.

It also doesn’t help that the “saved” icon is a small bluish green dot, while the “saving” icon is an equally small greenish blue dot. 😆

I assume the auto-save issue will be fixed, but I would love some better feedback also. Perhaps a checkmark for “Saved” and a spinner for “Saving”?

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**Author:** ![Breeze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@Breeze](https://community.penpot.app/u/Breeze)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/auto-save-functionality-stalled/10764/5 "2026-08-13T20:31:09Z")

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I’ve just lost all of my work as well. First time using the product and it seemed really good. I’ve spent around 8 hours or so on the project and it never indicated it wasn’t auto saiving. In fact, I had checked the history and all looked fine on the project. When I went to export it, it crashed and when I reloaded it it reverted back to one of the very first updates I had made. All that work, lost… I’m not sure I can trust a product that is capable of doing that unfortunate. It’s a real shame.