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I just popped out to grab an image for a post, then realized I didn't have a photo app, then went to the play store to download Ente, then decided I should just download an image directly.... by the time I got back, Voyager had been closed and the draft was (apparently?) lost.

Any idea of how to prevent this from happening in the future?

And where is the draft supposedly saved?

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[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Then where are the drafts that Voyager is saving?

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The clipboard is basically the first thing to suffer. It’s the most expendable thing you have.

This is what I meant by suggesting you’re attributing this to the app you’re interacting with more. Are you mainly noticing this with comments disappearing when you switch to other apps before you can submit them?

Your device may be at the limits of its working memory.

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Voyager's drafts are weird. To use them, you need to find the same comment/post you were replying to when the app closed and try replying again. It'll automatically restore your previous text and (AFAIK) immediately delete the draft.

There is no way to view or save your drafts, nor know or navigate to the comment/post that it applies to. I'm also not sure if they're persistent beyond the first time you open the app after a crash. The whole system is one of Voyager's rougher edges.