This article explains how saving works in the editor — what autosave does in the background, when to save manually, and what happens when you leave with unsaved changes — so you never lose work.
Autosave runs in the background
The editor autosaves silently. About 25 seconds after you stop making changes, your work is saved automatically — no toast, no interruption. Switching to another browser tab also triggers an immediate save, so stepping away mid-edit doesn't leave changes hanging.
Because autosave is silent, don't expect a confirmation for every change. The Save button in the toolbar is your status indicator:
- Saved — everything is persisted; the button is disabled.
- Save with a pulsing amber dot — there are unsaved changes waiting.
- Saving… — a save is in flight.
Saving manually
Click Save in the toolbar or press Cmd+S (Mac) / Ctrl+S (Windows) any time. A "Saved" confirmation appears — manual saves are the only ones that show a toast.
Manual saving is a good habit right before you leave the editor, send a design anywhere, or hand the design off to a teammate.
Leaving the editor
Use the back arrow in the editor header to leave. In the Studio editor you can also press Esc: the first press deselects whatever is selected, and pressing Esc again with nothing selected exits the editor.
If everything is saved, you leave immediately. If you have unsaved changes, the Unsaved Changes dialog appears: "You have unsaved changes that will be lost if you leave."
- Save & Leave — saves your changes, then exits. This is almost always the right choice. If the save fails, the dialog stays open so you can retry.
- Leave — exits without saving; your unsaved changes are discarded.
- Cancel — stays in the editor.
Crash and session protection
While you edit, the editor also keeps a local backup of your in-progress changes in the browser. If the tab crashes, the browser closes unexpectedly, or your session expires before an autosave lands, reopening the same design shows an "Unsaved changes found" prompt with the age of the backup. Click Recover to restore those edits, or Discard to start from the last saved version.
An idle session or login expiry on its own won't lose your work — between autosave and the local backup, your edits are protected.
"A new version is available"
When Templified ships an update while you have the editor open, a toast appears: "A new version is available — Save your work, then reload to get the latest." If you have no unsaved changes, the tab refreshes itself automatically. If you're mid-edit, nothing is discarded — save, then click Reload. The reminder re-surfaces periodically until you do, so long editing sessions don't keep running on an outdated version.
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