feat: save input text draft into local storage by uinstinct · Pull Request #9809 · continuedev/continue

uinstinct · 2026-01-23T05:46:21Z

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Save the unsubmitted input text into local storage so that it persists between reloads and page changes.

resolves CON-5281

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Persist main input drafts across reloads and navigation. Save per-message edit drafts with scroll and focus restore within a session; they clear on app unmount (CON-5281).

New Features
- Save main input as JSON under inputDraft_; save per-message edit under editingDraft_ with content, messageId, and scrollTop.
- Load saved drafts into the main input and matching message editor; restore scroll and focus when returning.
- Clear drafts on submit, when empty, when switching between main input and edits, and clear per-message drafts on app unmount.
- Added localStorage types for inputDraft_ and editingDraft_.
Refactors
- Removed the clearContent effect in TipTapEditor to prevent wiping drafts on mount.

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RomneyDa

@uinstinct it looks like this only works for the main input. I think it's an improvement but can we think of a simple way to have this work across conversations and in any tip tap editor when going to settings and back?

On closing/reopening vs code it's okay to lose drafts in any editor but would be nice if main editor was saved (already works on this branch) and great if all were saved (in a way that doesn't leak local storage etc memory)
On going to settings and back any editor's content is preserved, as well as the scroll position of the chat history in case I was editing message number 2 in a 5 message sequence

If too many tradeoffs we can merge this but let's brainstorm on full solution first. There might be a simple solution where we don't unmount the component at all when switching to settings (router level fix).

and scroll to position when going back

uinstinct · 2026-02-04T11:39:00Z

On closing/reopening vs code it's okay to lose drafts in any editor but would be nice if main editor was saved (already works on this branch) and great if all were saved (in a way that doesn't leak local storage etc memory)

It currently saves all - there would not be any memory leakage, as far as I think, because there can only be 2 drafts be saved: inputDraft_chat or inputDraft_edit which get cleared during submission

On going to settings and back any editor's content is preserved, as well as the scroll position of the chat history in case I was editing message number 2 in a 5 message sequence

I did a simple implementation for this to save the editing draft and scroll back to chat history position.

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RomneyDa

@uinstinct I think with the positioned draft approach if the draft is not submitted and a main input message is submitted instead it will not clear the other draft so the UI will glitch around, including if you started up vs code it would "glitch" to the input draft even if it was outdated

RomneyDa · 2026-02-05T19:46:44Z

gui/src/components/mainInput/TipTapEditor/utils/editorConfig.ts

+        }
+      } else {
+        if (hasValidEditorContent(content)) {
+          const scrollContainer = document.querySelector(


let's use a more robust way to get the scroll container e.g. id or non generic class

uinstinct · 2026-02-06T04:03:18Z

@uinstinct I think with the positioned draft approach if the draft is not submitted and a main input message is submitted instead it will not clear the other draft so the UI will glitch around, including if you started up vs code it would "glitch" to the input draft even if it was outdated

Added removing of both drafts (editing and main input) after submission and gui window unmount.

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<violation number="1" location="gui/src/hooks/ParallelListeners.tsx:270">
P2: The cleanup-only useEffect has no dependency array, so it runs after every render and clears draft keys on each re-render. Because this component re-renders from Redux state updates, saved drafts are repeatedly deleted, undermining persistence. Add a dependency array (or otherwise scope cleanup) so it only runs on unmount if that’s the intent.</violation>
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<file name="gui/src/hooks/ParallelListeners.tsx">

<violation number="1" location="gui/src/hooks/ParallelListeners.tsx:275">
P2: Cleaning localStorage drafts on ParallelListeners unmount undermines draft persistence and can wipe drafts in Strict Mode remounts or when the root component is disposed.</violation>
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feat: save input drafts to local storage

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remove unnecessary clearContent

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Merge branch 'main' into save-input-text

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save editing draft of the message

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and scroll to position when going back

get inputdraft from chat.tsx

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remove generic class for getting scroll container

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remove editing draft on unmount

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