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How do I recover text that hasn't saved because Confluence has failed to merge changes I've made wit

RACHEL JEAN MATHESON March 26, 2025

What do I do when I get this message:


Sorry, your changes cannot be merged automatically.

Rachel has saved changes for this page and your changes cannot be merged with theirs. You can overwrite, cancel or review their changes and continue editing the page below. 
Content in green will be added. Content in red will be removed. Content in blue will have its formatting changed. 

I AM Rachel, ie it thinks I'm another user and can't merge changes I've made with other changes I've made. In the end the only button I could hit was 'Close' - out of 3 options at the bottom of the page: Preview, Overwrite and Close. Then when I went to version history, my changes just weren't there, in any version of the page. 

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Humashankar VJ
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March 26, 2025

Hi @RACHEL JEAN MATHESON 

Have you checked the Drafts ?

Drafts are typically auto-saved versions of your work. If you didn't title the page, look for entries labeled Untitled.

To learn more - Recover a Page After a Failed Save Attempt or System Crash | Confluence | Atlassian Documentation

Hope this helps - Happy to help further!!
Thank you very much and have a great one!
Warm regards

RACHEL JEAN MATHESON March 26, 2025

Hi @Humm Humm thank you. I'm used to checking the page history for past versions, but not drafts. Where do you find drafts? The page was titled and had been saved several times.

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March 27, 2025

Hi @RACHEL JEAN MATHESON - Do you see option like the below one from your end:

Confluence-2.jpg

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RACHEL JEAN MATHESON March 27, 2025

Thank you @Humashankar VJ  yes I do see that. To be honest I rarely click on my profile photo and view that menu. Good to know it's there. :)

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