Save your progress in Drafts

We've all been there—clicking outside a modal or navigating away from a page, only to lose all our progress. With Drafts, you don’t have to worry about that anymore. If you're interrupted when writing an issue or a comment or accidentally click away, Plane automatically saves your half-written text so you can pick up right where you left off.

How Drafts work

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Drafts remain private and won't be visible to team members until you move them to project issues.

As soon as you start writing an issue, Plane auto-saves it for you. Should you stop midway or click away to a notification, all your issues, and soon, comments, are available in Drafts accessible from the sidebar. Find your draft from the preview text, edit it, delete it, or move the draft to a project when you're ready.

Additionally, if you try to close the Create issue modal, you’ll see a confirmation box offering you the option to save it to Drafts.

Create drafts manually

Just click Draft an issue at the top right of your Drafts screen, and write out a draft that you will pick up later.

Manage your drafts

To manage your drafts, click the ellipsis (•••) next to any draft and choose one of several options.

• Edit
  Select Edit to make changes to your draft as you would with a regular issue. Once you're done, just save your updates.

• Make a copy
  Need a duplicate? Simply select Make a copy to clone your draft.

• Move to project
  Ready to finalize your draft? Click Move to project to publish it as a regular issue. A confirmation modal will appear, giving you a chance to review it one last time. Assignees and team members will be notified only once the draft is moved to the project.

• Delete
  Created a draft you no longer need? Deleting it is easy. Click Delete, confirm, and it’s gone. A toast message will appear confirming the deletion.

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  Keep in mind, deleted drafts cannot be recovered. You'll always see a confirmation modal to prevent accidental deletions.