Dynamo auto backup file

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I did not found a topic for feedback about auto backup so I hope its fine to create a topic for it.

Dynamo creates a backup file for any unsaved file under %appdata%\Dynamo\Dynamo Revit\backup with the filename of backup.DYN

There are two problem with how this works:

  1. the file name is very generic and after crashing dynamo you can easily overwrite it by opening dynamo again. The file name should include a session ID or similar
  2. when you open two dynamo instances in two separate revit sessions, one of your dynamo will not have a backup as there is already a backup.DYN file locked by another session. Having a uniquie filename would resolve this as well

i often do 5-10 nodes before saving my file just to see if something i want is feasible and in some cases I lose this. Not a big deal but if I can get my 5 minutes back that’s already a win

Thanks

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Hello @daninet - These are very fair call-outs and we’re taking a look internally now to ensure they don’t cause downstream issues if we implement them. If they don’t, we’ll be putting it on the backlog to implement :slight_smile:

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