https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159008
Bug ID: 159008
Summary: Autorecovery files are hard deleted when you say no to
saving the current open document
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 7.5.2.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)
OS: Windows (All)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: LibreOffice
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
When you close a libreoffice calc document and click "do not save changes",
libreoffice calc does a hard delete of some sort on the autorecovery files in
the Backups path of Libreoffice. The files are no longer recoverable using
data recycle bin or even data recovery software as they should be if the files
were just normally deleted. It's like they never existed. This is a problem if
you make a mistake and click no in the save dialog box.
Using windows 11.
Steps to Reproduce:
1.open file in libreoffice calc for example
2.Make change to a cell
3.Wait for auto backup to occur and confirm file in backups folder
4.Close libreoffice calc and do not save changes.
5.check backups folder autobackup file is gone.
6.try recycle bin or data recovery software and the files will not show up.
Actual Results:
backup autorecovery files are all gone
Expected Results:
Be able to recover the files with data recovery software
Two possible solutions:
1)different method to delete the files in the backup folder when you close
without saving so that there is some way to recover the backups
2)Change libreoffice to keep backup files for x days and clean up old ones on
startup. On a normal close of a libreoffice file where someone cooses to not
save the document, rename the autorecovery files so they don't impact the next
time libreoffice wants to create them when the file is opened.
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: Yes
Additional Info:
Version: 7.5.2.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 53bb9681a964705cf672590721dbc85eb4d0c3a2
CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 22621; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-CA (en_CA); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded
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