[P@blo]

I think the problem is when you refresh to post and too much time has gone by, the site signs you out. The new verification probably does not help matters much either. As others mentioned, select and copy your post to your clip board if posting a higher effort post. At least you will recover your information and takes almost no time to do.

[Shiny]

Originally Posted by P@blo

I think the problem is when you refresh to post and too much time has gone by, the site signs you out. The new verification probably does not help matters much either. As others mentioned, select and copy your post to your clip board if posting a higher effort post. At least you will recover your information and takes almost no time to do.

There may be a notable distinction here.

When you log onto the forum, do you click the box to "Remember me" ?

If not, do it.

The "extra" Cloudflare cookies are temporary and seems only minutes before requiring a refresh of your humanity card. The Cloudflare "manual" box has been kind of random for me, but most of the time it doesn't make me check it again. If it can verify based on some mystical browser stuff, it won't make you click the box. Whether it makes you click a box or not, it is still going to refresh if you take a while to write a post or wander off to another task.

I always log in with "Remember me" so have never been booted off the site by the Cloudflare refresh. I won't say never, but it is rare for me to lose draft text. I do highlight and copy though, just in case... good insurance. Also, I can't post under 3 paragraphs.

I wonder if the Cloudflare refresh is booting you off the forum and making you log in again? If it is, this might explain the lost text ?

?????

LOL... I just hit the "Preview Post" and Cloudflare refreshed. No box, and I did NOT lose this draft...

Mike

[P@blo]

Thanks fot the tip Shiny. No way I am leaving a web browser full of cookies to save one login step. The forum has been the same for me for 20ish years too and have no issues managing my privacy settings.

In my case, the site only signs me out after I take a long time writing a post. If it were happening all the time that would be another story but that is not the case here.