Guide/Part Five · Save, protect, recover

Crash recovery

If GLASS closes unexpectedly, your unsaved work is waiting the next time you open it.

1. On Home, look for the Recovered section above your recent files.
2. Click a recovered card to restore that work, or click its ✕ to discard it (this asks to confirm).
3. The restored work opens with unsaved changes. Save it to keep it.

Recovery is automatic. While you work, autosave keeps a recovery copy of your changes, and that copy survives a crash. Each recovered card shows the document's name and how long ago it was last edited. A card marked Recovered belongs to a file you had saved before. Restoring it connects it to that file again, so your next save goes back there. A card marked Unsaved is work that was never saved. It opens as a new, untitled document. A card for a password-protected document asks for the password when you restore it.

Choosing Don’t save when you leave a document also keeps a recovery copy, in case you change your mind. It appears in the Recovered section the next time you open GLASS.

If a document won't open

When a document can't be opened, a message at the top of Home says why. If GLASS has the backup from the document's previous save (the .glass.bak file beside it), the message offers Open the backup copy. GLASS copies the backup to a new file in the same folder, named like Novel (backup).glass, and opens that. The damaged original is never touched.

If GLASS shows “Something went wrong”

If GLASS hits an error while drawing the screen, it shows Something went wrong. Your document is still open: click Save a copy to save it to a file you choose, then Reload. If you reload without saving, your unsaved changes are waiting in the Recovered section on Home.