Ask HN: Substack version history deleted a week of my work

by richardatlargeon 9/26/2025, 2:00 AMwith 2 comments

SS says they don't do backup, but their version history save my file back to three days ago, losing about 40 hours of work. Any optons?

What kind of a system runs out of room and keeps the old version but quits saving the new one?

Thanks

by leakycapon 9/26/2025, 3:59 AM

Did you reach out to support to see if they have any options or are you saying what the helpdocs tell you?

I think we've all been burned by typing long-form anything into a web browser form, but it is very upsetting when it happens. The only solution I've ever found is typing in something like TextEdit/Notepad and copying it over when ready to post/save/upload/whatever.