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Draft Rescue
Gets back the text a crashed tab took with it.
v1.0.0Every site0 requestsFree
- Works in
- Chrome, Edge, Brave on macOS and Windows
- Stored
- Locally, in your browser profile
- Kept for
- 7 days, then deleted automatically
- Network
- None
- Version
- 1.0.0, Manifest V3
Draft Rescue is a free Chrome extension that keeps a local copy of what you type into text boxes, so a crash, a stray back button or a session timeout does not lose it. To get text back, right-click the text box and choose "Restore last draft". Drafts are stored only on your own machine and never leave it, and it refuses to store passwords, card numbers and other sensitive fields.
How you get text back
Right-click inside any text box and choose "Restore last draft". That is the main path, and it is completely deterministic: you ask, it puts the text back.
There is one automatic offer, and it is deliberately narrow. A small card appears only when the page was reloaded or restored with the back button, a saved draft exists for that exact field, the field is empty now, and no successful submit was recorded for it.
Why the offer is so narrow
An empty text box has two possible meanings. Either the page lost your text, or you cleared it on purpose. Only the combination above resolves that ambiguity, and guessing anywhere else would mean nagging you after a message you already sent successfully. That is precisely the failure this extension exists to prevent, so it does not guess.
What it refuses to remember
Passwords, card numbers, CVV and security codes, one-time and two factor codes, API keys, private keys, seed phrases, national ID numbers, passport and licence numbers, bank routing, IBAN and account numbers, dates of birth and tax IDs.
These are excluded by input type, by autocomplete hint, and by name, id, label and placeholder text, so a card number sitting in a plain text input is still refused. Text shorter than 25 characters is not stored either, because losing it costs nothing.
Permissions
Storage, and reads the text boxes you type in. Everything is kept in your own browser profile. There is no server, no sync and no network request of any kind.
Install it
About a minute, no account, no configuration.
01
Download the .zip and unzip it wherever you keep things.
02
Open chrome://extensions in your browser.
03
Switch on Developer mode, top right of that page.
04
Click Load unpacked and pick the unzipped folder.
05
Reload the page you want it on. That is the whole setup.
Questions about Draft Rescue
Where are my drafts stored?
In your browser's local storage, on your own machine. There is no server, no account and no sync. Uninstalling the extension deletes everything it kept.
Does it save passwords or card numbers?
No. Password fields, card number fields, security codes, one-time codes, API keys, seed phrases and similar are all refused, by input type, by autocomplete hint and by field name.
Will it nag me after I successfully submit a form?
No. A successful submit deletes that form's drafts immediately, and the automatic offer only appears after a reload or a back navigation where the field is genuinely empty.
How long are drafts kept?
Seven days, with at most sixty kept at a time. Older ones are deleted automatically.
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