[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #24447: Avoid losing data after nonces expire

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#24447: Avoid losing data after nonces expire
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 Reporter:  azaozz          |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  4.3
Component:  Administration  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch     |     Focuses:
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Comment (by krogsgard):

 The exact issue that @iseulde notes is what happened to me. I was writing
 a post, and I guess I stopped for a long time (hours to maybe a day) and
 came back to it and started writing again. When I attempted to save, I got
 the "are you sure" page, and freaked out.

 The link on that wanted me to go to `post-new.php` iirc, which scared me
 and I didn't know how to get back. Eventually, I went to edit posts and
 then the post editor, and the post had reverted to the previous saved
 version, which lost about 2,000 words. I downloaded the database and
 attempted to check Chrome cache and there was no sign.

 Oddly enough, the next day, when I was pasting in from an outside editor
 (having learned my lesson now), when I attempted to save this time it
 prompted me that I had a newer version than the one showing, and tada, it
 was back. But I know it was not an actual version bc I had downloaded the
 whole db to check. @iseulde tells me it was probably in the session
 storage, not chrome cache (which is what I checked).

 The whole situation was very scary and what I really wish was if, instead
 of the "are you sure" page there was a different style of notification
 that doesn't make you leave the current page. I think that's how it's
 supposed to work but apparently there are some edge cases.

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