# Chrome refresh overwriting codebase

**URL:** <https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/chrome-refresh-overwriting-codebase/100964>\
**Category:** Google AI Studio\
**Tags:** ai-studio, development\
**Created:** [August 30, 2025, 6:41am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/chrome-refresh-overwriting-codebase/100964 "2025-08-30T06:41:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Kjartan\_Thor\_Thordar](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/kjartan_thor_thordar/32/62450_2.png) [@Kjartan\_Thor\_Thordar](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Kjartan_Thor_Thordar)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2025, 6:41am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/chrome-refresh-overwriting-codebase/100964/1 "2025-08-30T06:41:49Z")

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I use my iPad to work in Google AI Studio, now two days in a row the Chrome browser automatically refreshes the open window and the whole codebase is reverted to an older version and there is no way to get hours of development back - this is a major problem that Google needs to address and fix.

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**Author:** ![Katje](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/katje/32/25664_2.png) [@Katje](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Katje)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2025, 7:26am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/chrome-refresh-overwriting-codebase/100964/2 "2025-08-30T07:26:09Z")

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Yep. I think this is a feature, not a bug. When AI Studio messes the code up and you want to go to the original version, then all you have to do is refresh the browser.  
There’s a “Save” option in AI Studio, which will save the current version, in case you want to secure these changes you made.  
That auto-refresh of Chrome would be the problem and could be related to some extension or other setting on your iPad. The browser should not auto-refresh anyways so check your iPad for something that messes up your browser.