Project Recovery
Restore an autosaved project after a crash or unclean exit. Appears on launch when recovery files are present.
If the app crashed or you killed it with unsaved work, Beam Bench can recover the project from the autosave file on next launch.
When it opens
Automatically on app startup if one or more autosaved projects are detected.
What you see
- Brief intro text explaining what recovery is.
- A list of recoverable projects, each showing:
- Project name (truncated if long).
- Original path.
- Per-row buttons.
Per-row buttons
| Button | Action |
|---|---|
| Restore | Open this project from its autosave. |
| Discard | Delete this single recovery file. |
Footer buttons
- Discard All: delete every recovery file shown.
- Close: dismiss without acting. Files remain. Next launch shows the dialog again.
Notes
- Escape closes the dialog.
- Clicking outside the dialog closes it.
- Restore loads the project but does not auto-save it. Save explicitly to commit the recovered state.
- Autosave files live in the app preferences directory:
- macOS:
~/Library/Application Support/Beam Bench/ - Windows:
%AppData%\Beam Bench\ - Linux:
~/.config/Beam Bench/
- macOS:
Related
- Settings, General: autosave interval
- Save the project (Get Started)
- Crash recovery (troubleshooting)