Google Docs update silently deletes chapter and its version history
Accepting an in-progress update prompt in Google Docs deleted an entire 33-page chapter, cleared the clipboard, and altered version history so the content could not be recovered. A structural data-integrity risk in how live updates interact with unsaved edits and revision history.
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