Google Drive scan feature loses all data on crash with no recovery
Google Drive scan feature crashes during long sessions and loses all scanned pages with no auto-save or recovery option.
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Google Docs Mobile Scanner Loses Documents After Capture
Users scanning documents within the Google Docs mobile app find their scans vanish immediately after capture, with no trace in Drive or recent files. The scan functionality works but the output is not saved or surfaced anywhere. This makes the built-in scanner unreliable for document capture workflows.
Google Docs Scanning Fails on Large Documents
Google Docs scanning feature throws errors and loses work after scanning more than 200 pages.
Google Drive PDF scanner silently fails on multi-page documents
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