Why does my resume say "Not saved", and did I lose my work?

Not saved means the last save did not reach the server. Everything you typed is still on the screen and still held in this tab, so nothing is lost yet. Keep the tab open until the status changes.

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Most likely cause: one save request failed

The hint under the status spells out the recovery: the last save did not go through, make another edit to retry, and avoid closing this tab. Saves are triggered by edits, which is why typing a single character anywhere in the resume is enough to run one again.

If the status turns to Saved, the work is stored and you can carry on. If it stays on Not saved, copy the text of the section you wrote most recently into a note somewhere, then reload the page.

The status says "Unsaved" rather than "Not saved"

Nothing has failed here. On the free plan your edits are held in the editor until you save them yourself, so Unsaved means exactly what it says: you have changes that are not stored yet. Press Save resume, or Save & rescore on a job-tailored resume, which stores the content and refreshes the score in one step. On Premium, edits save as you type.

The notice Your score and checks need a refresh is the same situation viewed from the scoring side, and saving clears both.

The status says "Too many edits"

Your edits are arriving faster than the server accepts them, which is a pace limit rather than a failure. Your work is safe on the undo stack in the meantime, so wait a few seconds and carry on typing.

One field will not save

Individual fields have length limits, and a save can fail on length alone. Keep a professional summary under 3,000 characters, a single bullet point under 1,000 characters, and any link under 255 characters.

If saves started failing right after you pasted in a long block of text, one of those limits is almost certainly the reason. Trim the field and save again.

Can I restore an earlier version?

Resumes are not versioned on the server, so there is no earlier copy to roll back to. This is worth knowing before you need it rather than after.

What the builder does keep is undo and redo, up to 50 steps, held inside the browser tab. Closing the tab, reloading, or navigating away clears that history, which makes undo a tool for reversing a change you made a moment ago rather than for recovering yesterday's resume.

Two habits cover this comfortably. Download a PDF whenever you finish a round of editing, since that is free on every plan, and duplicate a resume before making large changes so the previous wording survives as a resume of its own.

Still stuck?

Email support@skillsyncer.com with the resume name before you close the tab, and tell us what the save status said.