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cachaito
Collaborator | Level 8
4 months ago

Images can't be restored to a previous version, right after overwriting them.

Dropbox App Version (if using the app): N/A Question or Issue Good morning. I discovered a bug in Dropbox related to restoring image file version history. Today, I accidentally overwrote an ima...
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Mark
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4 months ago

This isnt a bug I'm afraid, your image really helps, thank you!

Because your last edit was 20th Feb 2024 it is over the recovery window (30 days free, 180 days paid). Therefore no previous version is available. This is how previous versions work even though logical process would state that as you only edited it today there should be one available. 

This is proven because you re-save again and can get the second edit restored back - because it is within that recovery window now. 

It didnt used to work like this, but, it has done for many years now. 

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cachaito
Collaborator | Level 8
4 months ago

Hi Mark, what you write sounds logical, but how do you explain that after the second overwrite I could restore the oldest version of the image?

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