# Recovering Lost Post Data

DevFeed: [Recovering Lost Post Data](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/recovering-lost-post-data-31902.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<http://blog.jayfields.com/2013/05/recovering-lost-post-data.html>)

Author: Jay (noreply@blogger.com)

Published: 2013-05-07T12:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Jay Fields](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jay-fields.md>)

Topics: [Chrome](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chrome.md>), [developer tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-tooling.md>), [dry-run](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dry-run.md>)

Tags: [chrome](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chrome.md>), [devtools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devtools.md>), [dry-run](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dry-run.md>), [error](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/error.md>), [logging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/logging.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>)

## AI overview

A practical guide to recovering form data after a session-expired error by using Chrome DevTools. It explains how to inspect the Network tab, find the POST request, allow a repost if prompted, and copy the contents of Form Data.

## Source excerpt

I recently typed out a long, thoughtful response in a textarea. I clicked submit, like I've done millions of times, and I got the dreaded "session expired" error message. This happens very, very rarely, but it's devastating when it does. Creating long & thoughtful responses isn't something that comes naturally for me. I crossed my fingers and clicked back. No luck, web 2.0 dynamically created text boxes ensured Chrome had no chance to preserve my editing state. My first reaction was: I guess I'm not responding after all. Then it occurred to me, DevTools must have my data somewhere, right? Lucky for me, the answer was yes. There might be easier ways, this is what worked for me: open DevTools go to the "Network" tab. look for the row with the method POST. If you don't see a POST row, try refreshing the page. With any luck you'll get a repost confirmation dialog, giving you some hope that your data is still around. (You'll want to allow the data repost) click on the POST row, and scroll down till you see "Form Data". If you've gotten this far, hopefully you'll find your data in clear text and able to be copied. The examples from this post are from following the instructions above and logging in to twitter.com. If you've ever lost post data in the past, you may want to give these directions a dry-run now. © Jay Fields - www.jayfields.com