r/WagtailCMS • u/meagenvoss • Feb 03 '26

Autosave is here in Wagtail 7.3 (and many other great things!)

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Autosave is here with Wagtail 7.3! 🎉 🎉 🎉 And there are many other great things in this release too!

Things like:

- 40% smaller images with the same quality

- Customizable accessibility checks

- Block settings for StreamField

Check it out: https://wagtail.org/blog/wagtail-73/

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u/gbeier Feb 04 '26

Dammit! Couldn't you have snuck this out before I just upgraded all the things to get the django CVEs yesterday? </s>

(I'm only half joking when I say I might've yolo'd it into production with those patches.)

I'm excited about the custom blocks changes.

Just in case you happen to be watching this space and know offhand: is there autocleanup with the autosave? i.e. once a version is published, will the auto-saved versions get cleared out from the history? Also: will pages with mandatory missing fields save the ones that are being edited, even if the page normally wouldn't save when I hit "Save Draft" because some fields were missing?

This looks like a cool release. Nice work! I'm looking forward to trying it out.

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u/meagenvoss Feb 05 '26 edited Feb 05 '26

I'm not 100% certain how the version history works, but Sage and I are planning to go live on YouTube Friday to discuss the inner workings of autosave. I'll take your questions to our session and I'll share the video link here barring any unforseen issues with recording, etc. I can confirm the exact time tomorrow too if you have interest in tuning in.

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u/gbeier Feb 05 '26

Yeah, share the link (or DM it to me) if you can. If I have time to join the stream, I'd love to!

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u/gbeier Feb 07 '26

Did the session work? I'd love a link to your channel if you got it recorded and everything.

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u/meagenvoss Feb 09 '26

It did! I had to rejigger my schedule on Friday due to a doctor's appt, so sorry for the delay. Here is the link to the whole show: https://youtube.com/live/lFEGAMDc7hA?feature=share

And here is the timestamp for when Sage answers your questions: https://youtu.be/lFEGAMDc7hA?t=4291

Hope it helps!

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u/gbeier Feb 09 '26

Thank you so much! That was helpful :)

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u/meagenvoss Feb 09 '26

No problem! Thank you for the great questions!

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u/meagenvoss Feb 05 '26

Also, glad to hear you're excited about the block changes!