You were writing an Article and your work disappeared. The likely cause: Continu's 4-hour idle timeout.
Continu signs users out automatically after 4 hours of idle time. Idle time is measured from your last navigation action — not from your last keystroke. Writing inside the Article editor does not reset the idle timer. If you spend a few hours drafting without clicking away from the page, your session expires silently and your unsaved work is lost.
How to Avoid This
Save frequently as you write. Click Save explicitly every few paragraphs. Each save also resets the idle timer.
Navigate between pages occasionally. Open another tab, click into a different Continu page, and come back. This resets the timer without losing your draft (as long as you've saved recently).
Draft long articles in shorter sessions. If you're writing something substantial, save and step away. Long uninterrupted writing sessions are where the timeout most often catches people.
If You've Already Lost Work
Unsaved content cannot be recovered. Continu does not auto-save Article drafts. Start the draft again — and save more frequently this time. Consider drafting long Articles in a separate editor (Google Docs, Word) and pasting in when ready, with Plain Text paste to avoid formatting issues.
See Also
- Add an Article to Continu — Article creation walkthrough including the timeout warning.
- Content Authoring — the strategic frame.
4-hour idle timeout. Editing doesn't reset it. Save explicitly every few paragraphs.