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Topic: Does Electrum not save the notes you type? (Read 122 times)

legendary
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March 28, 2024, 03:42:18 AM
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This issue has now been fixed and it should be available in the next Electrum release: https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/commit/17599de611fcafbda1160ceb6524aa8e9e0c1ac5
legendary
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I have confirmed that this behavior is indeed a bug and have opened a Github issue about it: https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues/8951
legendary
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I should note, that the wallet was closed during a crash. So Electrum did not close normally. So maybe it only saves the notes when you close Electrum normally?
That makes sense.

The note will be saved in the wallet file within the "notes_text": "my notes", array (visible if wallet file isn't encrypted)
But unlike transactions and invoices, the notes are only kept in RAM while the wallet is open, it'll only queue an update to the wallet file in disk after the wallet is closed.
It can be seen outside the whole wallet json object, below as: {"op": "replace", "path": "/notes_text", "value": ""}
The next time you open it, the update will be applied to "notes_text".
legendary
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It works fine for me.

How did you run Electrum? Did you run it without installing it? Or the Linux OS you use is Tails? Because if it's a tails then once you shut down your PC all things you do will be automatically deleted leaving no traces including the notes you save on the Electrum.

I run Electrum from the python .tar.gz archive, which was installed by pip. On Ubuntu.

I should note, that the wallet was closed during a crash. So Electrum did not close normally. So maybe it only saves the notes when you close Electrum normally?

I only have one wallet inside Electrum.

I think you should update your software to version 4.5.3 the latest if it is available for Linux.

There is no point in updating if the changelog does not indicate that there is a bug of this sort that is fixed (and also for security vulnerabilities, but that is a different story and not relevant to this topic).
sr. member
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I typed in a note inside the Notes tab of my Electrum wallet, and I was shocked to discover that when I closed and opened Electrum wallet again, the note was gone.

As far as I know, there is no dedicated Save button for notes. So how is this data supposed to be saved? Clearly it is not on auto-save so is there some button or menu entry I'm unaware of?
I am using version 4.5.2 on Windows

The notes works fine. I don't have to press any button for save. I have closed and opened it and what I have written in the note is there.

I think it is autosave.

I think you should update your software to version 4.5.3 the latest if it is available for Linux.
legendary
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It works fine for me.

How did you run Electrum? Did you run it without installing it? Or the Linux OS you use is Tails? Because if it's a tails then once you shut down your PC all things you do will be automatically deleted leaving no traces including the notes you save on the Electrum.
hero member
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I typed in a note inside the Notes tab of my Electrum wallet, and I was shocked to discover that when I closed and opened Electrum wallet again, the note was gone.
Do you have more than one wallet there? When you close the wallet, probably it opened another wallet for you after you open the wallet again. I am using Windows and I saved automatically and not deleted. I guess the error is from your end and not Electum. Not a bug.
hero member
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Version: 4.5.0 (Linux)

I typed in a note inside the Notes tab of my Electrum wallet, and I was shocked to discover that when I closed and opened Electrum wallet again, the note was gone.

As far as I know, there is no dedicated Save button for notes. So how is this data supposed to be saved? Clearly it is not on auto-save so is there some button or menu entry I'm unaware of?

Strange. Mine (with the latest 4.5.3)  is saved after closing. There is no any button. It is saved automatically (Ubuntu)

I could not find any Note option at all :-D
Is it something to do with address label?

View --> Check "Notes"
legendary
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I could not find any Note option at all :-D
Is it something to do with address label?
legendary
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Version: 4.5.0 (Linux)

I typed in a note inside the Notes tab of my Electrum wallet, and I was shocked to discover that when I closed and opened Electrum wallet again, the note was gone.

As far as I know, there is no dedicated Save button for notes. So how is this data supposed to be saved? Clearly it is not on auto-save so is there some button or menu entry I'm unaware of?
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