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aviationMEDIUM2026-05-02 01:07 UTC

Uncovering 8% IndexedDB Data Loss After Browser Crashes with Playwright

At 2 a.m., our user group exploded — people were saying data had just vanished, as if the browser had “eaten” it. Our frontend stores application state in IndexedDB, which is supposed to be far more reliable than localStorage. How could it disappear without a trace? I spent two hours digging through

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