Timeline and recovery

The timeline allows you to view the history of changes to the current document. It combines manual saved versions, auto-saves, upstream sync entries, and recovery checkpoints into one readable history.

What the timeline shows

Open the timeline from the document side panel. Each entry shows who made the change, when it happened, and what kind of change it was.

Timeline entries include:

• Agent and human edits with contributor attribution
• Saved versions created by the user with Save Version
• Upstream sync entries from Git
• Recovery checkpoints created automatically before operations like rollbacks

Review changes

Click a timeline entry to expand it. Open Knowledge shows an inline diff so you can compare that version with the current document.

You can switch between unified and split diff layouts from the editor controls.

Restore a previous version

Use the restore button on a timeline entry to restore the document to the selected version. Restoring is append-only: Open Knowledge creates a new change with the old content instead of deleting history.

Save a version

Use Save Version before major edits, before handing work to an agent, or before pulling in external changes. The saved version snapshots the project state so you can find and restore it later.