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Add feature flag to control file autosave behavior #650

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Put autosave-to-file behind a feature flag, default off
claude May 22, 2026
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Hide autosave-to-file indicator when feature flag is off
claude May 22, 2026
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions config.js
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Expand Up @@ -457,6 +457,10 @@ export const attachBlockMapping = {
// perspective. LeftHand (viewer's left) maps to mixamorig:RightHand, etc.
export const AUTOSAVE_KEY = "flock_autosave.flock";

// Feature flag for autosaving to the last explicitly-saved file. localStorage
// autosave is unaffected by this flag.
export const AUTOSAVE_TO_FILE_ENABLED = false;

export const attachMixamoMapping = {
LeftHand: "mixamorig:RightHand",
Hold: "mixamorig:RightHand",
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7 changes: 5 additions & 2 deletions main/files.js
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Expand Up @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as Blockly from "blockly";
import { workspace } from "./blocklyinit.js";
import { translate } from "./translation.js";
import { getMetadata } from "meta-png";
import { AUTOSAVE_KEY } from "../config.js";
import { AUTOSAVE_KEY, AUTOSAVE_TO_FILE_ENABLED } from "../config.js";

// Function to save the current workspace state
export function saveWorkspace(workspace) {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -509,7 +509,10 @@ let currentFileHandle = null;
export function updateSaveButtonState() {
document
.getElementById("exportCodeButton")
?.classList.toggle("no-autosave", !currentFileHandle);
?.classList.toggle(
"no-autosave",
AUTOSAVE_TO_FILE_ENABLED && !currentFileHandle,
);
}

// Clears the stored file handle (call whenever a new project is loaded)
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9 changes: 6 additions & 3 deletions main/main.js
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Expand Up @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
import { executeCode, stopCode } from "./execution.js";
import "../ui/addmeshes.js";
import "../ui/colourpicker.js";
import { TOP_BLOCK_TYPES } from "../config.js";
import { TOP_BLOCK_TYPES, AUTOSAVE_TO_FILE_ENABLED } from "../config.js";
import {
initializeBlocks,
initializeWorkspace,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1085,10 +1085,13 @@ window.onload = async function () {
console.log("Welcome to Flock XR 🐦🐦🐦");
console.log("Release 1");

// Autosave every 30 seconds: to localStorage and (if a file was saved) to that file
// Autosave every 30 seconds: to localStorage and (if enabled and a file was
// saved) to that file
setInterval(() => {
saveWorkspace(workspace);
autoSaveToFile(workspace);
if (AUTOSAVE_TO_FILE_ENABLED) {
autoSaveToFile(workspace);
}
}, 30000);

(async () => {
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