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Desktop App - Prompted to sign-in as session had expired. Once signed-in, collections remained but all environment current values wiped #13246

Open mhr-timroberts opened 2 weeks ago

mhr-timroberts commented 2 weeks ago

Is there an existing issue for this?

Describe the Issue

Upon launching the desktop version of Postman, I was prompted to sign in, as my session had expired. After signing in via the browser, the desktop app was opened. My Collections were all still there however the current values for all of my Environments had been wiped. Also, all previously open tabs had been closed.

This is the second time I've had my environments wiped in the last 8 months (I don't recall if the previous occurrence was following a sign in).

It is going to take a significant amount of time to re-enter the data, and some of the values are secret keys that can only be viewed once following creation, so will require requests to 3rd parties to re-generate.

What makes it worse is that there is no way to back-up the current values for an Environment, just the initial value. I don't typically use the initial value as I don't want to share them with others.

Steps To Reproduce

  1. Open the Postman desktop app following a session expiry.
  2. Sign In when prompted
  3. When the Postman app opens, all previously open tabs have been closed and all Environment variable current values wiped

Screenshots or Videos

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Operating System

Windows

Postman Version

11.18.3

Postman Platform

Postman App

User Account Type

Signed In User

Additional Context?

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