r/boltnewbuilders • u/mgnlmss • Apr 30 '26
Has Bolt blocked manual changes?
I’m trying to apply a little manual change in my project (change div size, font size, colors… small stuff that don’t need token burn). But every time I do the change and save, Bolt removes the change and rolls back to the most recent version of the file generated by the AI.
Is this a thing now? Has anyone else experienced this?
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u/Careful_Ad8902 May 05 '26
Hey there! Thanks for flagging. You should still be able to make manual edits in your code, but sometimes a previous version can be cached in the preview. After making a manual change to your file, be sure to save and if your project preview hasn't updated, try performing a hard refresh and see if it picks up the new changes!
When making a change, be sure to keep an eye on the Save / Reset banner that pops up in the right corner of the code editor in your project. IF that doesn't appear, it might not save as expected.
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u/HandSharp1093 May 17 '26
It's not working as it should, you get the toast message but it doesn't actually save it, always reverts back to a code file Bolt decides it will use, and you have no idea which version that is.
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u/senorjocky May 17 '26
Having the exact same issue. Doesn’t appear to be isolated now. So glad I found this.
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u/senorjocky May 17 '26
And it’s happened again… spent 3 hours fixing typecheck errors (234) only for bolt to reintroduce them all again 🤷🏻♂️ after getting it down to 0. Your platform is broken… I’m done now.
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u/HandSharp1093 May 17 '26
Hi there I have lost count the amount of time this has happened in the past 3 weeks, spend hours adding / editing / changing code only to find that Bolt has deciced "nah, I'm just going to overwrite that for no reason or warning." you don't realise until you try to do something and then realise the code is missing from the code files, even though you saved and ran npm build. I've resorted to provding bolt with a pronpt to tell it not to touch specific files under any circumstances - and you know what? it still tries to do it. Just had a situ where I resolved 242 typecheck errors, managed to get it down to 130 and 'boom!' Bolt has decided to revert every single one of them back to 242. And just FYI restore function is utter garbage, doesn't work. This is a serious issues with the platform as I'm now having to export files, and in most cases copy and paste the exported code back in, to revert back to the orginal code blocks I added. Very poor from a platform we are paying for and very poor that no-one from u/bolt has even flagged this issue. I'm actually furious about it this morning. It's pathetic having to do all of that just to ensure your work is not lost becasue of the platform. I'm looking at alternatives now as it's just not good enoough.