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Recordings recovery

If a recording does not finish uploading — most often because the source ended unexpectedly, the app crashed mid-recording, or you closed Cadeo before the upload completed — the audio is not lost. It is held in your local browser storage so you can recover it later.

Where to find it​

Open Settings > Recording & AI. Scroll to the Recordings recovery section. Any local copies that have not been uploaded show up here.

If pending recordings are detected when you start the app, a calm snackbar at the bottom-right offers a one-click Review to jump straight to this section.

What each row shows​

  • The original note title, if it still exists
  • Original note deleted — if the note has been removed since the recording was captured
  • No linked note — for snapshots that were never tied to a specific note
  • The recording type (Audio, Meeting audio, Video), duration, file size and time of capture

Actions​

  • Recover — uploads the audio to Cadeo and links it back to the original note. If the original note has been deleted, Cadeo creates a new note titled Recovered recording — [date and time] and links the audio there. Transcription runs automatically once upload completes.
  • Discard — removes the local copy. Use this when you have already recovered the recording elsewhere or no longer want it.
  • Refresh — re-reads local storage. Useful if you discarded or recovered something in another tab.

When does a recording end up here?​

Most often after a track-end event — for example, you closed the browser tab being recorded, ended a screen share via the browser toolbar, or your laptop went to sleep mid-meeting. Cadeo writes a snapshot to local storage every 30 seconds during recording, so partial captures are preserved even if the recording does not stop cleanly.

If a recording is here for more than a few days, it is generally safe to discard — the auto-recovery hooks would already have tried to relink anything they could.