# Check an interrupted WorkSteps draft save

Keep an uncertain save separate from a failure, then read its original outcome without repeating the change.

Source: https://help.smartfact.ai/automation/guides/worksteps-reply-recovery

Audience: Author

This lesson shows a deliberately interrupted reply after a genuine saved draft. The original source response is retained, and the recovery reads it without another save.

## Read the original save after an interruption

1. **Open the current WorkSteps draft**

   Open the current WorkSteps draft

   Load the product’s current draft. Plain English assistance is unavailable in this workspace, so use the complete manual controls. Approved production continues separately.

2. **Choose the additional inspection condition**

   Choose the additional inspection condition

   Open the condition that includes the existing approved additional inspection step. The instruction itself stays unchanged.

3. **Express the same required Boolean check**

   Express the same required Boolean check

   For this required Yes-or-No input, express the same inspection trigger as not equal to No. Missing values are not being treated as No.

4. **Choose No as the comparison value**

   Choose No as the comparison value

   Choose No. For the source’s required Boolean inspection flag, not No retains the same trigger as Yes.

5. **Prepare the complete private change**

   Prepare the complete private change

   Prepare the full condition and action together for the exact current revision. Nothing is saved or approved yet.

6. **Transfer the prepared change privately**

   Transfer the prepared change privately

   Transfer the checked file to its owning product. Each part is bound to the current draft; transferring does not save the draft.

7. **Check the complete change before saving**

   Check the complete change before saving

   Confirm that you checked the complete change and intend to save it. Test and review it independently before it can be used.

8. **Recognise an interrupted save reply**

   Recognise an interrupted save reply

   In this recorded interruption, the source has processed the request but its reply did not reach Automation. Treat the outcome as uncertain. Do not save the change again.

9. **Read the original saved outcome**

   Read the original saved outcome

   Check the recorded request. This reads the original source outcome and does not repeat the save. Continue only after the original revision is confirmed.

[Watch or practise this chapter](https://help.smartfact.ai/automation/demo?guide=worksteps-reply-recovery&chapter=original-outcome&audience=office)

The original source revision is confirmed and the native change has not been repeated. Complete expected-case testing and release review remain separate.