topic Re: ArcPro is automatically saving edits on the default branch in ArcGIS Pro Questions

ArcPro is automatically saving edits on the default branch

Gurunara — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 18:54:05 GMT

ArcPro is automatically saving edits on the default branch, this is not happening on branch version. There edits are not committed until user clicks on save (or discard).

Re: ArcPro is automatically saving edits on the default branch

Scott_Harris — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 14:29:56 GMT

@Gurunara that is expected behavior:

From the doc

When the Version Management capability is enabled on the web feature layer, you cannot undo and redo edits you make to data in the default version.

Re: ArcPro is automatically saving edits on the default branch

James_Blouin — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:39:51 GMT

@Gurunara - I have developed an ArcGIS Pro add-in that attempts to alert and prevent certain edits when users have features/tables pointing to the branch Default version:

Default Version Guard - ArcGIS Pro SDK add-in - Esri Community

Feature service edits to the Default branch version are "short-type" transactions and that transaction type doesn't have the save/discard capability. See the ProConcepts Editing wiki for more info.

Dataset	Cancel Edit	Undo/Redo	Save/Discard	EditOperationType
Feature Service (Branch, Default)	Yes	No	No	SHORT
Feature Service (Branch, Named)	Yes	Yes	Yes	LONG