ArcGIS Pro has had Settings for saving edits—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop for a while. You can choose to use it or not, and control the frequency of saves based on either time or number of operations.
The other part about autosaving a document is being looked at as part of https://community.esri.com/ideas/1079
These requests are addressed in ArcGIS Pro both for editing and project backup.
See Save edits at recurring intervals
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