---
title: "Revisions"
description: "What a saved version records, what the plan's per post revision allowance actually meters, and why those are two different things."
updated: "2026-08-29"
verifiedAgainst:
  - apps/web/lib/firestore/posts.ts
  - packages/shared/src/free-grant.ts
  - apps/web/lib/server/acquisition-runtime-control.ts
  - apps/web/lib/server/billing-guard.ts
  - apps/web/app/api/topics/[topicId]/generate-draft/route.ts
  - apps/web/lib/usage-report.ts
---

Two different things are called revisions, and confusing them leads people to
believe they cannot keep editing. They are separate, and only one of them is
metered.

## Saved versions

Saving a post in the editor writes a snapshot to its revision history, and the
revision panel lists them with what changed.

<Callout variant="note" title="Editing is never metered">
  Saving is not charged against any allowance. You can edit and save a post as
  often as you like on any plan.
</Callout>

Recording the snapshot is a second step, taken after the article itself is
saved. If that second step fails, the article is still saved and only the
history entry for that save is missing.

The editor reports the save as successful, which it was, and does not flag the
missing entry. A gap in the revision list is the only sign, so if history
matters to you for a particular edit, check the list rather than assuming the
entry is there.

## The per post revision allowance

The number your plan states, shown in Settings under Usage, meters something
else: **regenerating** a post through the pipeline.

Each regeneration counts against that post's allowance. The charge is reserved
when a regeneration starts and committed only when a draft is actually
persisted, so a run that fails does not consume one. Two simultaneous
regenerations of the same post cannot both pass.

| | Saved version | Regeneration |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Produced by | Saving in the editor | Asking for the post to be written again |
| Costs allowance | No | Yes, one per regeneration |
| Limited by plan | No | Yes, per post |
| Counted where | Revision history | The post's revision count |

## What a saved version covers

The article: title, body, metadata and structure. Not your asset library, your
knowledge, or the post's analytics, all of which live outside the post and are
not rolled back with it.

<Callout variant="tip">
  If a draft is close but wrong in one section, edit that section and save. That
  costs nothing. Regenerating the whole article to fix a paragraph spends one of
  that post's regenerations and usually changes three things you were happy
  with.
</Callout>

A Free Project is a different case, and not a smaller cap. AI article
regeneration is a paid-only feature, so a Free Project has none at all: the
request is refused with an upgrade prompt rather than a quota message. Editing
and saving still cost nothing, exactly as they do on every plan.

Accounts on the trial do get a capped number, one per post, alongside
everything else the trial caps. See [usage and limits](/billing/usage) and
[the trial](/billing/trial).