In plain English
The key idea is that the saving happened on its own. The content was recorded without a person needing to do a separate save action.
In context
Here, it reports that the current edits were saved automatically and did not require a manual save action.
- Situation
- Creating posts, drafts, stories, tags, mentions, visibility, and moderation states
- What it communicates
- reports that the current edits were saved automatically
Meaning limits
By itself, this status does not say when the saving happened or how often automatic saving occurs.
Examples
“The draft was autosaved even though nobody clicked Save.”
“While she answered the phone, her latest edits were autosaved.”