Is it possible to save drafts?

[OneMusicDream]

I’m adding a big release right now - a CD containing 100 songs in mp3 format - https://www.discogs.com/Various-BIGMAN-Collection-Vol-6/release/12270435
It’s a lot of work because I have to add a lot of artists in that list. It takes me days to finish it. So it would be really nice to be able to save it as a draft but I can’t find such a feature.

[Lotheric]

It’s a requested feature: https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/MBS-3929

I don’t think it’s possible yet.

[Ataki]

I would add all the artists first before adding the CD.

[jesus2099]

And link each artist to Wikidata or any other at least one page or MB entity so that it does not disappear before you eventually creating your release.

[Billy_Yank]

Also see this thread for some ideas:

Is there a way to save adding/editing state?

Is there a way to save the current state of a realease or anything else that i’m adding/editing? For example, there’s a compilation album with 200+ songs, and try adding it for consecutive hours can be just not a viable thing to do, also something can go wrong (e.g. unintentionally refreshing the page, or going to the previous/next in the search history…). As far as I know, there isn’t something like a markup or text-based editing on MB, so I can’t save it in a plain text file.

[OneMusicDream]

Well, at least MusicBrainz has a track parser, which allows the user to copy and then save the track list in a text file. This is really good for saving your work.
Maybe add an option to add the Artist ID in the tracklist, if the artist is selected (in green).

For example, instead of
“86. Gata gata - Nek (3:28)”

change the tracklist into:
“86. Gata gata - [A=f0169fbe-1518-4fd5-9861-5f0f6d96f2eb] (3:28)”

Or
“86. Gata gata - [A=Nek,f0169fbe-1518-4fd5-9861-5f0f6d96f2eb] (3:28)”

(At this release)

And then you can save all the work you made in the tracklist