Every AI generation — image and video — is recorded in a history attached to the resulting element. Reopen the history any time to rerun, branch, or restore a past variant.
Open the history
There are two ways:
- From the lightbox — open an AI-generated element in the Lightbox. The right panel shows the prompt, model, references, and a timeline of previous attempts.
- From the generation panel — click the Generation History icon in the panel toolbar (clock icon) to see the queue of recent generations from this session.
What is recorded
Per attempt:
- Prompt — text submitted.
- Model — provider and model name.
- Parameters — aspect ratio, seed, CFG, model-specific knobs.
- References — images or videos attached.
- Cost — estimate at the time of generation.
- Result — the file, in the board folder.
Actions
Per history entry:
- Open — load the result on the canvas (if it is not already there).
- Restore — set this attempt as the active version of the element.
- Regenerate — open the generation panel with the same settings, no changes.
- Iterate — open the panel with the result attached as a reference for the next step.
- Copy prompt — copy the prompt text only.
Branching
When you Iterate from a past variant, you create a branch in the history. The branch sits next to the parent in the lightbox timeline. There is no merge — each branch is its own element, but they share the original prompt as their root.
Storage
History is kept in the SQLite database. The result files live in the board’s media folder under predictable names (ai_<short-id>__<index>.png for example).
Deleting an element on the canvas removes the element but does not delete the underlying files. To clean up the media folder use Right-click → Reveal in Finder / Explorer and remove manually.
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