# Persistent data not being saved

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/persistent-data-not-being-saved/5680>\
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**Created:** [11 December 2018 15:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/persistent-data-not-being-saved/5680 "2018-12-11T15:12:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [12 December 2018 09:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/persistent-data-not-being-saved/5680/8 "2018-12-12T09:14:20Z")

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@cflurin Exactly right. Both SIGINT on a mac and `node-red-stop` on a pi should produce an orderly shutdown of NR. According to a previous [discussion](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/questions-about-persistent-context/5547/2),

> [@Questions about persistent context](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/questions-about-persistent-context/5547/2):
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> the filesystem context plugin flushes its contents as part of its closing down

This does not seem to happen. @Paul-Reed observed that context that is supposed to persist does not, and I was just offering another example.

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