# Is Save Menu command really saving project?

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**Category:** Cubase\
**Tags:** cubase-13\
**Created:** [March 1, 2024, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/is-save-menu-command-really-saving-project/901005 "2024-03-01T12:33:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![csurieux](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/csurieux/32/148612_2.png) [@csurieux](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/csurieux)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/is-save-menu-command-really-saving-project/901005/1 "2024-03-01T12:33:32Z")

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Cubase Pro 13.21, W11

When I save project from menu and immediately close the project windows, Cubase asks to save project ?  
Is it a small bug or the Save Menu command has no effect ?

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**Author:** ![mlib](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/mlib/32/252796_2.png) [@mlib](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/mlib)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/is-save-menu-command-really-saving-project/901005/2 "2024-03-01T14:39:40Z")

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I think it it safe to say that the Save command does save your project. Rather, it would seem as if Cubase doesn’t properly check to see if a change was made since the last time the project was saved.  
I have noticed this as well if I open a project and immediately close it again, Cubase will ask me if I want to save the project before closing even though no changes were made.

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**Author:** ![Nico5](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/nico5/32/92492_2.png) [@Nico5](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Nico5)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/is-save-menu-command-really-saving-project/901005/3 "2024-03-01T20:23:17Z")

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I find this happening on occasion, but not always.

My speculative guess is, that some plugins are continuously reporting some changes to their state to Cubase - even without any user action in the project.

And when a plugin changes, Cubase needs to save the current plugin state before quitting,

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**Author:** ![csurieux](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/csurieux/32/148612_2.png) [@csurieux](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/csurieux)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/is-save-menu-command-really-saving-project/901005/4 "2024-03-01T20:51:22Z")

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Interesting, I will test a project without any plugin.

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**Author:** ![csurieux](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/csurieux/32/148612_2.png) [@csurieux](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/csurieux)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/is-save-menu-command-really-saving-project/901005/5 "2024-03-05T17:26:47Z")

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> [@csurieux](#):
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> When I save project from menu and immediately close the project windows, Cubase asks to save project ?

I checked it appears to be a VST3, I will contact the editor and ask for a fix.