# Are notebook saves not Atomic in jupyterhub?

**URL:** <https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/are-notebook-saves-not-atomic-in-jupyterhub/38406>\
**Category:** Zero to JupyterHub on Kubernetes\
**Created:** [February 17, 2026, 4:39am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/are-notebook-saves-not-atomic-in-jupyterhub/38406 "2026-02-17T04:39:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![gutow](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/gutow/32/4721_2.png) [@gutow](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/gutow)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 1:43am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/are-notebook-saves-not-atomic-in-jupyterhub/38406/2 "2026-02-20T01:43:52Z")

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One low likelihood possibility is aging storage, as I found with one of my jupyter hub installations. See this thread [Intermittent problems rendering saved widget states](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/intermittent-problems-rendering-saved-widget-states/33106)

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