Eden Resets Its Config After Every Crash: The Non-Atomic Write in Its C++ Source

Sat, 05 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Eden’s settings kept reverting to defaults, especially after I force-stopped the emulator or it crashed on its own. GPU driver, memory layout, language and region, all reset. I assumed Android had cleared the app data at some point, so I reinstalled twice and tried assorted background-keepalive tricks. A fresh install would hold for a while, then it happened again.

The real cause had nothing to do with Android. It was in Eden’s own source.

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Eden Resets Its Config After Every Crash: The Non-Atomic Write in Its C++ Source