🔍 Problem Summary

You implemented **Local Storage Autosave** (item #2), but **on page reload, the session does not restore the saved state**. The page loads with the default state instead.

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## 🔎 Likely Root Cause

### ❌ You're saving the state to Local Storage, but **not loading it on startup**.

In `useDrumMachine.ts`, the state is probably initialized like this (or similar):

```ts
const [state, setState] = useState(defaultState);
```

This means the state **always starts from `defaultState`**, and no logic attempts to retrieve from `localStorage`.

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## ✅ Solution

### 🛠 Modify the Initial State to Load from Local Storage

Update your `useDrumMachine` hook to **attempt to load the autosaved session from localStorage first**, before falling back to the default state.

#### ✅ Example Patch:

```ts
const loadInitialState = (): StateType => {
  try {
    const saved = localStorage.getItem('Autosaved Session');
    if (saved) {
      const parsed = JSON.parse(saved);
      return parsed.data;
    }
  } catch (e) {
    console.error('Failed to load autosaved session:', e);
  }
  return defaultState;
};

const [state, setState] = useState(loadInitialState);
```

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## 📌 Notes

- Make sure this runs **only for new sessions**, not when joining an existing session.
    
- If your app distinguishes between "new session" and "joined session" using `useSession`, you can use that to conditionally load from local storage.
    

#### Example:

```ts
const sessionId = useSession();
const isNewSession = sessionId.startsWith('new-'); // or whatever logic you use

const [state, setState] = useState(() => {
  if (isNewSession) return loadInitialState();
  return defaultState;
});
```

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## ✅ Recap

|Problem|Fix|
|---|---|
|State always loads from `defaultState`|Load from `localStorage` on first mount|
|Only autosave was implemented|Add **autosave + restore** for full loop|
|Make it conditional on session type|Don't overwrite a joined session with autosaved local one|