Bluesky finally has drafts

Bluesky has added drafts, allowing you to park your posts and properly think them through before getting messy on main.

Rolling out from Monday, Bluesky’s new drafts feature comes as part of its v1.116 update. This update also includes new welcome screen artwork in Bluesky’s mobile app, and makes GIFs autoplay rather than function similarly to videos. However, the ability to save your Bluesky post drafts for later is by far the biggest change in the new update.

To save a post as a draft on Bluesky, simply compose it as you normally would, then select “Cancel” in the top left corner. A popup will then appear asking whether you’d like to save the post as a draft for later. Alternatively, you can also save a post as a draft by tapping the new “Drafts” button next to the “Post” button in the top right corner, which will prompt a similar popup asking if you want to save your post before viewing your drafts. If you’re unable to see the button, check that your app is up to date.

When you want to view your Bluesky drafts, open the composition window as though you are writing a new post, then tap the “Drafts” button. You’ll then see a list of your drafts, which you can tap to resume editing or delete as you desire. 

Drafts is a feature that Bluesky users have been requesting for a while, with competitors X and Threads already having it available. Bluesky previously acknowledged that it was still missing basic features such as drafts in a January blog post on its future plans, indicating that it’s working to address this. The post also listed faster video uploads, longer clips, and allowing more than four photos to a post as other updates it aims to tackle this year.

Even so, Bluesky’s comparatively slow implementation of basic features doesn’t appear to have been fatal to its growth. Its recent Transparency Report stated that Bluesky’s user base increased significantly in 2025, almost doubling from 25 million to 41 million over the past year.