Hi everyone,
Thanks so much for the continued feedback on this thread. We hear you, and we understand the friction this is causing in your day-to-day work.
Our team is looking into the best way to address this properly. We’re aiming for a solution that keeps the benefits of autosave (no lost work, peace of mind) while letting you freely navigate and explore the canvas without every small interaction creating a new version.
We’ll also be investigating the performance concerns raised here. Autosave should make you more productive, not slow down your building experience. If it’s getting in the way, that’s something we need to fix.
While we can’t commit to specific timelines just yet, please know this is on our radar and we’ll share updates as soon as we have something concrete. We really appreciate your patience as we work through it.
In the meantime, we’ve merged #25144, which adds an environment variable to disable autosave for those who need an immediate workaround. Huge thanks to @uppinote20 and the other contributors who worked on it. 
Thanks again for sticking with us and helping make n8n better.