This may not technically be a bug, but it violated my expectations: setup: (setq org-capture-templates '(("t" "task" entry (file+headline "notes.org" "Refile") "* TODO %?\n %U\n"))) Use 'C-c r' to start capturing. Type 'foo'. C-c C-w to start refiling Type 'bar'. Decide that you really didn't finish the note, and type C-g to get back to editing the note. Notice that your typed-in text is vanished. C-h l output of a test case that shows this problem: C-c r f o o C-c C-w b a r C-g