System and method for robust local cache handling

A method of providing a content management system, the method comprising:

• providing a server configured to store a plurality of files of the content management system;
• providing a local device comprising a processor configured, by a set of executable instructions storable in a nontransient memory device, to:
• receive a request to save a file in the server;
• register the request and a request state in a pending actions queue;
• track progress of the save in the pending actions queue;
• display a pending actions indicator pop-up in a task bar;
• determine whether the file is successfully saved in the server;
• if the file is successfully saved in the server, update the file in the server;
• if the file is not successfully saved in the server:
• update the request state in the pending actions queue and retry saving the file in the server up to three times;
• determine whether the file is successfully saved in the server;
• if the file is successfully saved in the server, update the file in the server;
• if the file is not successfully saved in the server, initiate an alternate save procedure, the alternate save procedure comprising:
• prompting a user to select one of retrying saving the file in the server later and saving the file in the local device, the prompting comprising prompting selecting every 30 seconds until a selection is made;
• if saving the file in the local device is selected, prompting the user for a local location on the local device for saving the file, saving the file in the local location on the local device, and removing the request from the pending actions queue;
• and
• if retrying saving the file in the server later is selected, retrying saving the file in the server every hour or when a trigger event occurs, until a maximum number of retries has been attempted.