diff --git a/common/src/app/common/files/changes.cljc b/common/src/app/common/files/changes.cljc
index 40a2537597..9df9759375 100644
--- a/common/src/app/common/files/changes.cljc
+++ b/common/src/app/common/files/changes.cljc
@@ -190,10 +190,9 @@
       [:type [:= :del-color]]
       [:id ::sm/uuid]]]
 
+    ;; DEPRECATED: remove before 2.3
     [:add-recent-color
-     [:map {:title "AddRecentColorChange"}
-      [:type [:= :add-recent-color]]
-      [:color ::ctc/recent-color]]]
+     [:map {:title "AddRecentColorChange"}]]
 
     [:add-media
      [:map {:title "AddMediaChange"}
@@ -656,18 +655,10 @@
   [data {:keys [id]}]
   (ctcl/delete-color data id))
 
+;; DEPRECATED: remove before 2.3
 (defmethod process-change :add-recent-color
-  [data {:keys [color]}]
-  ;; Moves the color to the top of the list and then truncates up to 15
-  (update
-   data
-   :recent-colors
-   (fn [rc]
-     (let [rc (->> rc (d/removev (partial ctc/eq-recent-color? color)))
-           rc (-> rc (conj color))]
-       (cond-> rc
-         (> (count rc) 15)
-         (subvec 1))))))
+  [data _]
+  data)
 
 ;; -- Media
 
diff --git a/common/src/app/common/files/changes_builder.cljc b/common/src/app/common/files/changes_builder.cljc
index c3ecbd8a16..9c613a91d0 100644
--- a/common/src/app/common/files/changes_builder.cljc
+++ b/common/src/app/common/files/changes_builder.cljc
@@ -607,13 +607,6 @@
     (reduce resize-parent changes all-parents)))
 
 ;; Library changes
-
-(defn add-recent-color
-  [changes color]
-  (-> changes
-      (update :redo-changes conj {:type :add-recent-color :color color})
-      (apply-changes-local)))
-
 (defn add-color
   [changes color]
   (-> changes
diff --git a/common/src/app/common/types/color.cljc b/common/src/app/common/types/color.cljc
index c0c400a9a7..78a7f81145 100644
--- a/common/src/app/common/types/color.cljc
+++ b/common/src/app/common/types/color.cljc
@@ -107,17 +107,16 @@
    [::sm/contains-any {:strict true} [:color :gradient :image]]])
 
 (sm/register! ::rgb-color type:rgb-color)
-
 (sm/register! ::color schema:color)
 (sm/register! ::gradient schema:gradient)
 (sm/register! ::image-color schema:image-color)
 (sm/register! ::recent-color schema:recent-color)
 
-(def check-color!
-  (sm/check-fn schema:color))
+(def valid-color?
+  (sm/lazy-validator schema:color))
 
-(def check-recent-color!
-  (sm/check-fn schema:recent-color))
+(def valid-recent-color?
+  (sm/lazy-validator schema:recent-color))
 
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ;; HELPERS
@@ -392,13 +391,22 @@
 
     (process-shape-colors shape sync-color)))
 
-(defn eq-recent-color?
+(defn- eq-recent-color?
   [c1 c2]
   (or (= c1 c2)
       (and (some? (:color c1))
            (some? (:color c2))
            (= (:color c1) (:color c2)))))
 
+(defn add-recent-color
+  "Moves the color to the top of the list and then truncates up to 15"
+  [state file-id color]
+  (update state file-id (fn [colors]
+                          (let [colors (d/removev (partial eq-recent-color? color) colors)
+                                colors (conj colors color)]
+                            (cond-> colors
+                              (> (count colors) 15)
+                              (subvec 1))))))
 
 (defn stroke->color-att
   [stroke file-id shared-libs]
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/data/users.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/data/users.cljs
index c59141867b..ec8d598f4a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/data/users.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/data/users.cljs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
    [app.main.repo :as rp]
    [app.util.i18n :as i18n :refer [tr]]
    [app.util.router :as rt]
-   [app.util.storage :refer [storage]]
+   [app.util.storage :as s]
    [beicon.v2.core :as rx]
    [potok.v2.core :as ptk]))
 
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@
 
 (defn get-current-team-id
   [profile]
-  (let [team-id (::current-team-id @storage)]
+  (let [team-id (::current-team-id @s/storage)]
     (or team-id (:default-team-id profile))))
 
 (defn set-current-team!
   [team-id]
   (if (nil? team-id)
-    (swap! storage dissoc ::current-team-id)
-    (swap! storage assoc ::current-team-id team-id)))
+    (swap! s/storage dissoc ::current-team-id)
+    (swap! s/storage assoc ::current-team-id team-id)))
 
 ;; --- EVENT: fetch-teams
 
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@
       ;; if not, dissoc it from storage.
 
       (let [ids (into #{} (map :id) teams)]
-        (when-let [ctid (::current-team-id @storage)]
+        (when-let [ctid (::current-team-id @s/storage)]
           (when-not (contains? ids ctid)
-            (swap! storage dissoc ::current-team-id)))))))
+            (swap! s/storage dissoc ::current-team-id)))))))
 
 (defn fetch-teams
   []
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@
     (effect [_ state _]
       (let [profile          (:profile state)
             email            (:email profile)
-            previous-profile (:profile @storage)
+            previous-profile (:profile @s/storage)
             previous-email   (:email previous-profile)]
         (when profile
-          (swap! storage assoc :profile profile)
+          (swap! s/storage assoc :profile profile)
           (i18n/set-locale! (:lang profile))
           (when (not= previous-email email)
             (set-current-team! nil)))))))
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@
      ptk/EffectEvent
      (effect [_ _ _]
        ;; We prefer to keek some stuff in the storage like the current-team-id and the profile
-       (set-current-team! nil)))))
+       (swap! s/storage (constantly {}))))))
 
 (defn logout
   ([] (logout {}))
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace.cljs
index dfb18f0d63..dd62ff70d8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace.cljs
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
    [app.util.http :as http]
    [app.util.i18n :as i18n :refer [tr]]
    [app.util.router :as rt]
+   [app.util.storage :refer [storage]]
    [app.util.timers :as tm]
    [app.util.webapi :as wapi]
    [beicon.v2.core :as rx]
@@ -335,6 +336,7 @@
     ptk/UpdateEvent
     (update [_ state]
       (assoc state
+             :recent-colors (:recent-colors @storage)
              :workspace-ready? false
              :current-file-id file-id
              :current-project-id project-id
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/libraries.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/libraries.cljs
index 8e3589b50b..a6c6cb8b33 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/libraries.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/libraries.cljs
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
    [app.util.color :as uc]
    [app.util.i18n :refer [tr]]
    [app.util.router :as rt]
+   [app.util.storage :as s]
    [app.util.time :as dt]
    [beicon.v2.core :as rx]
    [cuerdas.core :as str]
@@ -132,16 +133,21 @@
 
 (defn add-recent-color
   [color]
+
   (dm/assert!
    "expected valid recent color map"
-   (ctc/check-recent-color! color))
+   (ctc/valid-recent-color? color))
 
   (ptk/reify ::add-recent-color
-    ptk/WatchEvent
-    (watch [it _ _]
-      (let [changes (-> (pcb/empty-changes it)
-                        (pcb/add-recent-color color))]
-        (rx/of (dch/commit-changes changes))))))
+    ptk/UpdateEvent
+    (update [_ state]
+      (let [file-id (:current-file-id state)]
+        (update state :recent-colors ctc/add-recent-color file-id color)))
+
+    ptk/EffectEvent
+    (effect [_ state _]
+      (let [recent-colors (:recent-colors state)]
+        (swap! s/storage assoc :recent-colors recent-colors)))))
 
 (def clear-color-for-rename
   (ptk/reify ::clear-color-for-rename
@@ -168,8 +174,11 @@
 
   (dm/assert!
    "expected valid parameters"
-   (and (ctc/check-color! color)
-        (uuid? file-id)))
+   (ctc/valid-color? color))
+
+  (dm/assert!
+   "expected file-id"
+   (uuid? file-id))
 
   (ptk/reify ::update-color
     ptk/WatchEvent
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/refs.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/refs.cljs
index 36ec7a425d..c0f32f6436 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/refs.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/refs.cljs
@@ -236,9 +236,10 @@
              =))
 
 (def workspace-recent-colors
-  (l/derived (fn [data]
-               (get data :recent-colors []))
-             workspace-data))
+  (l/derived (fn [state]
+               (when-let [file-id (:current-file-id state)]
+                 (dm/get-in state [:recent-colors file-id])))
+             st/state))
 
 (def workspace-recent-fonts
   (l/derived (fn [data]
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/hooks.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/hooks.cljs
index bb05d2b1cc..14bff15591 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/hooks.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/hooks.cljs
@@ -294,19 +294,21 @@
   `key` for new values."
   [key default]
   (let [id     (mf/use-id)
-        state  (mf/use-state (get @storage key default))
+        state* (mf/use-state #(get @storage key default))
+        state  (deref state*)
         stream (mf/with-memo [id]
                  (->> mbc/stream
                       (rx/filter #(not= (:id %) id))
                       (rx/filter #(= (:type %) key))
                       (rx/map deref)))]
 
-    (mf/with-effect [@state key id]
-      (mbc/emit! id key @state)
-      (swap! storage assoc key @state))
+    (mf/with-effect [state key id]
+      (mbc/emit! id key state)
+      (swap! storage assoc key state))
 
-    (use-stream stream (partial reset! state))
-    state))
+    (use-stream stream (partial reset! state*))
+
+    state*))
 
 (defonce ^:private intersection-subject (rx/subject))
 (defonce ^:private intersection-observer
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/hooks/resize.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/hooks/resize.cljs
index 148cdf773d..7b57c1345a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/hooks/resize.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/hooks/resize.cljs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 (ns app.main.ui.hooks.resize
   (:require
+   [app.common.data :as d]
    [app.common.data.macros :as dm]
    [app.common.geom.point :as gpt]
    [app.common.logging :as log]
@@ -20,6 +21,15 @@
 
 (def last-resize-type nil)
 
+(defn- get-initial-state
+  [initial file-id key]
+  (let [saved (dm/get-in @storage [::state file-id key])]
+    (d/nilv saved initial)))
+
+(defn- update-persistent-state
+  [data file-id key size]
+  (update-in data [::state file-id] assoc key size))
+
 (defn set-resize-type! [type]
   (set! last-resize-type type))
 
@@ -28,26 +38,28 @@
    (use-resize-hook key initial min-val max-val axis negate? resize-type nil))
 
   ([key initial min-val max-val axis negate? resize-type on-change-size]
-   (let [current-file-id (mf/use-ctx ctx/current-file-id)
-         size-state (mf/use-state (or (get-in @storage [::saved-resize current-file-id key]) initial))
-         parent-ref (mf/use-ref nil)
+   (let [file-id        (mf/use-ctx ctx/current-file-id)
 
-         dragging-ref (mf/use-ref false)
+         current-size*  (mf/use-state #(get-initial-state initial file-id key))
+         current-size   (deref current-size*)
+
+         parent-ref     (mf/use-ref nil)
+         dragging-ref   (mf/use-ref false)
          start-size-ref (mf/use-ref nil)
-         start-ref (mf/use-ref nil)
+         start-ref      (mf/use-ref nil)
 
          on-pointer-down
-         (mf/use-callback
-          (mf/deps @size-state)
+         (mf/use-fn
+          (mf/deps current-size)
           (fn [event]
             (dom/capture-pointer event)
-            (mf/set-ref-val! start-size-ref @size-state)
+            (mf/set-ref-val! start-size-ref current-size)
             (mf/set-ref-val! dragging-ref true)
             (mf/set-ref-val! start-ref (dom/get-client-position event))
             (set! last-resize-type resize-type)))
 
          on-lost-pointer-capture
-         (mf/use-callback
+         (mf/use-fn
           (fn [event]
             (dom/release-pointer event)
             (mf/set-ref-val! start-size-ref nil)
@@ -56,40 +68,39 @@
             (set! last-resize-type nil)))
 
          on-pointer-move
-         (mf/use-callback
-          (mf/deps min-val max-val negate?)
+         (mf/use-fn
+          (mf/deps min-val max-val negate? file-id key)
           (fn [event]
             (when (mf/ref-val dragging-ref)
               (let [start (mf/ref-val start-ref)
-                    pos (dom/get-client-position event)
+                    pos   (dom/get-client-position event)
                     delta (-> (gpt/to-vec start pos)
                               (cond-> negate? gpt/negate)
                               (get axis))
+
                     start-size (mf/ref-val start-size-ref)
                     new-size (-> (+ start-size delta) (max min-val) (min max-val))]
-                (reset! size-state new-size)
-                (swap! storage assoc-in [::saved-resize current-file-id key] new-size)
-                (when on-change-size (on-change-size new-size))))))
+                (reset! current-size* new-size)
+                (swap! storage update-persistent-state file-id key new-size)))))
 
          set-size
-         (mf/use-callback
-          (mf/deps on-change-size)
+         (mf/use-fn
+          (mf/deps on-change-size file-id key)
           (fn [new-size]
             (let [new-size (mth/clamp new-size min-val max-val)]
-              (reset! size-state new-size)
-              (swap! storage assoc-in [::saved-resize current-file-id key] new-size)
-              (when on-change-size (on-change-size new-size)))))]
+              (reset! current-size* new-size)
+              (swap! storage update-persistent-state file-id key new-size))))]
 
-     (mf/use-effect
-      (fn []
-        (when on-change-size (on-change-size @size-state))))
+     (mf/with-effect [on-change-size current-size]
+       (when on-change-size
+         (on-change-size current-size)))
 
      {:on-pointer-down on-pointer-down
       :on-lost-pointer-capture on-lost-pointer-capture
       :on-pointer-move on-pointer-move
       :parent-ref parent-ref
       :set-size set-size
-      :size @size-state})))
+      :size current-size})))
 
 (defn use-resize-observer
   [callback]
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/util/storage.cljs b/frontend/src/app/util/storage.cljs
index cd9303edd2..80fd72f6e3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/util/storage.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/util/storage.cljs
@@ -6,42 +6,80 @@
 
 (ns app.util.storage
   (:require
+   ["lodash/debounce" :as ldebounce]
    [app.common.exceptions :as ex]
    [app.common.transit :as t]
    [app.util.globals :as g]
-   [app.util.timers :as tm]))
+   [cuerdas.core :as str]))
 
-(defn- persist
-  [storage prev curr]
-  (run! (fn [key]
-          (let [prev* (get prev key)
-                curr* (get curr key)]
-            (when (not= curr* prev*)
-              (tm/schedule-on-idle
-               #(if (some? curr*)
-                  (.setItem ^js storage (t/encode-str key) (t/encode-str curr*))
-                  (.removeItem ^js storage (t/encode-str key)))))))
+;; Using ex/ignoring because can receive a DOMException like this when
+;; importing the code as a library: Failed to read the 'localStorage'
+;; property from 'Window': Storage is disabled inside 'data:' URLs.
+(defonce ^:private local-storage
+  (ex/ignoring (unchecked-get g/global "localStorage")))
 
-        (into #{} (concat (keys curr)
-                          (keys prev)))))
+(defn- encode-key
+  [k]
+  (assert (keyword? k) "key must be keyword")
+  (let [kns (namespace k)
+        kn  (name k)]
+    (str "penpot:" kns "/" kn)))
+
+(defn- decode-key
+  [k]
+  (when (str/starts-with? k "penpot:")
+    (let [k (subs k 7)]
+      (if (str/starts-with? k "/")
+        (keyword (subs k 1))
+        (let [[kns kn] (str/split k "/" 2)]
+          (keyword kns kn))))))
+
+(defn- lookup-by-index
+  [result index]
+  (try
+    (let [key  (.key ^js local-storage index)
+          key' (decode-key key)]
+      (if key'
+        (let [val (.getItem ^js local-storage key)]
+          (assoc! result key' (t/decode-str val)))
+        result))
+    (catch :default _
+      result)))
 
 (defn- load
-  [storage]
-  (when storage
-    (let [len (.-length ^js storage)]
-      (reduce (fn [res index]
-                (let [key (.key ^js storage index)
-                      val (.getItem ^js storage key)]
-                  (try
-                    (assoc res (t/decode-str key) (t/decode-str val))
-                    (catch :default _e
-                      res))))
-              {}
-              (range len)))))
+  []
+  (when (some? local-storage)
+    (let [length (.-length ^js local-storage)]
+      (loop [index  0
+             result (transient {})]
+        (if (< index length)
+          (recur (inc index)
+                 (lookup-by-index result index))
+          (persistent! result))))))
 
-;; Using ex/ignoring because can receive a DOMException like this when importing the code as a library:
-;; Failed to read the 'localStorage' property from 'Window': Storage is disabled inside 'data:' URLs.
-(defonce storage (atom (load (ex/ignoring (unchecked-get g/global "localStorage")))))
+(defonce ^:private latest-state (load))
 
-(add-watch storage :persistence #(persist js/localStorage %3 %4))
+(defn- on-change*
+  [curr-state]
+  (let [prev-state latest-state]
+    (try
+      (run! (fn [key]
+              (let [prev-val (get prev-state key)
+                    curr-val (get curr-state key)]
+                (when-not (identical? curr-val prev-val)
+                  (if (some? curr-val)
+                    (.setItem ^js local-storage (encode-key key) (t/encode-str curr-val))
+                    (.removeItem ^js local-storage (encode-key key))))))
+            (into #{} (concat (keys curr-state)
+                              (keys prev-state))))
+      (finally
+        (set! latest-state curr-state)))))
 
+(defonce on-change
+  (ldebounce on-change* 2000 #js {:leading false :trailing true}))
+
+
+(defonce storage (atom latest-state))
+(add-watch storage :persistence
+           (fn [_ _ _ curr-state]
+             (on-change curr-state)))