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Re:OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022 by yaomtc on Friday September 30, 2022 @12:16PM (#33036847)
It does happen automatically, pretty sure it's always worked that way. Maybe you experienced a bug?

> The user's answer is automatically processed and uploaded directly into the OSM database.

https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/

Of course uploading a few months of changes all at once is going to cause issues, naturally some will conflict with other changes that have been made in the meantime.

Re:OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022 by infthi on Friday September 30, 2022 @02:58PM (#33039139)
There is a setting that disables autoupload. Some people may want to minimise the number of edits made from their account, and some people may not want to leave a trace of locations they've visited together with exact timestamp they've been there.