diff --git a/lib/adminlib.php b/lib/adminlib.php
index e9360f0d0da..3563fde4fbc 100644
--- a/lib/adminlib.php
+++ b/lib/adminlib.php
@@ -2319,6 +2319,7 @@ class admin_setting_confightmleditor extends admin_setting_configtext {
         }
 
         $editor = editors_get_preferred_editor(FORMAT_HTML);
+        $editor->set_text($data);
         $editor->use_editor($this->get_id(), array('noclean'=>true));
 
         return format_admin_setting($this, $this->visiblename,
diff --git a/lib/deprecatedlib.php b/lib/deprecatedlib.php
index 8c85c9d60bc..adef5fd4798 100644
--- a/lib/deprecatedlib.php
+++ b/lib/deprecatedlib.php
@@ -1003,6 +1003,7 @@ function print_textarea($unused, $rows, $cols, $width, $height, $name, $value=''
 
     editors_head_setup();
     $editor = editors_get_preferred_editor(FORMAT_HTML);
+    $editor->set_text($value);
     $editor->use_editor($id, array('legacy'=>true));
 
     $str .= "\n".'<textarea class="form-textarea" id="'. $id .'" name="'. $name .'" rows="'. $rows .'" cols="'. $cols .'" spellcheck="true">'."\n";
@@ -2378,4 +2379,4 @@ function get_referer($stripquery = true) {
     } else {
         return '';
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/lib/editor/atto/classes/task/autosave_cleanup_task.php b/lib/editor/atto/classes/task/autosave_cleanup_task.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f7ab9181901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/editor/atto/classes/task/autosave_cleanup_task.php
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?php
+// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+/**
+ * A scheduled task.
+ *
+ * @package    editor_atto
+ * @copyright  2015 Damyon Wiese
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+namespace editor_atto\task;
+
+use \core\task\scheduled_task;
+
+/**
+ * Simple task to run the autosave cleanup task.
+ */
+class autosave_cleanup_task extends scheduled_task {
+
+    /**
+     * Get a descriptive name for this task (shown to admins).
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function get_name() {
+        return get_string('taskautosavecleanup', 'editor_atto');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Do the job.
+     * Throw exceptions on errors (the job will be retried).
+     */
+    public function execute() {
+        global $DB;
+
+        $now = time();
+        // This is the oldest time any autosave text will be recovered from.
+        // This is so that there is a good chance the draft files will still exist (there are many variables so
+        // this is impossible to guarantee).
+        $before = $now - 60*60*24*4;
+
+        $DB->delete_records_select('editor_atto_autosave', 'timemodified < :before', array('before' => $before));
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/lib/editor/atto/db/tasks.php b/lib/editor/atto/db/tasks.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9aba0ee6801
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/editor/atto/db/tasks.php
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?php
+// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+/**
+ * Definition of core scheduled tasks.
+ *
+ * The handlers defined on this file are processed and registered into
+ * the Moodle DB after any install or upgrade operation. All plugins
+ * support this.
+ *
+ * @package   core
+ * @category  task
+ * @copyright 2013 Damyon Wiese
+ * @license   http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
+
+/* List of handlers */
+
+$tasks = array(
+    array(
+        'classname' => 'editor_atto\task\autosave_cleanup_task',
+        'blocking' => 0,
+        'minute' => 'R',
+        'hour' => 'R',
+        'day' => '*',
+        'dayofweek' => 'R',
+        'month' => '*'
+    )
+);
diff --git a/lib/editor/atto/lang/en/editor_atto.php b/lib/editor/atto/lang/en/editor_atto.php
index ebbca5f0b93..ed7f0878af6 100644
--- a/lib/editor/atto/lang/en/editor_atto.php
+++ b/lib/editor/atto/lang/en/editor_atto.php
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ $string['pluginname'] = 'Atto HTML editor';
 $string['subplugintype_atto'] = 'Atto plugin';
 $string['subplugintype_atto_plural'] = 'Atto plugins';
 $string['settings'] = 'Atto toolbar settings';
+$string['taskautosavecleanup'] = 'Delete expired autosave drafts from the database.';
 $string['textrecovered'] = 'A draft version of this text was automatically restored.';
 $string['toolbarconfig'] = 'Toolbar config';
 $string['toolbarconfig_desc'] = 'The list of plugins and the order they are displayed can be configured here. The configuration consists of groups (one per line) followed by the ordered list of plugins for that group. The group is separated from the plugins with an equals sign and the plugins are separated with commas. The group names must be unique and should indicate what the buttons have in common. Button and group names should not be repeated and may only contain alphanumeric characters.';
diff --git a/lib/editor/atto/lib.php b/lib/editor/atto/lib.php
index 65caee5b7d4..a4509177179 100644
--- a/lib/editor/atto/lib.php
+++ b/lib/editor/atto/lib.php
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ class atto_texteditor extends texteditor {
         }
         $contentcss     = $PAGE->theme->editor_css_url()->out(false);
 
+        // Note <> is a safe separator, because it will not appear in the output of s().
+        $pagehash = sha1($PAGE->url . '<>' . s($this->get_text()));
         $params = array(
             'elementid' => $elementid,
             'content_css' => $contentcss,
@@ -171,7 +173,7 @@ class atto_texteditor extends texteditor {
             'directionality' => $directionality,
             'filepickeroptions' => array(),
             'plugins' => $plugins,
-            'pageHash' => sha1($PAGE->url)
+            'pageHash' => $pagehash,
         );
         if ($fpoptions) {
             $params['filepickeroptions'] = $fpoptions;
diff --git a/lib/editor/atto/tests/behat/autosave.feature b/lib/editor/atto/tests/behat/autosave.feature
index db4360088f6..2f3d17ceacb 100644
--- a/lib/editor/atto/tests/behat/autosave.feature
+++ b/lib/editor/atto/tests/behat/autosave.feature
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ Feature: Atto Autosave
     And I follow "Course 1"
     And I navigate to "Edit settings" node in "Course administration"
     Then I should not see "This is my draft"
+
+  @javascript
+  Scenario: Do not restore a draft if text has been modified
+    Given I log in as "teacher1"
+    And I follow "Course 1"
+    And I navigate to "Edit settings" node in "Course administration"
+    And I set the field "Course summary" to "This is my draft"
+    # Wait for the autosave
+    And I wait "5" seconds
+    And I log out
+    And I log in as "teacher2"
+    And I follow "Course 1"
+    And I navigate to "Edit settings" node in "Course administration"
+    And I set the field "Course summary" to "Modified text"
+    And I click on "Save and display" "button"
+    And I log out
+    When I log in as "teacher1"
+    And I follow "Course 1"
+    And I navigate to "Edit settings" node in "Course administration"
+    Then I should not see "This is my draft"
+    And I should see "Modified text"
diff --git a/lib/editor/atto/version.php b/lib/editor/atto/version.php
index 08a326e5646..56343e3b656 100644
--- a/lib/editor/atto/version.php
+++ b/lib/editor/atto/version.php
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@
 
 defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
 
-$plugin->version   = 2015051100;        // The current plugin version (Date: YYYYMMDDXX).
+$plugin->version   = 2015051101;        // The current plugin version (Date: YYYYMMDDXX).
 $plugin->requires  = 2015050500;        // Requires this Moodle version.
 $plugin->component = 'editor_atto';  // Full name of the plugin (used for diagnostics).
diff --git a/lib/editorlib.php b/lib/editorlib.php
index 118d6757d90..4d08b7aa8f6 100644
--- a/lib/editorlib.php
+++ b/lib/editorlib.php
@@ -201,6 +201,28 @@ abstract class texteditor {
      */
     public abstract function supports_repositories();
 
+    /**
+     * @var string $text The text set to the editor in the form.
+     * @since 2.8.8, 2.9.2, 3.0
+     */
+    protected $text = '';
+
+    /**
+     * Set the text set for this form field. Will be called before "use_editor".
+     * @param string $text The text for the form field.
+     */
+    public function set_text($text) {
+        $this->text = $text;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the text set for this form field. Can be called from "use_editor".
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function get_text() {
+        return $this->text;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Add required JS needed for editor
      * @param string $elementid id of text area to be converted to editor
diff --git a/lib/form/editor.php b/lib/form/editor.php
index a463d231362..76e534b2493 100644
--- a/lib/form/editor.php
+++ b/lib/form/editor.php
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ class MoodleQuickForm_editor extends HTML_QuickForm_element {
         }
 
         // print text area - TODO: add on-the-fly switching, size configuration, etc.
+        $editor->set_text($text);
         $editor->use_editor($id, $this->_options, $fpoptions);
 
         $rows = empty($this->_attributes['rows']) ? 15 : $this->_attributes['rows'];
diff --git a/lib/upgrade.txt b/lib/upgrade.txt
index b787dd8b11c..ba95fad86e2 100644
--- a/lib/upgrade.txt
+++ b/lib/upgrade.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ information provided here is intended especially for developers.
 
 === 3.0 ===
 
+* Users of the text editor API to manually create a text editor should call set_text before calling use_editor.
 * get_referer() has been deprecated, please use the get_local_referer function instead.
 * \core\progress\null is renamed to \core\progress\none for improved PHP7 compatibility as null is a reserved word (see MDL-50453).
 * \webservice_xmlrpc_client now respects proxy server settings. If your XMLRPC server is available on your local network and not via your proxy server, you may need to add it to the list of proxy
diff --git a/mod/data/field/textarea/field.class.php b/mod/data/field/textarea/field.class.php
index dda933ee3a9..3312ae3d3b8 100644
--- a/mod/data/field/textarea/field.class.php
+++ b/mod/data/field/textarea/field.class.php
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ class data_field_textarea extends data_field_base {
         foreach ($formats as $fid) {
             $formats[$fid] = $strformats[$fid];
         }
+        $editor->set_text($text);
         $editor->use_editor($field, $options, $fpoptions);
         $str .= '<input type="hidden" name="'.$field.'_itemid" value="'.$draftitemid.'" />';
         $str .= '<div><textarea id="'.$field.'" name="'.$field.'" rows="'.$this->field->param3.'" cols="'.$this->field->param2.'" spellcheck="true">'.s($text).'</textarea></div>';
diff --git a/mod/data/templates.php b/mod/data/templates.php
index f2c0388d2f9..32fd7a93f9d 100644
--- a/mod/data/templates.php
+++ b/mod/data/templates.php
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ if ($mode == 'listtemplate'){
     echo '<div class="template_heading"><label for="edit-listtemplateheader">'.get_string('header','data').'</label></div>';
 
     $field = 'listtemplateheader';
+    $editor->set_text($data->listtemplateheader);
     $editor->use_editor($field, $options);
     echo '<div><textarea id="'.$field.'" name="'.$field.'" rows="15" cols="80">'.s($data->listtemplateheader).'</textarea></div>';
 
@@ -315,6 +316,7 @@ if ($mode == 'listtemplate'){
 }
 
 $field = 'template';
+$editor->set_text($data->{$mode});
 $editor->use_editor($field, $options);
 echo '<div><textarea id="'.$field.'" name="'.$field.'" rows="15" cols="80">'.s($data->{$mode}).'</textarea></div>';
 echo '</td>';
@@ -327,6 +329,7 @@ if ($mode == 'listtemplate'){
     echo '<div class="template_heading"><label for="edit-listtemplatefooter">'.get_string('footer','data').'</label></div>';
 
     $field = 'listtemplatefooter';
+    $editor->set_text($data->listtemplatefooter);
     $editor->use_editor($field, $options);
     echo '<div><textarea id="'.$field.'" name="'.$field.'" rows="15" cols="80">'.s($data->listtemplatefooter).'</textarea></div>';
     echo '</td>';
@@ -338,6 +341,7 @@ if ($mode == 'listtemplate'){
     echo '<div class="template_heading"><label for="edit-rsstitletemplate">'.get_string('rsstitletemplate','data').'</label></div>';
 
     $field = 'rsstitletemplate';
+    $editor->set_text($data->rsstitletemplate);
     $editor->use_editor($field, $options);
     echo '<div><textarea id="'.$field.'" name="'.$field.'" rows="15" cols="80">'.s($data->rsstitletemplate).'</textarea></div>';
     echo '</td>';
diff --git a/question/behaviour/rendererbase.php b/question/behaviour/rendererbase.php
index 0397da02797..0197329af57 100644
--- a/question/behaviour/rendererbase.php
+++ b/question/behaviour/rendererbase.php
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ abstract class qbehaviour_renderer extends plugin_renderer_base {
 
         $commenttext = format_text($commenttext, $commentformat, array('para' => false));
 
+        $editor->set_text($commenttext);
         $editor->use_editor($id, array('context' => $options->context));
 
         $commenteditor = html_writer::tag('div', html_writer::tag('textarea', s($commenttext),
diff --git a/question/type/essay/renderer.php b/question/type/essay/renderer.php
index 222e2a44410..f8db5516dec 100644
--- a/question/type/essay/renderer.php
+++ b/question/type/essay/renderer.php
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ class qtype_essay_format_editor_renderer extends plugin_renderer_base {
         list($draftitemid, $response) = $this->prepare_response_for_editing(
                 $name, $step, $context);
 
+        $editor->set_text($response);
         $editor->use_editor($id, $this->get_editor_options($context),
                 $this->get_filepicker_options($context, $draftitemid));