Lost a sequence in Premier Pro.

Hi! I lost several hours of work after saving regularly in Premier Pro. I can't find the sequence I was working on. There was a "serious error" message, but I can't even find it in the auto-save folder. Sorry if this is a newb query, but the software works beautifully for me otherwise. Does it save the project and only some of the sequences? I can scroll through all the sequences, but the one I was woking on doesn't appear. Thx all

Ask in the Premiere forum and provide some useful and sensible information like system info, sequence settings, footage used, folder configuration and so on.
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