Engine not saving data from VSCode

I’m new to coding and VSCode and am having some difficulty keeping UE5.3 up to date between sessions. I’ve disabled live coding and compile in UE5 after building in VSCode, and that works for the current session. But when I save, exit, and relaunch I lose data. I’ve had to re-attach a “mover” component onto a few actors when I relaunch for the day, so I’m wondering if there’s something I’m missing in the engine? Like it should keep my component attached to the actor without me doing anything extra, right?