1. A method for providing a recovery placeholder within an application, the method comprising computer-implemented steps of: selecting from a queue one or more events corresponding to the application; associating each of the selected events with a windows handle of the application, the selected events comprising a set of timestamps and a sequential series of previous actions corresponding to a configuration of a user interface of the applications in a display of a client computing device; storing a display configuration sequence comprising the one or more selected events based on the windows handle associated with each event, the configuration sequence being configured to replay the selected events without altering a content entered by a user of the application; and generating the recovery placeholder, based on the stored display configuration sequence, in response to a user initiating a navigation away from the application, the recovery placeholder defining a current state of the application.