Index: src/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php
===================================================================
--- src/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php	(revision 28072)
+++ src/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php	(working copy)
@@ -411,6 +411,9 @@
 	if ( $wp_current_db_version < 26691 )
 		upgrade_380();
 
+	if ( $wp_current_db_version < 30000 )
+		upgrade_382();
+
 	maybe_disable_link_manager();
 
 	maybe_disable_automattic_widgets();
@@ -1251,7 +1254,28 @@
 		deactivate_plugins( array( 'mp6/mp6.php' ), true );
 	}
 }
+
 /**
+ * Execute changes made in WordPress 3.8.2.
+ *
+ * @since 3.8.2
+ */
+function upgrade_382() {
+	global $wp_current_db_version, $wpdb;
+	if ( $wp_current_db_version < 30000 ) {
+		// Find all lost Quick Draft auto-drafts and promote them to proper drafts.
+		// Auto Drafts never have content as that would mean they should have been promoted.
+		// Bring them back in place, with no date changes or other processing.
+		$post_ids = $wpdb->get_col( "SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_type = 'post'
+			AND post_status = 'auto-draft' AND post_date >= '2014-04-08 00:00:00' AND post_content <> ''" );
+		foreach ( $post_ids as $post_id ) {
+			$wpdb->update( $wpdb->posts, array( 'post_status' => 'draft' ), array( 'ID' => $post_id ) );
+			clean_post_cache( $post_id );
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+/**
  * Execute network level changes
  *
  * @since 3.0.0
Index: src/wp-includes/version.php
===================================================================
--- src/wp-includes/version.php	(revision 28072)
+++ src/wp-includes/version.php	(working copy)
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  *
  * @global int $wp_db_version
  */
-$wp_db_version = 26691;
+$wp_db_version = 26692;
 
 /**
  * Holds the TinyMCE version