For now, the console and the editor don’t automatically sync. You can manually run the refresh command and it will force a refresh, and then you’ll be able to see any updates that have been made programmatically to the database json file. Note though that the changes are being saved all along so your code can use them, it’s just the editor doesn’t show the latest version.
If your changes are being saved to memory, then it’s likely your database isn’t configured correctly. Let us know the project name and we’ll take a look. If your project is private, either make it public temporarily or DM me a join link so we can view the code. Thanks.