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Point-in-time recovery: rewind your database to any second

A nightly backup can lose a day of data. Point-in-time recovery (PITR) archives changes continuously, so you can rewind to just before the mistake.

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What Da8a keeps

  • A nightly backup, with an offsite copy kept for 30 days.
  • On-demand backups you create before risky changes.
  • Continuous change archiving, at most about five minutes behind.
  • Restore to any second within the last 7 days.

Restore

Choose a moment in your project’s Backups section. The restore keeps the data it replaces on the server, so you can still inspect it afterwards.

Standby replica

On plans that include it, a second server streams a continuous copy and can be promoted if needed.

Good habits

  • Create an on-demand backup before large migrations or imports.
  • Keep your schema in version control.
  • Practise a restore once, before you need it.

Questions

Is PITR included?

Yes, on Da8a projects; see pricing for what each plan includes.

Updated 2026-10-23.

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