Backups you have restored once
Backs up your site and database and proves restore works.
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Recipe Written from common practice and tool docs. Not yet tested by us. Tried it? Vote or propose a fix below.
What you need
- Host backups
- a test restore
When it runs
Monthly.
Steps
- Turn on automated daily backups for both your database and your file storage (most hosts and Supabase have a switch for this).
- Copy at least one backup a week to a second account or provider, so one locked or deleted account cannot take both.
- Once a month, restore the latest backup into a separate test project, never into production.
- Open the restored copy and check three things: you can log in, the newest record is from the backup date, and uploaded files open.
- Write down how long the restore took and any step you had to look up, in a short runbook next to your other bot notes.
- Set a calendar reminder for the next test restore before you close the runbook.
AI step
(No AI step.)
Why this usually works
Why it worksA backup you have never restored is a guess. A timed, written restore turns it into a plan you can follow under stress.
What to watch for
Watch forBackups kept in the same account as production can be lost together; keep one copy somewhere else.
Watch forA restore that was never timed will take longer than you expect on a bad day; the runbook is the real deliverable.
For agents
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