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Backups protect data before migrations, risky changes, or production maintenance.

Goal

Create a manual backup for a database.

When to use

Use a backup before schema changes, imports, password rotation, or manual maintenance.

Example

Restore

Restores can replace live data. Confirm the target database before running this in production.

Next steps

Databases API

View backup and restore endpoints.

Provision a database

Create a new database first.
Last modified on July 17, 2026