[Feature Request] Advanced Database Backups
kazwolfe
PROOP

18 days ago

In response to the recent GCP outage, there was an amount of (understandable) confusion about the safety of persistent data, including databases. While it turns out all of our data was safe and stored on Metal, this incident prompted more than a few users to look at their backup strategies.

As part of this feature request, I'd like to request one (or more) of the following:

  • Allow users to configure Point-in-time recovery to point to one (or more) S3-compatible buckets, including those off-platform.
  • Create a mechanism to allow synchronizing (push / pull?) data from Railway Buckets out to an external S3-compatible bucket service.
  • Provide mechanisms to configure database replication (at the very least, external read-only replicas) for managed Postgres instances so that we can implement our own backup strategies elsewhere. (Or even cross-cloud multi-master?)

Ultimately, so long as there's a way I can automatically back up my data to other platforms, things can be managed.

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18 days ago

  1. We support this already - https://railway.com/changelog/2026-05-15-railway-for-ios/#postgres-pitr-for-priority-boarding
  2. Railway buckets are already an external S3-compatible bucket service. They are provided by Tigris and were fully accessible during yesterday's incident.
  3. We support HA Postgres, though it is still unmanaged, so any specific needs, such as replication to a read replica on another cloud host, would be something the user needs to do at this time.

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