Hey folks,

Today we launched the ability to backup your volumes!

After enabling the feature flag in the Service Settings panel, a new tab will appear in the header allowing you to manage the backups of the attached volume.

Backups cost the same amount per GB as a regular volume, but they are incremental and Copy-on-Write, so we will not charge you for redundant data that already exists in another Backup or in the volume itself.

We'd love for you to try the feature and give us your feedback. Let us know what you like, what you don't like, and what else you'd like to see.

Q&A:

• Can I download my backups?

  • No, if you want to download the content of the backup restore it and use something like the File Browser Template

• Can we have Railway send the backups to S3?

  • No, if you want to send backups to S3 you should use an application specific template, like Postgres S3 Backups

• Can the backups be done on a Cronjob / Schedule?

  • We will implement backups scheduling soon

• Will Hobby users ever get the backup feature?

  • There are no plans yet, but we haven't discarted the possibility. Let's roll out the full backup engine for pro customers first.

• How does this help me if I delete the volume / service / project / team?

  • It doesn't, you should not delete the volume if you don't want to lose your data.