5 months ago
Priority: High - Complete data loss on every Flowise version upgrade due to ephemeral storage configuration on Railway platform.
Problem Description
Every time Flowise is upgraded on Railway, all user data is permanently lost including:
SQLite database
API keys and credentials
Saved chatflows
Custom configurations
User settings
The Flowise team has confirmed that ephemeral storage is the root cause, as Railway's default storage is temporary and gets destroyed during container recreation.
Technical Root Cause
As confirmed by the Flowise team:
Railway storage is temporary by default (ephemeral)
During Flowise upgrades:
Old container is destroyed
New container is created from scratch
All data stored in ephemeral storage (storage 5910) is permanently erased
Requested Solutions
Immediate Solutions (User-Level)
1. Enable Persistent Volume Storage
9 Replies
5 months ago
Yes, ephemeral storage is lost at redeploy. To persist data between deployments, you'll need to use Volumes. Please take a look at the Flowise-Railway-Volumetemplate, which includes a Flowise service configured with a Volume .
Status changed to Awaiting User Response Railway • 5 months ago
5 months ago
I am NOT using ephemeral storage; I have been using the template with a volume; I lose ALL settings when upgrading. I am sorry if I did not explain it correcty, but you have the screenshot. I need to upgrade version and I cannot
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Status changed to Awaiting Railway Response Railway • 5 months ago
5 months ago
here's another screenshot that complements the previous one
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5 months ago
Hello,
You have the wrong mount path for your volume, which would cause Flowise to write data to ephemeral storage instead of the volume.
Best,
Brody
Status changed to Awaiting User Response Railway • 5 months ago
5 months ago
I have updated the path to /opt/railway/.flowise and upgraded the Flowise version. Now, I trust that my settings will remain intact. Is that accurate? Additionally, when I click on "FlowiseAI-Railway" what exactly am I backing up?
5 months ago
5 days to respond?
5 months ago
I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT SERVICE FOR TWO WEEKS WITHOUT A SOLUTION FROM YOU - SEE SCREENSHOTS. YOU FAILED TO DO A MIGRATION. OUR COMPANY IS INCURRING COSTS BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF SUPPORT. PLEASE LOOK AT THE SCREENSHOT AND SEND YOUR LEGAL ADDRESS
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5 months ago
Hello,
The original issue was related to application configuration rather than a platform or product issue, so it falls under community support without a guaranteed response time.
Regarding the failed migration - that's a separate issue and should have been posted as a new thread, as this thread is designated for community support only.
However, I've gone ahead and completed the migration for you.
Best regards,
Brody
Status changed to Solved brody • 5 months ago
5 months ago
I downgraded my account account after losing a substantial amount of time and data trying to solve this. I was forced to delete most services. I was happy and I became very frustated trired of wasting my time and money
Status changed to Awaiting Railway Response Railway • 5 months ago
Status changed to Solved noahd • 3 months ago