The volume is still attached to the WhaleHunterAI service in production, and the CLI file commands only work through an active deployment of the service the volume is attached to. That means they can't list or download its files while every deployment is removed.

To get a deployment running, subscribe to the Hobby plan from your workspace's Plans page using "Deploy with Hobby" and then "Subscribe to Hobby Plan". Once the subscription is active, we automatically try to recover the deployments that were stopped in the workspace, and the existing volume is mounted for the new deployment. If the service doesn't come back on its own, redeploy it from the dashboard. With the deployment running, you can download the files from /data with the CLI.

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We don't provide read-only access to a stopped volume or export its contents on your behalf. The CLI file commands only work through an active deployment of the service the volume is attached to.

After a trial expires, access comes back by subscribing to a plan from your workspace billing page. Once the service is deployed again with the volume mounted, you can download the files yourself with the CLI before the scheduled deletion date.

Thank you. I understand the standard policy.

Since this volume contains important data and is scheduled for deletion on October 12, 2026, could a human Railway support team member please confirm whether there is any one-time data recovery option or temporary access available in this situation?

I am only trying to recover the existing 232 MB of data before it is permanently deleted.

Thank you.

We understand the October 12 deadline makes this stressful. We don't offer a one-time recovery option or temporary access to a volume on an expired trial, and we don't export volume contents on a customer's behalf. You can subscribe to a Hobby plan and then cancel if you need to recover the data.