a month ago
Hi Railway team, my paid Postgres deployment was removed after downgrading to the free plan. I didn’t have backups, but I need to recover the data from my previous volume. Could you please check if a snapshot or dump is still available?
I don't want to upgrade to premium version. I just need the data, please help
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a month ago
Click on your Postgres service and deploy it. You can then run a dump via SSH.
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a month ago
Click on your Postgres service and deploy it. You can then run a dump via SSH.
a month ago
If the volume is still retained, the practical path is to reactivate/redeploy Postgres just long enough to dump it. You don’t need to keep the database running after export.
Once it starts, dump it immediately:
pg_dump "$DATABASE_URL" --no-owner --no-acl -Fc -f backup.dumpIf you are running this from your laptop, use the public URL instead:
pg_dump "$DATABASE_PUBLIC_URL" --no-owner --no-acl -Fc -f backup.dumpIf the service was actually deleted, community users cannot recover the old volume; only Railway support can check whether it is still retained. Also don’t create a new DB and assume it has the old data, verify tables/row counts first.
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