The 0.5 GB volume cap is part of the Trial plan and we don't offer limit increases or temporary expansions on Trial, including for recovery scenarios. Upgrading to a paid plan (Hobby allows up to 5 GB, Pro up to 1 TB) would let you resize the volume so PostgreSQL has room to complete recovery. Your data is intact on the current volume, so upgrading and resizing should unblock the recovery loop. You can upgrade at your workspace billing page.

Hello,

I need help recovering my PostgreSQL database that is stuck in an automatic

recovery loop because the persistent volume (0.5 GB on Trial/HOBBY plan) is

completely full.

Error: FATAL: could not write to file "pg_wal/xlogtemp.59": No space left on device

Current situation:

• Service: PostgreSQL 18 (Postgres)
• Plan: HOBBY/Trial (0.5 GB volume hardcap)
• Volume: 100% full, cannot complete recovery
• Data: Intact - no pg_wal or internal database files deleted
• Status: Database completely inaccessible

What I've already tried:

✗ Volume resize via dashboard - blocked by Trial plan hardcap

✗ Filesystem cleanup - only 47 KB of safe files available

✗ Manual backup creation - backup created but restore is blocked on Trial

My request:

Can you help with ONE of these backend operations?

1. Restore the database from Railway's automatic backups to a new volume

2. Temporarily expand this volume beyond the Trial hardcap so PostgreSQL

   can complete recovery

3. Perform an emergency recovery procedure on the database volume

Important: I do NOT want to upgrade to a paid plan or lose any data.

I just need the database to complete recovery so I can access it.

Project: Crypto Collective X აგენტი (c1b01b4e-620e-4e89-987d-8e20b038a98c)

Environment: production (6547b3d9-a83f-4e1a-9032-7d3b724e950a)

Service: Postgres (fdc886a9-bccf-4aea-819a-84d105f91797)

Volume: postgres-volume (050cb4c3-87dd-4036-b41f-316d9e92baef)

Thank you,

We aren't able to perform backend recovery operations, temporarily expand volumes, or restore from backups on Trial plan accounts. The 0.5 GB volume cap on Trial cannot be increased or temporarily lifted, and that applies to recovery scenarios as well. Your data is intact on the volume, but PostgreSQL needs additional disk space to complete WAL recovery, which is not available within the current plan's limits.