Trial and Data Loss...
olearydj
HOBBYOP

8 months ago

If a deployment saves data to the container while deployed (I know), if the trial period ends and the deployment is shut down, is there any way to recover the data?

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olearydj
HOBBYOP

8 months ago

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dev
MODERATOR

8 months ago

Unfortunately not, that data is unrecoverable; that is if it's saved to the container
if it's saved to a volume then I believe you'll get access to it again when you upgrade


olearydj
HOBBYOP

8 months ago

that is a tragic way to end a trial


dev
MODERATOR

8 months ago

I'm sorry this happened to you 😔 but to be fair, it's kinda like storing your database in-memory and expecting it to be safe long-term
storing data in an ephemeral container is the same principle


olearydj
HOBBYOP

8 months ago

yes, I understand that risk and take responsibility for it. but based on the rate of credit usage, I was surprised to find the trial ended. I expect a warning was emailed to the abyss that is my gmail account but… oh well. otherwise the experience was good and I'll consider returning to the hobby plan when I need hosting again.


dev
MODERATOR

8 months ago

oh fair enough, and I'm happy to hear that


olearydj
HOBBYOP

8 months ago

it would be nice (for this and other reasons) if deployments could be paused instead of shut down. I believe this is a pretty common offering in the space and I found myself looking for it during the trial. It seems a popular request and might have avoided this outcome. Food for the backlog.


obstkompost
PRO

8 months ago

What do you mean with paused?
I dont think its possibly to pause a container


adam
MODERATOR

8 months ago

To be clear, the issue here is not that your trial period ended. The data was being stored unsafely, so if a redeployment was triggered for any reason your data would have been lost. The trial ending was just a catalyst for a problem you would have had eventually.


adam
MODERATOR

8 months ago

Pausing a container is likely not in the cards, but you're welcome to open a #🤗|feedback post


adam
MODERATOR

8 months ago

!s


Status changed to Solved adam 8 months ago


dev
MODERATOR

8 months ago

bruh


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