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6 points JanSt | 2 comments | | HN request time: 0s | source

There are multiple reports that restoring a database from Supabase backups currently corrupts the entire project.

The Supabase dashboard shows the following error message:

“Something went wrong while restoring your project. Your project’s data is intact, but your project is inaccessible due to a restoration failure.”

However, it appears that at least some of the backups, if not all, are either corrupt or unavailable.

As a result, data is lost and users are unable to access their projects. There are numerous reports on the Supabase Discord server, including from paying (non-free) users, stating that they haven’t received a response for several days (up to 8, from what I’ve seen).

AFAIK, this issue is still ongoing: restoring a database can still corrupt your project, and I haven’t found any official communication from the Supabase team addressing the problem.

In my view, this represents a worst-case scenario for managed cloud services. Supabase should immediately disable the restore function and start communicating transparently about what happened to users’ data.

https://discord.com/channels/839993398554656828/1006358244786196510/threads/1431693614785892634

https://discord.com/channels/839993398554656828/1006358244786196510/threads/1431059097515720744

https://discord.com/channels/839993398554656828/1006358244786196510/threads/1430844413625634816

https://discord.com/channels/839993398554656828/1006358244786196510/threads/1430626295586226207

https://discord.com/channels/839993398554656828/1006358244786196510/threads/1429534157834420355

https://discord.com/channels/839993398554656828/1006358244786196510/threads/1429028717123862539

and more....

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999900000999 ◴[] No.45706148[source]
Looks like making a better Firebase is a bit hard. Superbase is neat, but hosting it yourself isn’t fun.

Hopefully they’ll be able to fix this data corruption, although a backup on the same host isn’t really a backup. The whole system can have issues

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1. JanSt ◴[] No.45706163[source]
I'm only hosting a newly started side project there, but it does have paying users so I'm really unhappy at the moment.
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2. 999900000999 ◴[] No.45707021[source]
Do you have any backups aside from what’s on Superbase ?