Backups

Scheduled and on-demand backups of your Cloud Machines.

1 min read Updated November 9, 2026

How backups work#

Backups are crash-consistent disk snapshots taken by the hypervisor layer. Starting a backup needs manage rights; restoring and deleting backups are owner-only.

5 snapshotsPer machine; the oldest is pruned
03:00–03:59Default daily window, UTC
10 minCatch-up window for a missed run

Schedules#

Every machine is born with a daily schedule inside the 03:00–03:59 UTC window, staggered so a whole fleet never snapshots at once. The drawer's Backup tab shows the time and an inline editor — change the time, hit save, done. There is no remove: a machine always has a schedule.

Fire times have a 10-minute catch-up window, so a short platform restart never skips a machine's run for the day.

Manual runs#

Backup now starts a snapshot immediately from the drawer (or the API) and shows up as a manual run, distinct from scheduler-fired auto runs. Manual runs count against the same 5-snapshot cap.

Restore#

Restores of deleted machines aren't offered; the backup list lives with the machine.