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alpine smelt Apr 13, 2025, 6:55 AM

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Due to a configuration problem, HA started in recovery mode after an update.
I resolved the configuration problem and HA starts again normal.
I lost my dashboard somehow. I make a daily backup so I should be able to put back my dashboard but can't find where it is stored...
Any help appreciated!

marsh wing Apr 13, 2025, 7:03 AM

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system - backups - restore backup?

alpine smelt Apr 13, 2025, 7:09 AM

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You want me to restore my entire backup... That's a possibility but I thought only to restore my dashboard because all other items are fine

feral sedge Apr 13, 2025, 7:35 AM

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From the old message boards: #frontend-archived message

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There's no file versioning in HA. If you saved over it, the previous data is gone. But, you may be able to open a backup file and find it in there. The backups are just compressed files. (I had to do that once. Was editing dashboard with two windows open; saved the wrong one but was able to recover most of the lost data from the backup.)

alpine smelt Apr 13, 2025, 7:39 AM

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Restoring a full backup isn't an option because I had the configuration error a week before I upgraded yesterday. So I've put back my backup from yesterday to have all my history but so far my old dashboard is gone. I unpacked the backup zip file and searched for 'dashboard' but can't find any file. Curious how the dashboard only can be restored....

feral sedge Apr 13, 2025, 7:48 AM

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try searching for lovelace. I forget where I found it but it was in there somewhere. I have my backup downloading right now so I can take a look, too.

alpine smelt Apr 13, 2025, 7:52 AM

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No luck, searching on the forum and found https://community.home-assistant.io/t/where-are-dashboards-stored-in-backup/546066/3 . Seems to be a hidden folder but so far not able to found it

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Where are dashboards stored in backup

Thanks. And where is dashboard code stored in HA?

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There should be a hidden folder .storage, meaning it is by default greyscaled but I don't have or see this folder

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I'm searching in the data folder, by the way

feral sedge Apr 13, 2025, 7:57 AM

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That's going to be your current stuff.

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alpine smelt Apr 13, 2025, 8:01 AM

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feral sedge Apr 13, 2025, 8:02 AM

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you have to navigate to the .storage folder; type it in the address (hence being hidden)

alpine smelt Apr 13, 2025, 8:02 AM

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No .storagefolder.... I'm on a Mac and using Samba Share. Also my backup file, when unpacked doesn't has this folder

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Thanks, found the folder and indeed this contains the lovelace source. Somehow, when using HA, the old dashboard is restored

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No idea why it restored after a while

feral sedge Apr 13, 2025, 8:06 AM

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It's in there. I just downloaded my full backup. Opened the file, opened the homeassistant.tar, then the data folder. .storage was visible. (I didn't uncompress; it's still compressed and I'm using Windows Explorer to navigate.)

feral sedge Apr 13, 2025, 8:06 AM

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alpine smelt No idea why it restored after a while

So, everything is good now?

alpine smelt Apr 13, 2025, 8:08 AM

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I'm on Mac, I believe has something to do with view options.... I couldn't see the .storage folder at all. When hidden, it should be listed and greyscaled. But, indeed, anyway, problem resolved automatically... Weird, but learned for the future. THANKS!

feral sedge Apr 13, 2025, 8:08 AM

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Well, that's good to hear because I wasn't looking forward to telling you the next step in the recovery process: converting the JSON file to YAML...

alpine smelt Apr 13, 2025, 8:09 AM

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Thanks anyway, highly appreciated. Have a good day!

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