My claude code deleted the whole project, is it possible to recover | Railway | Page 1

spice knot Apr 10, 2026, 5:43 PM

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My claude code deleted the whole project 30min ago, is it possible to recover?

peak tangleBOT Apr 10, 2026, 5:43 PM

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Is this about a specific service? Linking one helps us understand your setup.

robust mantle Apr 10, 2026, 5:44 PM

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did you have it on github?>

spice knot Apr 10, 2026, 5:44 PM

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yes, but all db are gone

robust mantle Apr 10, 2026, 5:44 PM

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ooh

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I believe volumes are kept for 2 days after deletion, maybe? I'll go check

spice knot Apr 10, 2026, 5:48 PM

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741192d4-2d88-46ae-ba0e-8500d827c5fe this is the project id.

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it should have sent me like a recover code? but i didnt find anything in my email

robust mantle Apr 10, 2026, 5:49 PM

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if it deleted the entire project, it may show up on your dashboard here:

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if you see the Deleted tab, you should be able to recover that project

spice knot Apr 10, 2026, 5:50 PM

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it only show this?

robust mantle Apr 10, 2026, 5:50 PM

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😬

iron anvil Apr 10, 2026, 5:51 PM

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Did you have 3 projects before? Did it delete the project or just the deployment

spice knot Apr 10, 2026, 5:51 PM

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it delete the project, i have 4 projects before

iron anvil Apr 10, 2026, 5:51 PM

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😬

spice knot Apr 10, 2026, 5:53 PM

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so are there ways to recover?

robust mantle Apr 10, 2026, 5:53 PM

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still waiting to hear about whether volumes are kept for 2 days, I feel like I remember something about that, but I might be wrong

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are you on trial/free plan btw?

spice knot Apr 10, 2026, 5:54 PM

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Im on pro

robust mantle Apr 10, 2026, 5:54 PM

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thank you!

spice knot Apr 10, 2026, 5:57 PM

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workspace id: 1835ba94-7c99-4ca2-bb2b-cc1beddc95b1
project id: 741192d4-2d88-46ae-ba0e-8500d827c5fe
project: hive

if these info is helpful 🥲

robust mantle Apr 10, 2026, 6:39 PM

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my memory served me right, you should've gotten an email titled: "Scheduled Volume Deletion", you'll be able to restore the database volumes there

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one thing worth mentioning, however, is I believe when attached to databases like postgres the contents of the volume are encrypted based on your postgres credentials, I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure that's how it works. Do you happen to still have the credentials?

spice knot Apr 10, 2026, 6:42 PM

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thanks @robust mantle , but i didnt received any email regarding the scheduled volume deletion.

robust mantle Apr 10, 2026, 6:44 PM

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can you check https://railway.com/workspace/audit-logs to see if and by who your project was deleted?

spice knot Apr 10, 2026, 6:44 PM

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robust mantle Apr 10, 2026, 6:45 PM

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yea i figured, I wonder if things deleted by Railway System don't get scheduled for deletion, and simply gets deleted

spice knot Apr 10, 2026, 6:46 PM

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that's pretty bad if true

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IS that true even for all the volume backups?

robust mantle Apr 10, 2026, 6:49 PM

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I'm not sure, I'm testing now, oddly all remove actions seem to happen via Railway System rather than the user regardless, at least from my testing

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volume backups I believe are tired to the service/volume, so deleting those deletes the backups too

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I don't think there's anything more I can do unfortunately

are you 100% sure you didn't receive an email for scheduled volume deletion? maybe you have a different email that it was sent to?

spice knot Apr 10, 2026, 8:23 PM

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Yes, pretty sure I didn’t received anything in email

obsidian burrow Apr 11, 2026, 12:52 AM

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Are the volumes hiding somewhere else on the canvas? When I've deleted a service, the volume detached, and then hid somewhere off-screen

#My claude code deleted the whole project, is it possible to recover