Branch Backup & Restore

Branch Backup & Restore

Use backup and restore to safely move or recover everything in a branch, including diagram data and images.

What gets backed up

A branch backup includes:

• nodes and edges,
• views,
• history snapshots,
• wiki pages and links,
• design review threads and comments,
• planning dependencies,
• node metadata,
• branch-linked PR metadata,
• images referenced by the branch.

Create a backup file

1. Open the branch you want to export.
2. Open the Timeline panel.
3. Click Backup.
4. Save the downloaded .json file.

Restore a backup file

1. Open the target branch.
2. Open the Timeline panel.
3. Click Restore.
4. Choose a backup .json file.
5. Wait for success confirmation.

After restore, Nodeable refreshes the branch view so you can continue working with restored data.

Important behavior

• Restore replaces the current branch state.
• Backup and restore are branch-scoped (you cannot merge multiple backups in one restore action).
• Large branches with many embedded images may produce large backup files.

Recommended workflow

Before restoring:

1. Create a new snapshot of the current branch.
2. Optionally download a backup of current state.
3. Run restore.

This gives you a quick fallback path if you need to return to the pre-restore version.