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Card 643 of 9982026-09-04 issue

Observed arrival · 2026-09-04

pgProof: backups that have to prove they restore

pgproof.com Observed source
Editorial interest 84/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

A planned Postgres backup service that restores each dump in a disposable environment and checks whether the database is actually usable.

Landing page captured for the 2026-09-04 issue.

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The proposed workflow restores pg_dump output into a disposable container rather than treating successful upload as evidence of recoverability. The page specifies checks for tables, rows, foreign keys, sequences, extensions, RLS policies, and customer-supplied probe queries, then says the container is destroyed after reporting. It names Postgres versions 13–17 and offers a self-hosted path where dumps and encryption occur on the customer’s VPS.

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