Dev Databases have no direct backup feature but you can use a cron job to back up your data to another database.
How do I back up my app on App Platform?
Validated on 24 Oct 2023 • Last edited on 18 Mar 2026
App Platform does not support code backups because your app’s code is already stored in the repository that you used to deploy your app. If you have deployed faulty code, you can roll back to a previous version of your app.
App Platform’s dev databases do not support backups. If you want to back up the data in your app’s dev database, we recommend upgrading to DigitalOcean Managed Databases, which work natively with App Platform and support backups and restoration, datacenter migration, and other features. Because dev databases lack these features, we do not recommend using dev databases in production environments.
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Either remount the tmp folder with exec permissions or set the backup engine to use the home directory instead.
Create another bucket to transfer data to, save your files locally, or use an automatic backup tool.