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Rotating server-side backups on every save #29

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opened 2026-10-07 16:47:17 +00:00 by jknapp · 1 comment
jknapp commented 2026-10-07 16:47:17 +00:00
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Tier: Fix first · Order: 2 of 35 · Effort: S · Impact: high

What

Every save keeps the previous project.json so support (and later the customer) can roll back a bad save. Invisible until version history ships.

Why

Audit: single project.json, overwritten each save, not even an atomic write (site-builder.php:664). Users' #5 complaint is losing work with no revert-to-date. Prerequisite for version history.

Today

No copies anywhere.

Design notes

Write to .tmp then rename (atomic). Before rename, gzip the current file into .site-builder/history/.json.gz. Keep the last 30, one per day for 30 days, and every publish. A few hundred KB per site; no DB table.

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None

From the 2026-10-07 site-builder research (competitor review, user sentiment, code audit, Fable prioritization). Roadmap: https://claude.ai/artifact/QpQcSCk21z6SN7LPSm8tKE · id project-json-backups

**Tier:** Fix first · **Order:** 2 of 35 · **Effort:** S · **Impact:** high ## What Every save keeps the previous project.json so support (and later the customer) can roll back a bad save. Invisible until version history ships. ## Why Audit: single project.json, overwritten each save, not even an atomic write (site-builder.php:664). Users' #5 complaint is losing work with no revert-to-date. Prerequisite for version history. ## Today No copies anywhere. ## Design notes Write to .tmp then rename (atomic). Before rename, gzip the current file into .site-builder/history/<ts>.json.gz. Keep the last 30, one per day for 30 days, and every publish. A few hundred KB per site; no DB table. ## Depends on None --- From the 2026-10-07 site-builder research (competitor review, user sentiment, code audit, Fable prioritization). Roadmap: https://claude.ai/artifact/QpQcSCk21z6SN7LPSm8tKE · id `project-json-backups`
jknapp added the tier: fix-firsteffort: Simpact: high labels 2026-10-07 16:47:17 +00:00
jknapp commented 2026-10-07 21:36:58 +00:00
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Shipped in WHP release 2026.10.3 (site-builder main bdb4789, deployed fleet-wide 2026-10-07). Implemented, reviewed and verified as part of the editor-polish batch.

Shipped in WHP release **2026.10.3** (site-builder `main` bdb4789, deployed fleet-wide 2026-10-07). Implemented, reviewed and verified as part of the editor-polish batch.
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Reference: cloud-hosting-platform/site-builder#29