This only impacts projects on the Free Plan because projects in any of the paid plans cannot be paused.
Beginning June 24, 2024, we're updating some project pause/restore behavior:
- paused Free projects are restorable for 90 days following their pause date
- any Free projects paused before June 24 will be able to restore at any point before September 22, 2024 so they have a full 90 days from when this announcement is made
- once a project is no longer restorable, the "restore" option is replaced with an option to download the latest logical backup, taken right before the project is paused, and all Storage objects
This change is being made to enable us to maintain high development velocity on the platform. Previously, paused projects could be restored indefinitely. That creates the need for the platform to remain fully backwards compatible with outdated versions of Postgres and associated extensions. The update allows us to provide a reasonable pause/restore window while gaining the ability to evolve the platform.