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… in the lifecycle maintenance guide.
…iderations" and clarify backup requirements for PowerSync self-hosted deployments. Add link to "Restoring Your Source Database."
…ion by linking to the consistency section.
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| - PowerSync's replication state may become invalid | ||
| - The PowerSync Service will need to reprocess data from the restored database | ||
| - The reprocessing happens automatically |
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I'm not sure if this reprocessing will actually happen automatically in all cases - we need to test this for each one.
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| - PowerSync's replication state may become invalid | ||
| - The PowerSync Service will need to reprocess data from the restored database | ||
| - The reprocessing happens automatically | ||
| - Clients can continue syncing during reprocessing, though they may experience temporary delays |
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Specifically note that clients will continue syncing the old data during reprocessing - no new changes will be synced here until reprocessing completed.
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Added documentation explaining what happens when a source database is restored and how that impacts PowerSync
usage/lifecycle-maintenance/restoring-source-database) covering restores, reprocessing, and re-sync expectations"self-hosting/lifecycle-maintenance/backup-and-recovery") for backup and recovery considerations specifically with regards to self-hosting