Branch Unarchival Issues
Hi. I unarchived a large branch today, and it has been on and off of the unarchiving state for over an hour and a half.
I noticed that every time I reset to the parent branch, the archival process restarts and the database is completely unavailable even though the UI says: "This branch is queryable but is still being unarchived. Expect slow query times."
Why is the unarchival process triggering each time I reset to the parent branch, it didn't do this on Friday before the branch got auto archived for not getting used in 24 hours.
I did just open a support ticket for this. But would like to know if I'm doing something wrong or if this is a bug with neon.
2 Replies
fascinating-indigoOP•2mo ago
Looks like it is a bug. Haven't gotten a response from support, but I'll wait for that.
genetic-orange•2mo ago
Hi, from what you've described, you're not doing anything wrong here.
Here's some info on archived branches:
https://neon.com/docs/guides/branch-archiving#unarchiving-a-branch
Some things that could be impacting the unarchive process might be the data size on the branch, if the parent branch has parent branches, or if you've got a large number of unarchived branches (100+).
The Support team can provide more guidance on your particular case. Hopefully, they get to your ticket soon.
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