# Disaster recovery

#### With Jira disaster recovery you can quickly restore your entire Jira organization after a major failure, keeping your spaces, work items, and configuration data available and consistent.

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## Recovery process

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Due to **Atlassian** API changes taking effect on March 30, 2026, the current disaster recovery backup and restore functionality will no longer be available. **To ensure continued protection of your Jira data, please switch to the granular backup plan.** Data previously protected with disaster recovery backups can still be restored using the granular restore option.
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When restoring **Jira automation rules** associated with an **assets** schema (i.e., during a granular restore to another organization or a disaster recovery restore where the target organization already contains **assets**), a different **assets** schema may be attached to the restored rule component. This behavior is the same as when rules are manually imported through the **Jira** UI.
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Connections to external services (i.e., **Google Drive**) are <mark style="color:red;">**not restored**</mark> in automation components when restoring data in disaster recovery mode or to another organization.
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Get into the restore view using the following method:

1. Open the **Jira** tab (**DevOps** > **Jira**), then click the **Restore** button next to the organization whose backup you want to restore.

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You can also use the **Explore** button to restore your data.
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Next, select the backup plan from which you want to restore data. Click **View available plans** and choose one of the **disaster recovery plans** from the list.

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Choose the backup version from all the backups that have already been performed — select the desired date and click the **Restore** > **Disaster recovery**.

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Select the available destination for the restore process from the list:

1. If the restoration destination is a device, **you must specify the recovery path**. If you want to change the **default worker** responsible for handling the restore, make sure to do it **before selecting the backup copy to restore**.

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If you select a device as the restoration destination, **GitProtect** will recover all protected **Jira** data included in the selected backup plan as separate, compressed (zipped) folders.
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2. If the restoration destination is **Jira**, you can change the **default worker** in the next aside. In **Restore settings**, you can also choose whether you want to restore assets and users.

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The disaster recovery process replaces all existing data (**except users and assets**) in the selected **Jira** instance, and the backup may not include every item stored in that environment.
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Jira enforces several limitations. **Atlassian** limits the number of **Jira** backup restores per organization to **100**. A restore also affects your **Jira** usage — the process can take some time, and **during this period your Jira instance will not be accessible**.
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You can choose to preserve the original **Jira Asset** **identifiers** during a **disaster recovery** restore.
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After defining all parameters, click the **Restore** button to begin the recovery process. You can monitor its status in the **Tasks** tab.
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## Post-recovery actions for GitProtect installed via Atlassian Marketplace

When you restore a backup to the original organization (the source organization from which it was created) using the disaster recovery method, **the GitProtect.io for Jira application is removed from your Jira site and must be reinstalled afterward**.

To add the **GitProtect** app to your **Jira** site again, go to **Apps** > **Explore more apps** and search for **GitProtect.io for Jira**. On the app page in **Atlassian Marketplace**, click **Try it free** and follow the on-screen instructions. The process is the same as when you added the app for the first time, except you do not need to provide a personal access token because **GitProtect** is already integrated with your **Jira** account.

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Adding the app to your **Jira** site again does not modify the trial period and does not change your current subscription model.
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Once the app is reinstalled, you can view your backup statistics and use all **GitProtect.io for Jira** app features.