# Ensure Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR) is enabled

- Source: https://support.icompaas.com/support/solutions/articles/a_1790103903672527-ensure-point-in-time-recovery-pitr-is-enabled
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- Last updated: 2026-09-22
- Publisher: iCompaas, Inc. (https://www.icompaas.com)

**Description**

Ensure the Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR) add-on is enabled for production projects, so the database can be restored to any chosen moment, down to the second. This gives a much smaller window of possible data loss than daily backups, which can lose up to 24 hours of data.

**Rationale**

Daily backups can only restore the database to the time of the last backup, so up to a full day of data can be lost after an incident such as accidental deletion, a bad migration, or ransomware. PITR continuously backs up changes, allowing recovery to just before the incident happened. This is important for production data and for meeting recovery point objectives.

**Impact**

-   Allows restore to any second within the retention period
    
-   Greatly reduces possible data loss
    
-   Adds a monthly cost and requires a paid plan and compute add-on
    

**Default Value**

By default, PITR is not enabled. It is a paid add-on that requires a paid plan and at least a Small compute add-on. When PITR is enabled, daily backups are no longer taken.

**Pre-Requisites**

-   Project Owner or Admin role
    
-   Pro, Team, or Enterprise plan
    
-   At least a Small compute add-on
    
-   Billing approval for the add-on
    

**Test Plan**

1.  Sign in to the Supabase Dashboard at [https://supabase.com/dashboard](https://supabase.com/dashboard).
    
2.  Select your project.
    
3.  Open Project Settings and select Add-ons.
    
4.  Verify that Point in Time Recovery is enabled.
    
5.  If it is not enabled, follow the implementation steps.
    

**Implementation Steps**

1.  Sign in to the Supabase Dashboard at [https://supabase.com/dashboard](https://supabase.com/dashboard).
    
2.  Select your project.
    
3.  Open Project Settings and select Add-ons.
    
4.  In the Point in Time Recovery section, choose a PITR retention period.
    
5.  Confirm the change.
    
6.  Open Database > Backups and confirm that the Point in time tab is available.
    

**Backout Plan**

1.  Sign in to the Supabase Dashboard at [https://supabase.com/dashboard](https://supabase.com/dashboard).
    
2.  Select your project.
    
3.  Open Project Settings and select Add-ons.
    
4.  In the Point in Time Recovery section, choose the option to disable PITR and confirm.
    

**Reference**

-   [https://supabase.com/docs/guides/platform/backups](https://supabase.com/docs/guides/platform/backups)

## Related compliance guidance

- [SOC 2 compliance: a practical implementation guide for cloud-native SaaS teams](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria): Configuration checks like this one are the technical half of a SOC 2 / ISO 27001 programme — the guide shows where they fit, what else an auditor expects, and how to evidence them.
- [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 compliance: a practical implementation guide](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022): ISO 27001 Annex A.8 (technological controls) is where cloud hardening evidence lands; the guide shows how to run the ISMS around it.