GitVibes daily briefing · 2026-10-01 · systems
Containers - Snapshot and restore Container filesystem
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Perspective
If a trial of “Containers - Snapshot and restore Container filesystem” went wrong, how would you restore the previous state?
Source summary
Containers now support snapshot APIs in public beta for saving and restoring point-in-time filesystem state. Create a snapshot first, then pass it back to start() to restore files after container sleep, restart, or handoff to another Durable Object. Use snapshotContainer() through the Durable Object Container API to capture the full container filesystem.…
Original reporting: Cloudflare developer changelog · Published 2026-09-30