Recover a deleted project

API Reference / Projects / Recover a deleted project

POST /projects//recover

Recovers a deleted project within the 7-day deletion recovery period. Restores branches, endpoints, settings, and connection strings. Some integrations require manual reconfiguration after recovery. To list recoverable projects, use GET /projects?recoverable=true.

Parameters

project_id (string, path, required) The Neon project ID

Response (200)

JSON

{
  "project": {
    "data_storage_bytes_hour": 0,
    "data_transfer_bytes": 0,
    "written_data_bytes": 0,
    "compute_time_seconds": 0,
    "active_time_seconds": 0,
    "cpu_used_sec": 0,
    "id": "misty-meadow-000017",
    "platform_id": "aws",
    "region_id": "aws-us-east-2",
    "name": "my-project-17",
    "slug": "misty-meadow-000017",
    "provisioner": "k8s-neonvm",
    "default_endpoint_settings": {
      "autoscaling_limit_min_cu": 1,
      "autoscaling_limit_max_cu": 1,
      "suspend_timeout_seconds": 0
    },
    "settings": {
      "allowed_ips": {
        "ips": [],
        "protected_branches_only": false
      },
      "enable_logical_replication": false,
      "maintenance_window": {
        "weekdays": [
          7
        ],
        "start_time": "09:00",
        "end_time": "10:00"
      },
      "block_public_connections": false,
      "block_vpc_connections": false,
      "hipaa": false
    },
    "pg_version": 17,
    "proxy_host": "c-4.us-east-2.aws.neon.tech",
    "branch_logical_size_limit": 16777216,
    "branch_logical_size_limit_bytes": 17592186044416,
    "store_passwords": true,
    "creation_source": "console",
    "history_retention_seconds": 86400,
    "created_at": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2025-01-15T11:00:00Z",
    "synthetic_storage_size": 0,
    "consumption_period_start": "2025-01-15T11:30:00Z",
    "consumption_period_end": "2025-01-15T11:30:00Z",
    "owner_id": "org-spring-garden-12345"
  },
  "branches": [
    {
      "id": "br-young-forest-a5b6c7d8",
      "project_id": "misty-meadow-000017",
      "name": "main",
      "slug": "br-young-forest-a5b6c7d8",
      "project_slug": "misty-meadow-000017",
      "current_state": "ready",
      "state_changed_at": "2025-01-15T11:00:00Z",
      "creation_source": "console",
      "primary": true,
      "default": true,
      "protected": false,
      "cpu_used_sec": 0,
      "compute_time_seconds": 0,
      "active_time_seconds": 0,
      "written_data_bytes": 0,
      "data_transfer_bytes": 0,
      "created_at": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
      "updated_at": "2025-01-15T12:00:00Z",
      "init_source": "parent-data"
    }
  ]
}

Code examples

Bash

curl "https://console.neon.tech/api/v2/projects/$PROJECT_ID/recover" \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NEON_API_KEY"

TypeScript

import { createNeonClient, raw } from '@neon/sdk';

const neon = createNeonClient({ apiKey: process.env.NEON_API_KEY });
const { data } = await raw.recoverProject({
  client: neon.client,
  path: {
    project_id: process.env.PROJECT_ID
  }
});

Bash

# neonctl
neon projects recover <project_id>

Errors

default General Error.

The request may or may not be safe to retry, depending on the HTTP method, response status code, and whether a response was received.

If no response is returned from the API, a network error or timeout likely occurred.
In some cases, the request may have reached the server and been successfully processed, but the response failed to reach the client. As a result, retrying non-idempotent requests can lead to unintended results.

The following HTTP methods are considered non-idempotent: POST, PATCH, DELETE, and PUT. Retrying these methods is generally not safe. The following methods are considered idempotent: GET, HEAD, and OPTIONS. Retrying these methods is safe in the event of a network error or timeout.

Any request that returns a 503 Service Unavailable response is always safe to retry.

Any request that returns a 423 Locked response is safe to retry. 423 Locked indicates that the resource is temporarily locked, for example, due to another operation in progress.

request_id (string, optional) Unique identifier for the request, useful for debugging. You can set this value manually by including an X-Request-ID header in the request. If not provided, the value will be generated automatically.
code (string, required) Machine-readable code classifying the error type. See message for a human-readable explanation. Default: ``
message (string, required) Error message