Create snapshot

API Reference / Snapshots / Create snapshot

Creates a snapshot from the specified branch. This operation may initiate an asynchronous process.

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

• branch_id (string, path, required) The branch ID

• lsn (string, query, optional) The target Log Sequence Number (LSN) to take the snapshot from. Must fall within the restore window. Cannot be used with timestamp

• timestamp (string, query, optional) The target timestamp for the snapshot. Must fall within the restore window. RFC 3339 format. Cannot be used with lsn.

• name (string, query, optional) A name for the snapshot.

• slug (string, query, optional) User-defined snapshot resource ID. Must be unique within the project. Must start with a lowercase letter, contain only lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens, and end with a letter or number. If omitted, the control plane generates a value.

• expires_at (string, query, optional) The time at which the snapshot will be automatically deleted. RFC 3339 format.

{
  "snapshot": {
    "id": "snap-quiet-meadow-a5b6c7d8",
    "name": "my-snapshot-2",
    "source_branch_id": "br-young-forest-a5b6c7d8",
    "created_at": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
    "manual": true
  },
  "operations": [
    {
      "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
      "project_id": "aged-wildflower-123456",
      "branch_id": "br-young-forest-12345678",
      "action": "create_branch",
      "status": "running",
      "failures_count": 0,
      "created_at": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
      "updated_at": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
      "total_duration_ms": 0
    },
    {
      "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
      "project_id": "aged-wildflower-123456",
      "branch_id": "br-young-forest-12345678",
      "action": "timeline_archive",
      "status": "scheduling",
      "failures_count": 0,
      "created_at": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
      "updated_at": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
      "total_duration_ms": 0
    }
  ]
}

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

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

const neon = createNeonClient({ apiKey: process.env.NEON_API_KEY });
const { data } = await raw.createSnapshot({
  client: neon.client,
  path: {
    project_id: process.env.PROJECT_ID,
    branch_id: process.env.BRANCH_ID
  },
  query: {
    timestamp: "2025-08-05T22:00:00Z",
    expires_at: "2025-08-05T22:00:00Z"
  }
});

# neonctl
neon snapshots create

Console path: Projects → Backup & restore

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