# What is the future of backup with pgBackRest

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**Created:** [May 5, 2026, 6:20am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/what-is-the-future-of-backup-with-pgbackrest/40743 "2026-05-05T06:20:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Baptiste\_Mille-Mathi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/baptiste_mille-mathi/32/9237_2.png) [@Baptiste\_Mille-Mathi](https://forums.percona.com/u/Baptiste_Mille-Mathi)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 6:20am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/what-is-the-future-of-backup-with-pgbackrest/40743/1 "2026-05-05T06:20:12Z")

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Hi

PbBackRest developer announced last week he would stop developing it.

I’m sure in the coming months it won’t be an issue, but what in the mid-term future?

Do guys have some ideas ?

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**Author:** ![mateusz.henicz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/mateusz.henicz/32/6935_2.png) [@mateusz.henicz](https://forums.percona.com/u/mateusz.henicz)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 6:52am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/what-is-the-future-of-backup-with-pgbackrest/40743/2 "2026-05-05T06:52:57Z")

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Hello,

Please refer to another forum post. In short, Percona still supports pgBackRest the same way as we did before that announcement, while we work on a permanent solution with other companies, on how the future will look in terms of pgBackRest development and support.

Thanks!

> [@PgbackRest is EOL](https://forums.percona.com/t/pgbackrest-is-eol/40720/4):
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> Hi Leo! Thanks for posting! TLDR; pgBackRest is not EOL. The project is archived and the Community is HEAVY in discussions, please give some time for a solution to be created. Percona will be continuing support for pgBackrest. Quite what that means in terms of who the code maintainers are, and how many organizations will get together to do this has been the subject of a lot of conversations sice yesterday, and will take more than a day to work out. The immediate issue is making sure that there…