Export a snapshot
Create, download, and remove a portable Backend snapshot.
An Export job freezes selected Backend data into a JSON or ZIP artifact.
Export
- Open Settings → Import / Export → Export.
- Choose Model only, Model + content, Model + content + files, Full, or Custom.
- For Custom scope, select from Model, Media config, Content, Files, Delivery config, Review workflows, Releases, Collaboration, and History / audit. Choose whether to bundle file bytes when Files is included.
- Create the Export job and monitor it under Jobs.
- Download the completed artifact and compare its reported size and checksum before transferring it.
Creating the job requires backend.read and portability.export. Inspecting or downloading it requires portability.read. Removing artifact bytes requires portability.delete.
Metadata-only output is JSON. A bundled ZIP contains snapshot.json, files/, and report.json.