[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":67},["ShallowReactive",2],{"changelog-entry-\u002Fchangelog\u002F2026\u002F02\u002Frestoring-snapshots-to-remote-instances":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":52,"extension":53,"meta":54,"navigation":62,"path":63,"seo":64,"stem":65,"__hash__":66},"changelog\u002Fchangelog\u002F2026\u002F02\u002Frestoring-snapshots-to-remote-instances.md","Restoring snapshots to developer-mode Remote Instances",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":49},"minimark",[9,13,16,19,22,35,38],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Device Agent version 3.8.0 has been released which brings a significant workflow improvement when editing your flows.",[10,14,15],{},"When the ability to remotely edit flows was introduced - known as 'developer mode' - we blocked the ability to push snapshots to a remote instance whilst in this mode. This protection makes sense when you're working on a remote instance, but still need to push updates out to the rest of your fleet through a pipeline deployment - you don't want the deployment from overwriting the work you're in the middle of.",[10,17,18],{},"However, there are cases where you want to rollback changes you've been making to a remote instance. Previously that would involve taking the instance out of developer mode, restoring the snapshot, then putting it back into developer mode to continue working. This is a lot of unnecessary steps and not an obvious workflow.",[10,20,21],{},"With the new v3.8.0 release of the Device Agent, it is now possible to manually restore snapshots without leaving developer mode:",[23,24,25,29,32],"ul",{},[26,27,28],"li",{},"Open the Version History tab for the Remote Instance and switch the Snapshots view",[26,30,31],{},"Click on the snapshot you want to use",[26,33,34],{},"Click on the restore button in the snapshot sidebar",[10,36,37],{},"The existing protection that blocks pipeline-driven deploys of snapshots is still in place.",[10,39,40,46],{},[41,42],"img",{"alt":43,"dataZoomable":44,"src":45},"Restoring a snapshot to a Developer-Mode Remote Instance","","\u002Fchangelog-media\u002F2026\u002F02\u002Fimages\u002Fsnapshot-restore.png",[47,48,43],"em",{},{"title":44,"searchDepth":50,"depth":50,"links":51},2,[],"A significant workflow improvement introduced by Device Agent v3.8.0","md",{"date":55,"authors":56,"tags":58,"issues":60},"2026-02-12 12:00:00.0",[57],"nick-oleary",[59],"changelog",[61],"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002FFlowFuse\u002Fflowfuse\u002Fissues\u002F6496",true,"\u002Fchangelog\u002F2026\u002F02\u002Frestoring-snapshots-to-remote-instances",{"title":5,"description":52},"changelog\u002F2026\u002F02\u002Frestoring-snapshots-to-remote-instances","0hJ1IkdDkO-EZ_wJb8eqMhnY8pHcFayVf2veH7syF-0",1780070548779]