Does Atlassian back up deleted repositories?

[Paul Berg]

A few years ago, I deleted a code repository in my Bitbucket account, only for now to realize that I need access to the source code. Sadly, I have also deleted all local clones of the said repository.

Is there any chance that Atlassian maintains backups of old repositories, and a cache of my repo can be found on your server somewhere?

Thanks very much,
Paul

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted solution]

They do take backups, but they're only for disaster recovery and they're not retained for years.  I'm afraid your code has gone.

[Paul Berg]

Oh. Well, at least I tried. Thanks for your answer!

[Vish Reddy {Revyz}]

Hi @Paul Berg 

In addition to what @Nic Brough -Adaptavist- has called out Atlassian backups are only held for 30 days.

Reference - https://www.atlassian.com/trust/security/security-practices#service-availability

You would need to get a backup service or do a manual backup. You can look for a apps in the marketplace that will help for that - search for either backup or restore in the marketplace.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

I didn't say 30 days, but only because I didn't have the number.  I just knew it wasn't long (I would have guessed at 30-90 if pushed), and that is was not years.

Thank you Vish, for finding it!

I am sorry that it's not a lot of help here, I do not think you have any way to recover really old stuff.  If you ever think you might need to, then Vish's Revyz apps are well worth a look, they do a good job of keeping hold of stuff.