Workspace Backup And Restore
The moderator can download a portable backup of the current account workspace. Open Execution > Workspace backup and choose Download backup. The browser receives one .clg-backup.zip file; the server does not keep a second backup copy.
The archive contains account-owned game definitions and their images, catalog folders, rooms, game sets and placements, shortcuts with their Secret text metadata, and compatible workspace preferences. If the workspace contains a Secret shortcut, the download asks whether to include Secret shortcuts; ordinary shortcuts are always included. When a game has an unpublished draft, the last published version is preserved with the current draft.
Run Logs, live games and sessions, passwords, authentication cookies, account credentials, and global server configuration are excluded. Keep important Run Log exports separately.
Preview Before Restore
Choose Restore backup and select the archive. The application validates the archive and shows a preview before it changes the workspace. The preview lists additions, replacements, skipped items, and conflicts. Restore requires the previewed file and mode; if the workspace changes meanwhile, preview it again.
Two modes are available:
- Merge adds missing portable items and preserves unrelated content already in the target
- Overwrite replaces the target account's portable workspace with the archive contents. Stop
workspace.
that account's games in progress first.
A backup may be downloaded from one account and restored into another. The signed-in account at restore time becomes the owner of restored definitions and rooms. A shortcut already owned by another account is reported and skipped; restore never transfers it silently.
The shortcut controls can generate Secret text directly into the shortcut field. The Secret tag belongs to the shortcut, not the room. Editing the shortcut preserves the tag while the generated sequence remains in the same character order; adding characters is allowed. Removing or reordering any part of that sequence clears the tag. Room and game-set names can be renamed from their row actions.
Settings are imported only when the current application version recognizes them. This permits an older archive to restore useful content without reintroducing removed settings.
Recovery Limits
Restore updates several durable catalogs. Each individual write is protected, but the whole restore is not one transaction across every file. If storage fails partway through, keep the original archive, correct the storage problem, inspect the reported changes, and preview the restore again.
The self-service archive is a portability and recovery aid. It is not an operator-managed retention service and does not replace independent storage backups where those are required.