Implementing Backup Strategies

pc.create_backup(index_name="docs",
                 backup_name="docs-2026-01-15",
                 description="Pre-deploy snapshot")

pc.create_index_from_backup(
    backup_id="backup-abc",
    name="docs-restored",
)

# crontab: backup daily at 02:00
0 2 * * * /usr/bin/python /opt/scripts/pinecone_backup.py

since = last_backup_ts
ids = [d.id for d in source_db.changed_since(since)]
for chunk in batched(ids, 1000):
    vecs = index.fetch(ids=chunk)["vectors"]
    write_parquet(vecs, "s3://backups/incr.parquet")

# weekly: restore backup to throwaway index, query 50 sample vecs,
# compare to live results
sample_ids = random.sample(all_ids, 50)
live = index.fetch(ids=sample_ids)
restored = test_index.fetch(ids=sample_ids)
assert live == restored