Snapshots

Snapshots capture the state of a project at a point in time. They can be created manually or as part of backups.

Manual snapshots

• Use the Snapshot action in the Projects page.
• You can target a single project or all projects.

Snapshots in the Projects page

• "Last snapshot" shows when the latest snapshot was taken.
• Health pills summarize recent activity and snapshot freshness.
• Trend labels show only when the day changes to reduce clutter.

History

• History combines backup and snapshot activity across projects.
• Add labels, notes, and tags to make important points easier to find.
• Protect a restore point to keep it out of automatic retention cleanup.
• A protected point can also be marked as a known-good baseline for recovery work.

Snapshot Explorer

• Open a reachable folder or ZIP backup from Backups to browse its contents.
• Supported text files can be previewed without restoring the entire backup.
• Encrypted, offline, binary, and unsupported content uses safe explanatory states.

Snapshot Compare

• Select two restore points from the same project to compare them.
• VaultSync reports added, modified, deleted, and unchanged files plus changed-path hotspots.
• Search or filter the changed-file tree, then inspect supported text changes line by line.
• Long unchanged regions collapse into compact change groups. Line-ending-only changes are ignored.
• Comparisons are bounded; capped or unavailable content is identified rather than presented as a complete result.

Retention and cleanup

• Snapshots are tied to backups and can be cleaned up in the Backups page.
• Orphaned snapshots are removed when no backups reference them.
• Automatic cleanup preserves protected points and the newest point with a passing byte-level recovery proof.