## SafeGrd: PostgreSQL backups that are restored and checked on a schedule

- 種別: release
- 関連技術: postgresql
- 公開日時: 2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z
- 情報源: PostgreSQL News (https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/safegrd-postgresql-backups-that-are-restored-and-checked-on-a-schedule-3414/)
- パーマリンク: https://vulnpulse.app/items/postgresql-b37a3b39fbdc

SafeGrd is a new backup service for PostgreSQL 13 and later that restores every backup on a schedule and checks the row counts. It takes a backup, restores it later into memory or a throwaway database, and counts what came back, so you find out a backup is broken before you need it. Taking the backup The safegrd daemon runs on a host next to your database and connects as a read-only role. On PostgreSQL 14 and later that role only needs pg_read_all_data . On 13 you grant each schema instead. The schema comes from pg_dump and the rows come over binary COPY , in one transaction. After the first…