# Does Postgres regional failover happen automatically?

**URL:** <https://community.fly.io/t/does-postgres-regional-failover-happen-automatically/12458>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** postgres, login-only\
**Created:** [April 24, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/does-postgres-regional-failover-happen-automatically/12458 "2023-04-24T12:34:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![danwetherald](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/user_avatar/community.fly.io/danwetherald/32/37600_2.png) [@danwetherald](https://community.fly.io/u/danwetherald)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 5:45am UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/does-postgres-regional-failover-happen-automatically/12458/2 "2023-04-25T05:45:27Z")

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I have been trying to better understand this topic as well over here:

[https://community.fly.io/t/better-understanding-best-practices-for-ha-for-both-web-apps-and-pg-apps](https://community.fly.io/t/better-understanding-best-practices-for-ha-for-both-web-apps-and-pg-apps)

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