fly mpg restore now supports naming and point-in-time restore

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Here are a couple of things you could already do from the dashboard that are now available in fly mpg restore as of flyctl v0.4.80:

  • restoring to a specific point in time instead of a backup ID
  • naming your restored cluster

Restoring to a point in time

Pass --pitr-time with a timestamp instead of --backup-id:

fly mpg restore <CLUSTER_ID> --pitr-time 2026-08-09T14:30:00Z

Useful for getting back to right before a bad migration or accidental delete. A few things to know:

  • The timestamp has to fall inside your cluster’s PITR recovery window.
  • You can pass --backup-id or --pitr-time, not both.
  • PITR restore is available for v2 clusters only. The CLI returns a clear error if you try it on v1.
  • Timestamps are RFC3339 with an explicit offset: 2026-08-09T14:30:00Z for UTC, or 2026-08-09T10:30:00-04:00.

Naming the restored cluster

Use --name with either restore mode:

fly mpg restore <CLUSTER_ID> --backup-id <BACKUP_ID> --name my-cluster-recovered

Leave --name off and you get the same auto-generated name as before.

Either way, your source cluster stays untouched. A restore always creates a new cluster, billed separately.

If the PITR window isn’t what you expected, tell us. We’d like to hear what your ideal recovery workflow looks like.

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