What is a snapshot ??

[mlec1]

Hi,

we started to install the instance without encryption key.
We created a design without encryption, the assets were uploaded unencrypted to S3 as expected.
We finally decided to go for encryption, added the key, delete the old design and import it again.
The assets were this time encrypted in s3 as expected.

We noticed however, that the old assets (the unencrypted one) were not deleted from the S3 bucket at the deletion of the design.
After looking at the DB, we found out that this is because they are still linked to a design which is not in the list of design but accessing the URL, it says "This design cannot be edited because it is a snapshot from 2025-02-19."

Is it expected to be deleted at some point in time ??

[MWedl]

Hi,

design snapshots are copies of the original design at the time it was assigned to the project. This prevents changes in the design (e.g. HTML, CSS, field definition, etc.) to break existing/old designs and prevent unintentional data loss (e.g. when a field is deleted or its data type changes). Snapshot designs are deleted together with the project they were created for.

SysReptor provides a CLI helper command to encrypt all data in file storages and DB. All files are loaded, saved as an encrypted copy and the unencrypted files are deleted.

docker compose run --rm app python3 manage.py encryptdata