Datastore without backup or retention

errordatastore-missing-backup

A system of record with backups off, or with no retention period stated, cannot be restored. The loss is discovered on the day it matters.

Severity: error
Selects: every node of kind sql-database
Components in scope: 76

What it checks

It looks at every node of kind sql-database, and fires when:

— any of these hold:
— the node's `backupEnabled` is false
— the node's `backupRetentionDays` has no value

Message

Datastore '{{node.id}}' has no backup or no retention policy declared.

{{node.id}} style paths are filled in from the node, the edge or the design the finding is about.

Applies to · 76 components

SQL database sql-database

Tripped by · 16

Reference designs whose broken twin names this rule in its header. The gate reads the same header, and fails when a rule no design trips.

canva-uploadsreference discord-messagesreference dropbox-syncreference facebook-messengerreference figma-multiplayerreference gitlab-architecturereference multi-region-webreference nearby-friendsreference netflix-streamingreference notion-shardingreference nubank-corereference pinterest-feedreference pokemon-goreference spotify-playbackreference stock-exchangereference unique-id-generatorreference

Source

1# yaml-language-server: $schema=../schema/rule.schema.json
2# A system of record with no backup or no stated retention is an unrecoverable data loss
3# waiting to happen. Tripped by designs/multi-region-web.broken.yaml.
4schemaVersion: "1"
5type: "rule"
6id: "datastore-missing-backup"
7severity: "error"
8select:
9  node:
10    kind: "sql-database"
11when:
12  any:
13    - prop: "backupEnabled"
14      equals: false
15    - prop: "backupRetentionDays"
16      exists: false
17message: "Datastore '{{node.id}}' has no backup or no retention policy declared."

The same page as markdown, for an agent: /catalogue/rules/datastore-missing-backup.md