---
operationId: "recoverProjectBranch"
method: "POST"
path: "/projects/{project_id}/branches/{branch_id}/recover"
tag: "branches"
stability: "beta"
interfaces: ["api", "sdk"]
---
> API Reference / Branches / Recover a deleted branch

## POST /projects/{project_id}/branches/{branch_id}/recover

Recovers a deleted branch within the 7-day deletion recovery period.
The branch must have been soft deleted and not yet permanently deleted.
Recovery restores the branch and its endpoints to an idle state.
Connection strings remain valid after recovery.
TTL branches become non-TTL branches after recovery.

To list deleted branches available for recovery, use `GET /projects/{project_id}/branches?include_deleted=true`.


### Parameters

- `project_id` (string, path, required)
  The Neon project ID
- `branch_id` (string, path, required)
  The branch ID

### Response (200)

- `branch` (object, optional)
  - `id` (string, required)
    The branch ID. This value is generated when a branch is created. A `branch_id` value has a `br` prefix. For example: `br-small-term-683261`.
    
  - `project_id` (string, required)
    The ID of the project to which the branch belongs
    
  - `parent_id` (string, optional)
    The `branch_id` of the parent branch
    
  - `parent_lsn` (string, optional)
    The Log Sequence Number (LSN) on the parent branch from which this branch was created.
    When restoring a branch using the `POST /projects/{project_id}/branches/{branch_id}/restore` endpoint,
    this value isn’t finalized until all operations related to the restore have completed successfully.
    
  - `parent_timestamp` (string, optional, format: date-time)
    The point in time on the parent branch from which this branch was created.
    When restoring a branch using the `POST /projects/{project_id}/branches/{branch_id}/restore` endpoint,
    this value isn’t finalized until all operations related to the restore have completed successfully.
    After all the operations completed, this value might stay empty.
    
  - `name` (string, required)
    The branch name
    
  - `current_state` (string, required)
    The branch’s state, indicating if it is initializing, ready for use, or archived.
      * 'init' - the branch is being created but is not available for querying.
      * 'resetting' - the branch is being reset to a specific point in time or LSN and is not yet available for querying.
      * 'ready' - the branch is fully operational and ready for querying. Expect normal query response times.
      * 'archived' - the branch is stored in cost-effective archival storage. Expect slow query response times.
    
  - `pending_state` (string, optional)
    The branch’s state, indicating if it is initializing, ready for use, or archived.
      * 'init' - the branch is being created but is not available for querying.
      * 'resetting' - the branch is being reset to a specific point in time or LSN and is not yet available for querying.
      * 'ready' - the branch is fully operational and ready for querying. Expect normal query response times.
      * 'archived' - the branch is stored in cost-effective archival storage. Expect slow query response times.
    
  - `state_changed_at` (string, required, format: date-time)
    A UTC timestamp indicating when the `current_state` began
    
  - `logical_size` (integer, optional, format: int64)
    The logical size of the branch, in bytes
    
  - `creation_source` (string, required)
    The branch creation source
    
  - `primary` (boolean, optional, deprecated)
    DEPRECATED. Use `default` field.
    Whether the branch is the project's primary branch
    
  - `default` (boolean, required)
    Whether the branch is the project's default branch
    
  - `protected` (boolean, required)
    Whether the branch is protected
    
  - `cpu_used_sec` (integer, required, deprecated, format: int64)
    CPU seconds used by all of the branch's compute endpoints, including deleted ones.
    This value is reset at the beginning of each billing period.
    Examples:
    1. A branch that uses 1 CPU for 1 second is equal to `cpu_used_sec=1`.
    2. A branch that uses 2 CPUs simultaneously for 1 second is equal to `cpu_used_sec=2`.
    
  - `compute_time_seconds` (integer, required, format: int64)
  - `active_time_seconds` (integer, required, format: int64)
  - `written_data_bytes` (integer, required, format: int64)
  - `data_transfer_bytes` (integer, required, format: int64)
  - `created_at` (string, required, format: date-time)
    A timestamp indicating when the branch was created
    
  - `updated_at` (string, required, format: date-time)
    A timestamp indicating when the branch was last updated
    
  - `ttl_interval_seconds` (integer, optional)
    The time-to-live (TTL) duration originally configured for the branch, in seconds. This read-only value represents the interval between the time `expires_at` was set and the expiration timestamp itself. It is preserved to ensure the same TTL duration is reapplied when resetting the branch from its parent, and only updates when a new `expires_at` value is set.
    
    Access to this feature is currently limited to participants in the Early Access Program.
    
  - `expires_at` (string, optional, format: date-time)
    The timestamp when the branch is scheduled to expire and be automatically deleted. Must be set by the client following the [RFC 3339, section 5.6](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3339#section-5.6) format with precision up to seconds (such as 2025-06-09T18:02:16Z). Deletion is performed by a background job and may not occur exactly at the specified time.
    
    Access to this feature is currently limited to participants in the Early Access Program.
    
  - `last_reset_at` (string, optional, format: date-time)
    A timestamp indicating when the branch was last reset
    
  - `created_by` (object, optional)
    The resolved user model that contains details of the user/org/integration/api_key used for branch creation. This field is filled only in listing/get/create/get/update/delete methods, if it is empty when calling other handlers, it does not mean that it is empty in the system.
    
    - `name` (string, optional)
      The name of the user.
    - `image` (string, optional)
      The URL to the user's avatar image.
  - `init_source` (string, optional)
    The source of initialization for the branch. Valid values are `schema-only` and `parent-data` (default).
      * `schema-only` - creates a new root branch containing only the schema. Use `parent_id` to specify the source branch. Optionally, you can provide `parent_lsn` or `parent_timestamp` to branch from a specific point in time or LSN. These fields define which branch to copy the schema from and at what point—they do not establish a parent-child relationship between the `parent_id` branch and the new schema-only branch.
      * `parent-data` - creates the branch with both schema and data from the parent.
    
  - `restore_status` (string, optional)
    Could be `restored`, `finalized` or `detaching`.
    A `restored` branch becomes permanently `finalized` when you call `finalizeRestoreBranch`
    A `restored` or `finalized` branch may begin `detaching` as a one-time performance optimisation, after which it will continue in its original state
    
  - `restored_from` (string, optional)
    ID of the snapshot that was the restore source for this branch
    
  - `restored_as` (string, optional)
    ID of the target branch which was replaced when this branch was restored
    
  - `restricted_actions` (array, optional)
    A list of actions that are currently restricted for this branch and the reason why.
    
    - `name` (string, required)
      The name of a restricted action. Possible values include `restore`, `delete-rw-endpoint`.
      
    - `reason` (string, required)
      A human-readable explanation of why the action is restricted.
      
  - `recovery` (object, optional)
    Recovery information for a deleted branch. Only present when listing deleted branches
    with `include_deleted=true`.
    
    This is part of the Branch Recovery feature, which is in preview and not available to all users.
    
    - `deleted_at` (string, required, format: date-time)
      Timestamp when the branch was deleted
      
    - `recoverable_until` (string, required, format: date-time)
      Timestamp when the recovery window expires and the branch will be permanently deleted
      
    - `deletion_method` (string, required)
      How the branch was deleted: 'user' for manual deletion, 'ttl' for TTL expiration
      
      Possible values: `user`, `ttl`
- `endpoints` (array, optional)
  - `host` (string, required)
    The hostname of the compute endpoint. This is the hostname specified when connecting to a Neon database.
    
  - `id` (string, required)
    The compute endpoint ID. Compute endpoint IDs have an `ep-` prefix. For example: `ep-little-smoke-851426`
    
  - `name` (string, optional)
    Optional name of the compute endpoint
    
  - `project_id` (string, required)
    The ID of the project to which the compute endpoint belongs
    
  - `branch_id` (string, required)
    The ID of the branch that the compute endpoint is associated with
    
  - `autoscaling_limit_min_cu` (number, required)
    The minimum number of Compute Units
    
  - `autoscaling_limit_max_cu` (number, required)
    The maximum number of Compute Units
    
  - `region_id` (string, required)
    The region identifier
    
  - `type` (string, required)
    The compute endpoint type. Either `read_write` or `read_only`.
    
    Possible values: `read_only`, `read_write`
  - `current_state` (string, required)
    The state of the compute endpoint
    
    Possible values: `init`, `active`, `idle`
  - `pending_state` (string, optional)
    The state of the compute endpoint
    
    Possible values: `init`, `active`, `idle`
  - `settings` (object, required)
    A collection of settings for a compute endpoint
    - `pg_settings` (object, optional)
      A raw representation of Postgres settings
    - `pgbouncer_settings` (object, optional, deprecated)
      DEPRECATED. PgBouncer settings for the compute endpoint. This field is deprecated and will be removed after 2026-06-20.
      
    - `preload_libraries` (object, optional)
      The shared libraries to preload into the project's compute instances.
      
      - `use_defaults` (boolean, optional)
      - `enabled_libraries` (array, optional)
  - `pooler_enabled` (boolean, required, deprecated)
    DEPRECATED. Whether to enable connection pooling for the compute endpoint.
    The recommended way to enable connection pooling is to append `-pooler` to the endpoint ID in the connection string.
    See [How to use connection pooling](https://neon.com/docs/connect/connection-pooling#how-to-use-connection-pooling)
    
  - `pooler_mode` (string, required, deprecated)
    DEPRECATED. The connection pooler mode. This field is deprecated and will be removed after 2026-06-20.
    
    Possible values: `transaction`
  - `disabled` (boolean, required)
    Whether to restrict connections to the compute endpoint.
    Enabling this option schedules a suspend compute operation.
    A disabled compute endpoint cannot be enabled by a connection or
    console action.
    
  - `passwordless_access` (boolean, required)
    Whether to permit passwordless access to the compute endpoint
    
  - `last_active` (string, optional, format: date-time)
    A timestamp indicating when the compute endpoint was last active
    
  - `creation_source` (string, required)
    The compute endpoint creation source
    
  - `created_at` (string, required, format: date-time)
    A timestamp indicating when the compute endpoint was created
    
  - `updated_at` (string, required, format: date-time)
    A timestamp indicating when the compute endpoint was last updated
    
  - `started_at` (string, optional, format: date-time)
    A timestamp indicating when the compute endpoint was last started
    
  - `suspended_at` (string, optional, format: date-time)
    A timestamp indicating when the compute endpoint was last suspended
    
  - `proxy_host` (string, required)
    DEPRECATED. Use the "host" property instead.
    
  - `suspend_timeout_seconds` (integer, required, format: int64)
    Duration of inactivity in seconds after which the compute endpoint is
    automatically suspended. The value `0` means use the default value.
    The value `-1` means never suspend. The default value is `300` seconds (5 minutes).
    The minimum value is `60` seconds (1 minute).
    The maximum value is `604800` seconds (1 week). For more information, see
    [Scale to zero configuration](https://neon.com/docs/manage/endpoints#scale-to-zero-configuration).
    
  - `provisioner` (string, required)
    The Neon compute provisioner.
    Specify the `k8s-neonvm` provisioner to create a compute endpoint that supports Autoscaling.
    
    Provisioner can be one of the following values:
    * k8s-pod
    * k8s-neonvm
    * serverless-platform
    
    Clients must expect, that any string value that is not documented in the description above should be treated as a error. UNKNOWN value if safe to treat as an error too.
    
  - `compute_release_version` (string, optional)
    Attached compute's release version number.
    

### Code examples

```bash
curl "https://console.neon.tech/api/v2/projects/$PROJECT_ID/branches/$BRANCH_ID/recover" \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NEON_API_KEY"
```

```typescript
import { createNeonClient, raw } from '@neon/sdk';

const neon = createNeonClient({ apiKey: process.env.NEON_API_KEY });
const { data } = await raw.recoverProjectBranch({
  client: neon.client,
  path: {
    project_id: process.env.PROJECT_ID,
    branch_id: process.env.BRANCH_ID
  }
});
```

### Errors

**default**
General Error.

The request may or may not be safe to retry, depending on the HTTP method, response status code,
and whether a response was received.

- If no response is returned from the API, a network error or timeout likely occurred.
- In some cases, the request may have reached the server and been successfully processed, but the response failed to reach the client. As a result, retrying non-idempotent requests can lead to unintended results.

The following HTTP methods are considered non-idempotent: `POST`, `PATCH`, `DELETE`, and `PUT`. Retrying these methods is generally **not safe**.
The following methods are considered idempotent: `GET`, `HEAD`, and `OPTIONS`. Retrying these methods is **safe** in the event of a network error or timeout.

Any request that returns a `503 Service Unavailable` response is always safe to retry.

Any request that returns a `423 Locked` response is safe to retry. `423 Locked` indicates that the resource is temporarily locked, for example, due to another operation in progress.

- `request_id` (string, optional)
  Unique identifier for the request, useful for debugging.
  You can set this value manually by including an `X-Request-ID` header in the request. If not provided, the value will be generated automatically.
  
- `code` (string, required)
  Default: ``
- `message` (string, required)
  Error message