# Rollback a Deployment
##  Overview
Rolling back a deployment reverses the metadata changes from a completed deployment. The Rollback feature:
* Utilizes the pre-deployment backup snapshot stored by Deployment.
* Restores components to their original state.
* Ensures stability after a failed or problematic deployment.
Rollback is crucial in production environments where deployment errors must be rapidly corrected.
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#### Best Practices
* Always **validate** and test before deploying to minimize the need for rollbacks.
* **Rollback** all changed components if the deployment caused major issues.
* Use rollback **quickly in Production** to restore stability.
* Review rollback logs to confirm every component was successfully reverted.
* After rollback, re-validate the branch before redeploying.
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## Rollback a Deployment
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### Select Deployment
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Only Deploy jobs with a status of **Completed** can be rolled back.
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1. Click **Code** from the left sidebar menu.
2. Select a branch from the list.
3. Click the **Activities** tab.
4. Click the completed **Deploy** job to rollback.
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### Rollback
When performing a Rollback, you'll see a list of all components altered during deployment. You can then choose which components to revert.
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If the **Rollback** button isn't visible, then the Deploy job can't be rolled back.
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1. Click **Rollback** in the right corner of the Deploy job status page.
2. Click **Add** for each branch component to revert to the pre-deployment backup.
3. (Optional) Click **Add all** to add all components.
4. Click **Run** to start the rollback.
5. After starting the Rollback job, it will be displayed on the **Activities** tab.
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## Rollback Results
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### View Results
1. Click the **Activities** tab.
2. Check that the **Rollback** job status is **Completed**
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If an error occurs during the Rollback job, its status will change to **Exception**. Review the Rollback job log to identify the errors.
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Job Status
Description
Queued
Job is created and waiting to run.
In Progress
Job is running.
Completed
Job completed successfully.
Exception
Job completed with errors.
3. Click the **Rollback** job.
4. The **Rollback** results page lists the job information and a detailed log
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