PhotoRobot Disaster Recovery Policy

This policy describes how PhotoRobot recovers platform functionality during large-scale disruptions.

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Purpose

• Ensure controlled, timely recovery of services
• Minimize downtime
• Prevent data loss

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Scope

Applies to:

• Complete service outage
• Regional service interruption
• Critical infrastructure failures

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DR Strategy

• Single-region GCP deployment (europe-west4)
• Recovery based on restoring backups
• Engineering-driven recovery workflow
• No multi-region failover at this stage

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Recovery Priorities

1. Core infrastructure
2. Database and metadata
3. Processing pipelines
4. Public APIs
5. UI / account access

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DR Procedures

• Incident commander activates DR plan
• Systems restored in priority order
• Verification of integrity and functionality
• Communication to stakeholders when required

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Recovery Testing

• DR procedures reviewed periodically
• Tabletop exercises conducted when appropriate