Clean all data on restart

[hirenko-v]

Is that an expected behavior that Atlantis loses all data (plans on web page, projects locks) after restart?
We deploy it to Kubenretes with persistent volume. I see atlantis.db file and repos folder in data dir not are re-created after restart but locks and plan details are gone.

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Atlantis should not lose all data, such as plans and project locks, after a restart if it is correctly configured with a persistent volume. The atlantis.db file and repos folder are crucial for maintaining state. The atlantis.db file stores locks and pull request statuses, while the repos folder contains checked-out repositories ^[1].

If these are not being re-created or if data is lost, it might indicate an issue with how the persistent volume is set up or mounted. Ensure that the persistent volume is correctly configured and mounted to the /atlantis path in the container. Using a Kubernetes StatefulSet with a persistent volume is recommended to maintain data across restarts ^[2].

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[X-Guardian]

Hi @hirenko-v, locks are stored in atlantis.db if you are using the default BoltDB database, so will remain as long as you are persisting the database. Plan detail results are held in memory though, so will be lost after restart.

[hirenko-v]

Thanks for clarifying that, @X-Guardian. But why can't I see locks details on Atlantis ui after the restart?
Also is it somehow possible to persist plan results as well?

[X-Guardian]

Regarding the locks you obviously aren't persisting the database volume correctly, as it definitely works.
Persisting plan results would require a major code change to implement. Happy to accept community PRs for this.

[hirenko-v]

@X-Guardian not sure what could go wrong with locks
I have

        volumeMounts:
        - mountPath: /atlantis-data
          name: atlantis-data

and

        env:
        - name: ATLANTIS_DATA_DIR
          value: /atlantis-data

set in atlantis sts manifest.

Also, as I said, database file is not re-created after restart...

[X-Guardian]

I suggest you ask a question in the Atlantis Slack channel regarding how to configure this.