--- title: Implementing 'Undo' Functionality in Network Automation... description: Implementing undo/rollback functionality in network automation is harder than it looks. When a network change is technically correct but breaks a customer... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/implementing-undo-functionality-in-network-automation-ipspace-net-blog-pl1p2hrfc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Implementing 'Undo' Functionality in Network Automation « ipSpace.net blog | daily.dev og:description: Implementing undo/rollback functionality in network automation is harder than it looks. When a network change is technically correct but breaks a customer... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/implementing-undo-functionality-in-network-automation-ipspace-net-blog-pl1p2hrfc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/pL1p2hrFc.png og:image:alt: Implementing 'Undo' Functionality in Network Automation « ipSpace.net blog og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Implementing 'Undo' Functionality in Network Automation « ipSpace.net blog **[ipSpace.net Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Implementing undo/rollback functionality in network automation is harder than it looks. When a network change is technically correct but breaks a customer application, you need to revert to a previous state — but most data stores don't support this natively. The simplest approach is storing network configs as YAML files in Git and using git revert. For more complex data stores (relational DBs, NoSQL), you must implement change tracking at the application level: log all transactions, validate undo requests against intervening changes, and treat each undo as a new transaction. Tools like Dolt (Git-for-databases) and vendor solutions like Juniper Paragon or Cisco NSO offer partial relief, but none fully solve the problem. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I implement rollback or undo functionality in network automation when a change breaks a customer application? The simplest approach is storing network configurations as YAML files in a Git repository and using git revert to undo changes. For more structured data stores (relational databases, key-value stores, NoSQL), you must implement change tracking in the application itself: log all changes per transaction, validate undo requests to avoid conflicting with intervening changes, and treat each undo as a new regular transaction that triggers redeployment. _Network engineers managing rollback strategies share approaches and tooling on daily.dev._ ### Can Dolt be used to add Git-like rollback to a relational database for network automation? Dolt provides Git semantics on top of a relational database and is theoretically usable for this purpose, but undoing a transaction that touched data subsequently modified by other transactions remains complex and error-prone. It is mentioned as a potential bridge between Git and relational databases, but not a clean solution for partial or interleaved rollbacks. _Teams evaluating database tooling for network automation track trade-offs like these on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Git UNDO : How to Rewrite Git History with Confidence](https://daily.dev/posts/git-undo-how-to-rewrite-git-history-with-confidence-p2tuql4z7) · Towards Data Science · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Howto Undo Git Commits Without Breaking Your History](https://daily.dev/posts/howto-undo-git-commits-without-breaking-your-history-zrfoweel9) · JS Dev Space · 3 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#git](https://daily.dev/tags/git), [#networking](https://daily.dev/tags/networking) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/implementing-undo-functionality-in-network-automation-ipspace-net-blog-pl1p2hrfc) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Implementing 'Undo' Functionality in Network Automation « ipSpace.net blog","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/implementing-undo-functionality-in-network-automation-ipspace-net-blog-pl1p2hrfc","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/implementing-undo-functionality-in-network-automation-ipspace-net-blog-pl1p2hrfc"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:55:42.390Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T09:37:02.591Z","description":"Implementing undo/rollback functionality in network automation is harder than it looks. 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