--- title: Mongorewind: Rewind Your MongoDB Test Data Without... description: A new open-source terminal UI tool called mongorewind lets developers instantly undo all data changes made during a pre-production test run against MongoDB,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/mongorewind-rewind-your-mongodb-test-data-without-restoring-a-backup-nvhskpoyt twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Mongorewind: Rewind Your MongoDB Test Data Without Restoring a Backup | daily.dev og:description: A new open-source terminal UI tool called mongorewind lets developers instantly undo all data changes made during a pre-production test run against MongoDB,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/mongorewind-rewind-your-mongodb-test-data-without-restoring-a-backup-nvhskpoyt og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/nVhskpOYt.png og:image:alt: Mongorewind: Rewind Your MongoDB Test Data Without Restoring a Backup 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. # Mongorewind: Rewind Your MongoDB Test Data Without Restoring a Backup **[Percona Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/percona)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A new open-source terminal UI tool called mongorewind lets developers instantly undo all data changes made during a pre-production test run against MongoDB, without restoring from a backup. It works by opening a cluster-wide change stream, recording every insert, update, replace, and delete, and using MongoDB's changeStreamPreAndPostImages feature to capture pre-images so it can apply inverse operations in reverse order. Pressing R (or running a non-interactive CLI command) rewinds the database to its pre-test state in seconds instead of the hours a full backup restore would take. It requires a replica set or sharded cluster since change streams depend on that, and each session's log is scoped and truncated automatically. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How can I reset my MongoDB test database after a failed test without restoring a full backup? A tool called mongorewind watches a MongoDB cluster via a cluster-wide change stream, logs every insert, update, replace, and delete, and can apply the inverse of each operation in reverse chronological order to instantly revert the database to its pre-test state. It relies on MongoDB's changeStreamPreAndPostImages feature to capture document pre-images so updates and deletes can be undone accurately, turning a multi-hour backup restore into a rewind that takes seconds. _Teams cutting backup-restore wait times out of their MongoDB test cycles can find tools like this via daily.dev._ ### Does MongoDB change streams work on a standalone single-node deployment for local testing? No, change streams require a replica set or sharded cluster, so a standalone MongoDB instance will not support them. For local testing, you can start a single-node replica set and then run rs.initiate() in the mongo shell to enable change stream functionality needed by tools that watch for data modifications. _Developers setting up local MongoDB test environments track these configuration quirks on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Enhance Your in-IDE Data Browsing Experience With MongoDB](https://daily.dev/posts/enhance-your-in-ide-data-browsing-experience-with-mongodb-llihrzbg5) · MongoDB · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#testing](https://daily.dev/tags/testing), [#cicd](https://daily.dev/tags/cicd), [#mongodb](https://daily.dev/tags/mongodb) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/mongorewind-rewind-your-mongodb-test-data-without-restoring-a-backup-nvhskpoyt) ```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":"Mongorewind: Rewind Your MongoDB Test Data Without Restoring a Backup","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/mongorewind-rewind-your-mongodb-test-data-without-restoring-a-backup-nvhskpoyt","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/mongorewind-rewind-your-mongodb-test-data-without-restoring-a-backup-nvhskpoyt"},"datePublished":"2026-09-02T12:29:14.014Z","dateModified":"2026-09-02T12:50:08.912Z","description":"A new open-source terminal UI tool called mongorewind lets developers instantly undo all data changes made during a pre-production test run against MongoDB,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/f9f573da16243cc26383dd02b933cf67?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/f9f573da16243cc26383dd02b933cf67?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Percona Blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Percona Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--Lb3XkBh3--/f_auto,q_auto/v1780213412/logos/percona?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/percona"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/mongorewind-rewind-your-mongodb-test-data-without-restoring-a-backup-nvhskpoyt","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"testing,cicd,mongodb","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Percona Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/percona"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Mongorewind: Rewind Your MongoDB Test Data Without Restoring a Backup"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/mongorewind-rewind-your-mongodb-test-data-without-restoring-a-backup-nvhskpoyt#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How can I reset my MongoDB test database after a failed test without restoring a full backup?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"A tool called mongorewind watches a MongoDB cluster via a cluster-wide change stream, logs every insert, update, replace, and delete, and can apply the inverse of each operation in reverse chronological order to instantly revert the database to its pre-test state. 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