--- title: "You’ve rolled back bad deploys. What broke when the data didn’t roll back with it?" url: https://daily.dev/posts/you-ve-rolled-back-bad-deploys-what-broke-when-the-data-didn-t-roll-back-with-it--jouui1fns source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK9arBq-x2c type: video:youtube source: "Rebeloper" published: 2026-01-13T14:15:47.109Z updated: 2026-01-13T14:16:05.105Z tags: ["devops", "database", "cicd"] reading_time: 1 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: 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. # You’ve rolled back bad deploys. What broke when the data didn’t roll back with it? **[Rebeloper](https://daily.dev/sources/rebeloper)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Rolling back code after a bad deployment doesn't automatically reverse data changes, which can lead to subtle corruption and incorrect application behavior. The lesson learned is that deployment strategies must account for data state: either implement complete reversibility for both code and data, or rebuild from a clean state. Partial rollback strategies create false security and hidden data inconsistencies. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Continuous Delivery Office Hours Ep.5: Delivering database changes](https://daily.dev/posts/continuous-delivery-office-hours-ep-5-delivering-database-changes-qzfxcmmhw) · OctopusDeploy · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The unwritten laws of software engineering](https://daily.dev/posts/the-unwritten-laws-of-software-engineering-gridesz14) · Manager.dev · 20 upvotes · 3 comments --- Tags: [#devops](https://daily.dev/tags/devops), [#database](https://daily.dev/tags/database), [#cicd](https://daily.dev/tags/cicd) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/you-ve-rolled-back-bad-deploys-what-broke-when-the-data-didn-t-roll-back-with-it--jouui1fns)