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Wallabag lost all data

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
docker
Domain
databases, devops

Research direction

Start by inspecting the retained db directory and the Docker setup described in the report. Determine whether the links can be recovered from that directory; done means restoring the content or documenting the required recovery steps.

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I set up Wallabag in docker and imported all interesting articles into it. It worked fine.
I then left it and came back to if few months later. Wallabag no longer had any data - it was as if a fresh install.
I still have db directory from the time I was adding things to it. Is there anyway to recover the content (links)? Even if I have to do it manually.

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