Backup and sync

Turn on backup for a workspace, read its sync state, and bring it to another device.

Turning backup on

Select Show backup and sync in the Data Agent header. In Backup and sync, choose the Local workspace folder if the workspace has none, then turn on Back up this folder. The switch reads: “BioBase uploads every file in this folder to Infera Cloud while backup is on.” The excluded files stay on this device.

To change the folder, turn off backup first.

BioBase syncs every 30 seconds while the app is open. Sync now runs a pass immediately.

Sync states

State	Meaning
Local	The files exist only on this device, or one side has changes the other doesn’t. With uploads waiting: “Files on this device are not in Infera Cloud.”
Cloud	The files are in Infera Cloud and not on this device: “Opening this workspace downloads it to this device.”
Synced	The folder and the newest cloud version match.
Diverged	”N files changed in both places. Choose a version for each.”

Offline, the chip adds a wifi-off icon. A cloud workspace reads “Reconnect to download this workspace.” and a synced one reads “Last compared at the previous sync.”

The same chip appears on each workspace row in the sidebar.

Opening a workspace on another device

Open the workspace from Open existing session, and BioBase downloads its files. While files are still outstanding, the panel shows Files on Infera Cloud with Download to this device.

Version history

Infera Cloud keeps the “Latest 30 per workspace and device”. The panel lists the newest 12.

Restore to folder brings a version of this workspace back into its folder. BioBase downloads the whole version before it changes any file; see restoring a version for how it treats files you’ve edited. Save a copy saves any version, including one from another device, as a separate copy on this device, then offers Open restored copy.

What is not backed up

Directories:

.aws, .biobase, .git, .gnupg, .hg, .mypy_cache, .next, .pytest_cache, .ruff_cache, .ssh, .svn, .tox, .venv, __pycache__, logs, node_modules, venv

Files:

.DS_Store, .env and .env.*, .git-credentials, .htpasswd, .netrc, .npmrc, .pypirc, id_dsa, id_ecdsa, id_ed25519, id_rsa, Thumbs.db

Extensions:

.pem, .p12, .pfx, .jks, .keystore, .log

Matching ignores letter case. Symlinks and paths longer than 1,024 characters are also excluded. The list is the same on every device. .key files are backed up.

Versions backed up before a file type joined this list keep those files until the versions leave version history.

Backup doesn’t include terminal transcripts. The sign-in screen states: “Cloud backup is a separate setting. Enabling it uploads project files and excludes generated terminal transcripts.”

Storage

Backed-up files count toward your account’s storage. Storage above the included 15 GB uses credits from the same weekly allowance as analyses. See Data Agent settings.

Freeing disk space

In Settings, Data Agent, Local storage, turn on Clear local files after a verified backup.

“This is the only BioBase setting that deletes your data from this device”

The confirmation reads: “BioBase removes the local files a verified backup can restore, and reports every file it keeps with the reason.” “Opening a cleared workspace downloads its files back to this device.” Choose Keep files on this device or Turn on clearing.

A kept file carries one of these reasons:

• “Edited on this device since the backup”
• “Absent from the verified backup”
• “Path too long for Infera Cloud”