We all know everything breaks, just how do I make a backup of my SmartThings Hub programming?

[JohnRichard (John Nadeau)]

@XL5

In addition to @JDRoberts post above, he also provided a very informative & graphic overview in this reply to my similar post/question about backups:

Hubs: Backup, Restore, Migrate from Hub to Hub

The best way to get their attention for something like this, particularly since competing platforms do have backup options, is to post the question in a friendly way on one of the marketing channels, like Facebook or Twitter. Just ask if they’re going to add a backup/restore utility like a named competitor has. At least, marketing staff will read it, and that sometimes moves things. But my own guess (purely a guess) is that they can’t do this because of the fact that they can, and do change the cloud platform without notice. And smartthings is still largely a cloud-based system, even in the world of edge drivers. Here’s the official schematic for the new architecture: [image] Otherwise, you could end up restoring your hub to a version that was incompatible with the most current cloud,…