heroku - SHARED_DATABASE (DATABASE_URL) ----backup---> error ! must delete a backup before creating a new one

Question

Hi what can I do about this I can't capture a backup from heroku

I am using shared database

It always shows...

SHARED_DATABASE (DATABASE_URL) ----backup---> error

! must delete a backup before creating a new one

How can I delete recent backups?

Thank you.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11605704/shared-database-database-url-backup-error-must-delete-a-backup-befor

Answer 1

heroku pgbackups:capture --expire

this will create the backup :)

--expire automatically deletes the oldest existing manual backup