How do you restore the automation file from a copy made with the new HA system from 2025? I have tried from configuration/System/copies but I can’t get the restore. Also, I think that at some point it has to ask me for the credentials to decrypt the copy, right?
Not a community guide. Moving.
You did save the encryption key, right?
I can’t answer your question because I haven’t used the new backup system. I prefer to continue using Samba Backup (or Google Backup) add-ons.
Even if you have the encryption key, I think you can’t restore a single automation. Just all of them.
For future use- install the Samba Share add-on and you can see your config directory on Windows File Explorer. I have a program (SyncBackFree) that copies the config directory to my NAS every morning at 3AM. If I mess up an automation or ESPHome configuration, I can easily restore them locally.
Settings → System → Backups.
Download the unencrypted backup.
Open the backup with any achieving software, like 7zip.
Open the homeassistant archive inside the backup archive.
Open the data folder.
Open the automations.yaml file with a text editor.
Copy the YAML of the automation you want to restore.
Paste it over the YAML of the existing automation.
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Thanks to all. I have already managed to restore the file