# Kubernetes 1.36 restores a lost guarantee for database backups

DevFeed: [Kubernetes 1.36 restores a lost guarantee for database backups](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/kubernetes-1-36-restores-a-lost-guarantee-for-database-backups-26610.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://thenewstack.io/kubernetes-volume-group-snapshots/>)

Author: Shubham Pampattiwar

Published: 2026-09-15T13:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Kubernetes Overview, News and Trends | The New Stack](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/kubernetes-overview-news-and-trends-the-new-stack.md>), [The New Stack](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-new-stack.md>)

Topics: [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [PostgreSQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/postgresql.md>), [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>)

Tags: [backups](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backups.md>), [cncf](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cncf.md>), [consistency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/consistency.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [databases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/databases.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [post-contributed](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/post-contributed.md>), [postgresql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgresql.md>), [snapshots](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/snapshots.md>), [sponsor-cncf](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sponsor-cncf.md>), [sponsored-post-contributed](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sponsored-post-contributed.md>), [stateful](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/stateful.md>), [storage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/storage.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains how Kubernetes 1.36 restores coordinated snapshots for applications whose state spans multiple volumes, addressing inconsistent database backups caused by taking individual PersistentVolumeClaim snapshots at different times.

## Source excerpt

It's 2 a.m., and you're restoring a PostgreSQL cluster from last night's backup. Its data directory lives on one PersistentVolumeClaim The post Kubernetes 1.36 restores a lost guarantee for database backups appeared first on The New Stack.