# Replit App History: Time Travel for Code and Data, Powered by Neon Branches

DevFeed: [Replit App History: Time Travel for Code and Data, Powered by Neon Branches](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/replit-app-history-time-travel-for-code-and-data-powered-by-neon-branches-5770.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://neon.com/blog/replit-app-history-powered-by-neon-branches>)

Author: Carlota Soto

Published: 2025-05-21T18:22:50Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Blog -- Neon Docs](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-neon-docs.md>)

Topics: [Repl.it](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/replit.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [Persistence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/persistence.md>), [Serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/serverless.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

Tags: [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [new-feature](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/new-feature.md>), [persistence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/persistence.md>), [product](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product.md>), [serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless.md>), [verify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/verify.md>)

## AI overview

The article describes Replit App History, a unified timeline for rolling back and previewing earlier versions of an application. Each checkpoint preserves both code and database state, allowing developers to test prior versions without affecting the main application. The feature is powered by Neon branching, which provides lightweight database branches and supports restoring persisted data within the retained history window.

## Source excerpt

Replit just launched App History, a unified timeline that lets you roll back to earlier versions of your app or even preview them live in the browser. Now, you can try multiple approaches when building with Replit Agent, knowing that every version of your app (code and data) is s...