---
title: "Create a full backup snapshot (all data stores)"
method: POST
path: "/api/backup-orchestrator/snapshot"
tags: ["Backup & Restore"]
---

# Create a full backup snapshot (all data stores)

`POST /api/backup-orchestrator/snapshot`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.cernion.de`
- URL: `https://api.cernion.de/api/backup-orchestrator/snapshot`
- Auth: none declared

Creates a full-state snapshot of energy-sharing, allocation, datapoints, jobs, and token data. Returns a snapshotId with provenance hash for audit trail (EU AI Act Art. 12). Sub-Track G v0.47.0 — Rollback-Plan mit Full-Restore-Orchestrierung.

## Query parameters

- `token` string

## Request body

- object
  - `label` string: Human-readable label for this snapshot
  - `tenantId` string: Optional: scope snapshot to a specific tenant (exports only tenant docs)
  - `token` string: Optional Cernion MCP token for this request. Overrides CERNION_TOKEN when provided.

## Response `200`

Snapshot created with provenance hash

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