recoverto

recoverto is a protocol and software framework designed to manage state recovery in distributed systems and data-intensive applications. It provides means to restore an environment to a known good state after a failure, intrusion, or user action, while preserving data integrity and auditability. The project emphasizes user-controlled recovery, operational safety, and interoperability across platforms.

Core concepts include recovery tokens, versioned snapshots, and an orchestration service. A recovery token encodes authorization and context for a recovery operation. Versioned snapshots capture the data and metadata at a point in time. A Recovery Orchestrator coordinates rollback or roll-forward actions, validates integrity checks, and ensures consistency across components.

Operations include rollback to a previous checkpoint, roll-forward to a later state after verification, tamper-evident logs, conflict resolution, and multi-node recovery using a quorum model.

Use cases include database point-in-time recovery, cloud storage restoration, device state restoration after power loss, and account recovery with delegated tokens.

Implementation is available as an open-source library in several languages, with a pluggable storage layer and integrations with backup tools and CI pipelines. It provides a reference API for initiating recover, querying status, and verifying integrity.

History and status: the project emerged from a collaborative community effort and aims to standardize recovery token semantics. Governance involves maintainers, security experts, and users contributing to protocol refinement.

See also: point-in-time recovery, snapshots, version control, audit logs.