Mockoon updated and all environments are lost

[AngusZA]

Is there a place where environment files are stored in order to recover them? I updated mockoon and all environment files are gone.

[255kb]

You definitely shouldn't lost your files after an update. From which version did you update?
If you don't know where your files are, I guess your are using a version pre 1.16.0 where everything was stored in one file in the storage folder. Now, the app always prompt you to save your new environment somewhere on your hard drive when you create it.

Relevant docs: https://mockoon.com/docs/latest/mockoon-data-files/data-storage-location/#old-system
You should find your environments.json file here and Mockoon should migrate/split this automatically to multiple files (see the docs).

Let me know what you find.

[255kb]

ok, this is quite strange. Could you check in the application logs if you have any error message?

And yes, your files are constantly saved after they are created. You now have to locate and reopen them.

[AngusZA]

The log below shows the timeline from the last time I used Mockoon (without errors) before the update to the time I had to manually import a file (which I had exported a couple days ago) after the update.

I'm not sure what happened to the files. I'm posting the log just in case you might find it useful.
It might just be a user error on my side.

[2022-06-16 00:04:12.793] [info] [SERVICE][SERVER]Server 60dcef4b-c22e-4510-... has been stopped
[2022-06-17 13:06:07.421] [info] [MAIN][UPDATE]Found a new version v1.19.0
[2022-06-17 13:06:07.428] [info] [MAIN][UPDATE]Binary file already downloaded
[2022-06-17 13:06:08.535] [info] [COMPONENT][APP]Initializing application
[2022-06-17 13:06:10.655] [info] [SERVICE][SERVER]Server 60dcef4b-c22e-4510-... was started successfully on port 3001
[2022-06-17 13:06:41.629] [info] [MAIN][UPDATE]Removed old update file
[2022-06-17 13:06:42.631] [info] [MAIN][UPDATE]Application is up to date
[2022-06-17 13:06:44.548] [info] [COMPONENT][APP]Initializing application
[2022-06-17 13:18:47.155] [info] [MAIN][UPDATE]Application is up to date
[2022-06-17 13:18:48.005] [info] [COMPONENT][APP]Initializing application
[2022-06-17 13:21:45.883] [info] [MAIN][UPDATE]Found a new version v1.19.0
[2022-06-17 13:21:45.889] [info] [MAIN][UPDATE]Downloading binary file
[2022-06-17 13:21:46.196] [info] [COMPONENT][APP]Initializing application
[2022-06-17 13:22:01.378] [info] [SERVICE][ENVIRONMENTS]Environment "New environment" was created with a more recent version of Mockoon. Please upgrade.
[2022-06-17 13:23:09.768] [info] [MAIN][UPDATE]Found a new version v1.19.0
[2022-06-17 13:23:09.774] [info] [MAIN][UPDATE]Binary file already downloaded
[2022-06-17 13:23:10.290] [info] [COMPONENT][APP]Initializing application
[2022-06-17 13:25:55.631] [info] [MAIN][UPDATE]Found a new version v1.19.0
[2022-06-17 13:25:55.639] [info] [MAIN][UPDATE]Binary file already downloaded
[2022-06-17 13:25:56.824] [info] [COMPONENT][APP]Initializing application
[2022-06-17 13:29:00.450] [info] [SERVICE][IMPORT-EXPORT]Importing environment C:\wamp64\www\tintoncall-shop\shopServer.json from OpenAPI format

[255kb]

Yeah, I see nothing unusual. You will have to locate the folder you saved your mocks into when you were prompted.
One thing about OpenAPI import/export. This is not a way to backup or share your Mockoon setup. You will find more info here: https://mockoon.com/docs/latest/openapi/openapi-specification-compatibility/

[AngusZA]

Yip, I am almost 99% certain it's a user error.
Thank you for your time! It's much appreciated!
Best regards

[255kb]

You're welcome! I am sorry for the inconvenience and I hope you will solve your issue soon. 🙂