Preserve workflows across update

I have upgraded my free instance and lost all my workflows. Also after suspending my instance and reactivating I found I have lost all my workflows. Is it possible to preserve workflows across upgrades etc, or at least back them up so they can be restored?

If you’re using a free instance then you can’t be using a disk to store the database that n8n uses so you experience this.

We have a guide located at Deploy n8n on Render – Render Docs that provides details for how to deploy n8n on us to avoid this,