History & Snapshots

The History tab gives you a full version history of your discount configuration. Every time you publish, a snapshot is automatically saved — so you can always get back to a previous state.

What’s in a snapshot

Each snapshot is a complete copy of all your discount rules at a point in time. It records:

• Date and time — shown in your browser’s local timezone
• Snapshot name — optional, set when publishing or edited later (unnamed snapshots show as “(Auto-saved)”)
• Comment — optional notes about what changed
• Author — who made the change
• Changes summary — auto-generated list of which discounts were added, modified, or deleted

Snapshots contain discounts and promotions only — not coupon codes, coupon history, global settings, or zones. Zones are included in downloaded backup files instead (see Backup & Restore).

Browsing snapshots

The History tab shows a table with all your snapshots, newest first. Each row shows the date, name, comment, author, and actions: Restore, snapshot details, Export snapshot (downloads that snapshot as JSON without changing anything) and Delete.

Click any snapshot to open the detail view, where you can:

• Read the full changes summary
• Edit the snapshot name and comment, then Save
• Preview contents — a read-only list of the promotions and discounts in the snapshot
• Restore, Export or Delete the snapshot

Restoring a snapshot

1. Find the snapshot you want in the History tab
2. Click Restore (from the table row or the detail view)
3. Review the Restore Snapshot? summary — how many discounts will be added and how many overwritten
4. Click Restore

Restore goes live straight away — there is no separate Publish step. It merges the snapshot into your current discounts: discounts in the snapshot overwrite the ones with the same ID, discounts that no longer exist are added back, and current discounts that aren’t in the snapshot are kept. Nothing is deleted. The restore is itself recorded as a new snapshot, so you can undo it the same way. A restore that would take you over your plan’s active-discount limit is refused.

Coupon check

Before you confirm a restore, Dino Discounts checks whether any active coupons would no longer apply a discount afterwards. If it finds any, the confirmation lists them so you can decide whether to go ahead.

Naming and commenting

You can name and comment snapshots in two places:

• At publish time — the publish modal has optional name and comment fields
• After the fact — open any snapshot’s detail view and edit the name or comment

Good naming makes it easy to find the right snapshot later. For example: “Black Friday 2026 config” or “Removed free shipping test”.

Automatic pruning

Dino Discounts keeps up to 50 snapshots. When the limit is reached, the oldest snapshots are automatically deleted to make room.

Deleting

Delete a single snapshot from its row or its detail view. This is permanent. Deleting snapshots never changes your current discounts.

The Delete All Discounts and Delete All Zones buttons at the top of the History tab are part of Backup & Restore — they remove your live discounts or zones, not snapshots. Download a backup first if you might need the data.