# Re-adding missing uploads to the database

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-adding-missing-uploads-to-the-database/152978>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 27, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-adding-missing-uploads-to-the-database/152978 "2020-05-27T15:42:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![satonotdead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/satonotdead/32/447830_2.png) [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-adding-missing-uploads-to-the-database/152978/7 "2026-02-13T19:53:25Z")

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I wonder if this is the best method nowadays?

I’m trying to recover uploads that are on the filesystem but not in the database after a bad S3 migration (with the old `rake:s3_migrate`).

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