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# Restore from snapshot

> Create a new deployment instance from a snapshot.

Restores a snapshot into a **new** deployment instance. The original instance is left untouched. Restoring is asynchronous: the response returns the new instance ID, which starts in `DEPLOYING` and becomes `RUNNING` when the restore completes.

## Authorization

<ParamField header="Cookie" type="string" required>
  Session cookie set by [Sign in](/api-reference/authentication/signin): `omnistrate_token=<jwt>`.
</ParamField>

## Path parameters

<ParamField path="snapshotId" type="string" required>
  ID of the snapshot to restore.
</ParamField>

## Query parameters

<ParamField query="subscriptionId" type="string">
  Subscription that owns the snapshot.
</ParamField>

## Body

<ParamField body="network_type" type="string">
  Network type for the restored instance, for example `PUBLIC`.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="custom_network_id" type="string">
  ID of the [custom network](/api-reference/networking/list) to restore into.
</ParamField>

```json Request theme={null}
{
  "network_type": "PUBLIC"
}
```

## Response

Returns `202 Accepted`.

<ResponseField name="instanceId" type="string">
  ID of the restored deployment instance.
</ResponseField>

```json 202 Accepted theme={null}
{
  "instanceId": "instance-def456"
}
```

## Errors

See [Error](/api-reference/schemas#error) for the error response shape.