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Database Recovery

If the gravity.db database has been damaged, Pi-hole offers two built-in methods to repair the database.

Recover

Try to recover a damaged gravity database file. Pi-hole tries to restore as much as possible from a corrupted gravity database. Run:

pihole -g -r recover

Recreate

Create a new gravity database file from scratch. This will remove your existing gravity database and create a new file from scratch. If you still have the migration backup created when migrating to Pi-hole v5.0, Pi-hole will import these files. Run:

pihole -g -r recreate

Warning

This option is meant to be a last resort. Recovery is a fragile task consuming a lot of resources and shouldn't be performed unnecessarily.

Force Pi-hole to run the recovery process even when no damage is detected. Run:

pihole -g -r recover force