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What happens to data after a downgrade

Preview and understand a Pro-to-Keeper change without fearing automatic deletion or silent rewriting of customer records.

About 11 minutesessential

Before you begin

  • Organization owner or billing-manager context.
  • A current Plan & Usage refresh.
  • Review every over-limit category before the effective date.

Interface walkthrough

These annotated interface maps describe the current PMA controls. They do not replace a real record review in your workspace.

1Scheduled plan
Look for: Future effective date

Shows the current plan until the scheduled change becomes effective.

2Downgrade impact
Look for: Over-limit categories

Lists resources above Keeper allowances and the restriction each one creates.

3Retention guarantee
Look for: No automatic deletion

Keeps operational history, attachments, lineage, health, messages, and audit evidence.

Step-by-step workflow

1

Review the preview

Confirm current usage, Keeper allowances, Pro-only workspaces, scheduled date, and whether any automations will pause.

2

Reduce usage when appropriate

Archive eligible active resources or remove unused seats. Historical records remain available.

3

Cancel before the effective date

An authorized platform operator can cancel the scheduled downgrade before it applies.

4

Operate after downgrade

Essential operational data remains usable. Pro-created planning data stays visible and exportable but may become read-only; Pro-only automation definitions remain stored but paused.

Expected result

The organization understands the exact future restrictions while all existing customer data remains preserved.

Safety boundaries

  • No plan change deletes animals, images, health history, lineage, messages, or audit events.
  • Reactivating an archived resource requires available allowance.
  • Ownership transfers do not reset plan history, trials, or usage.
  • Exports remain available after downgrade.

Troubleshooting

PMA is over the Keeper limit

Existing resources remain. Creation and reactivation of the restricted metric stay blocked until usage returns within allowance or Pro is restored.

A Pro workspace is read-only

The data is retained. Restore an eligible Pro state to resume Pro-only editing or export the retained evidence.

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