# wrangler rollback failed: no previous version

## TL;DR

There is no earlier version to roll back to: first deploy, or versions were never enabled. Rollback needs version history; without it, redeploy the last known-good code as a new version instead.

```text
wrangler rollback failed: no previous version
```

## Steps

1. Check the version history: is this the first deploy, or were versions disabled.
   Expected: The absence is explained.

2. If code history exists, deploy the last known-good commit as a new version.
   Expected: The service is restored.

3. Enable versions going forward so rollback has something to target.
   Expected: Future rollbacks work.

4. Document the rollback procedure for the team.
   Expected: Nobody discovers this during an incident.

5. Test rollback in staging before needing it in production.
   Expected: The procedure is proven.

## When to use

- rollback fails with no previous version
- first deploy of a worker
- versions were never enabled

## When not to use

- versions exist (check the version list; the command may target the wrong one)
- using plain deploys (rollback is a versions feature)
- the goal is forward-fix (then just deploy the fix)

## Tool compatibility

- wrangler
- Workers Versions rollback

## Variant phrasings

- "wrangler rollback no previous version"
- "rollback failed no version"
- "no previous version workers"

## Why it happens

Rollback is not time travel; it re-points traffic at an existing version. With no versions stored, there is nothing to point at. The recovery is the same as any bad deploy without history: ship known-good code forward as a new version.

## Edge cases

- enable versions before the incident, not during
- the 'last known-good' needs to be actually known; tag releases
- rollback of stateful resources (D1, KV) is a separate problem

## Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_akUTz8GHo1nNfGqUSbaLCw

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## Vectle citations

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## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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