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description: Recover from a bad Live Update in your Capacitor or Cordova app with automatic and manual rollbacks in Capawesome Cloud.
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# Roll Back a Release[¶](#roll-back-a-release "Permanent link")
A rollback reverts to a previous bundle when a new one doesn't work as expected. The SDK supports **automatic** rollbacks (self-healing), and you can also roll back **manually** from the CLI or Console.
## Automatic Rollbacks[¶](#automatic-rollbacks "Permanent link")
The SDK can automatically roll back to the previous bundle if a new bundle fails to start. Configure `readyTimeout` and `autoBlockRolledBackBundles`:
CapacitorCordova
capacitor.config.json
`[](#%5F%5Fcodelineno-0-1){
[](#%5F%5Fcodelineno-0-2) "plugins": {
[](#%5F%5Fcodelineno-0-3) "LiveUpdate": {
[](#%5F%5Fcodelineno-0-4) "autoBlockRolledBackBundles": true,
[](#%5F%5Fcodelineno-0-5) "readyTimeout": 10000
[](#%5F%5Fcodelineno-0-6) }
[](#%5F%5Fcodelineno-0-7) }
[](#%5F%5Fcodelineno-0-8)}
`
config.xml
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`readyTimeout` is the deadline (in milliseconds): if your app doesn't call `ready()` within this window of starting, the SDK assumes the bundle is broken and reverts on the next launch. `autoBlockRolledBackBundles` prevents a rollback loop by blocking a bundle that has already triggered a rollback.
For this to work, call `ready()` as early as possible at app start — as soon as your bootstrap code has run without crashing:
CapacitorCordova
`[](#%5F%5Fcodelineno-2-1)import { LiveUpdate } from "@capawesome/capacitor-live-update";
[](#%5F%5Fcodelineno-2-2)
[](#%5F%5Fcodelineno-2-3)await LiveUpdate.ready();
`
`[](#%5F%5Fcodelineno-3-1)document.addEventListener("deviceready", async () => {
[](#%5F%5Fcodelineno-3-2) await cordova.plugins.LiveUpdate.ready();
[](#%5F%5Fcodelineno-3-3)});
`
## Manual Rollbacks[¶](#manual-rollbacks "Permanent link")
Roll back to a previous bundle from the CLI or Console.
CLIConsole
Use the [apps:liveupdates:rollback](/docs/cloud/cli/commands/#appsliveupdatesrollback) command:
`[](#%5F%5Fcodelineno-4-1)npx @capawesome/cli apps:liveupdates:rollback
`
Select the app and channel, then choose the deployment you want to roll back to.
In the [Console](https://console.cloud.capawesome.io/), open the channel's history page, find the deployment you want to roll back to, and click **Rollback**. A new deployment is created that points to the selected bundle.
June 8, 2026
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