# Development Database? **URL:** \ **Category:** Workspace\ **Created:** [August 27, 2025, 8:31am UTC](https://replit.discourse.group/t/development-database/6813 "2025-08-27T08:31:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MarcusTettmar1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@MarcusTettmar1](https://replit.discourse.group/u/MarcusTettmar1)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 8:31am UTC](https://replit.discourse.group/t/development-database/6813/1 "2025-08-27T08:31:44Z")
Yesterday I noticed that the database pane had changed and it says ‘Development Database’ at the top. But there are no other options. This has live data in it used by real users when the app has been deployed. So what does this mean? Is it not actually production data? And if there is a ‘Development Database’ where is the ‘Production Database’? Can someone explain the significance of this label and why the sudden change? ---
**Author:** ![mark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/replit.discourse.group/mark/32/196_2.png) [@mark](https://replit.discourse.group/u/mark)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://replit.discourse.group/t/development-database/6813/2 "2025-08-27T14:25:29Z")
This is a new feature Replit is rolling out. It is a UI change at this time but from what I’ve heard they are working on migrating existing apps to have both Dev/Prod DBs soon: [Replit Docs](https://docs.replit.com/cloud-services/storage-and-databases/production-databases#production-databases) ---
**Author:** ![MarcusTettmar1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@MarcusTettmar1](https://replit.discourse.group/u/MarcusTettmar1)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://replit.discourse.group/t/development-database/6813/3 "2025-08-27T14:27:54Z")
Ok, that does make sense. Always feel a bit nervous when the agent starts pushing changes to the database when it has live data in it. I try to remember to export the table first, or make the table changes myself.