diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 1e57e16..f1973dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ jobs:
           echo "🔍 DRY RUN — no SSH, no changes on server"
           echo "Would run on server:"
           echo "  1. cd /home/prod/bots/telegram-helper-bot"
-          echo "  2. CURRENT_COMMIT=\$(git rev-parse HEAD); write to .deploy_history_telegram_helper_bot.txt"
-          echo "  3. git fetch origin master && git reset --hard origin/master"
-          echo "  4. python3 scripts/apply_migrations.py --db ... (if DB exists)"
+          echo "  2. Backup DB → database/tg-bot-database_YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS.db (удаляется при успехе)"
+          echo "  3. CURRENT_COMMIT + history; git fetch origin master && git reset --hard origin/master"
+          echo "  4. apply_migrations.py (бэкап БД делается в шаге 1, при успехе удаляется в конце)"
           echo "  5. docker-compose -f /home/prod/docker-compose.yml config (validate)"
           echo "  6. docker-compose stop telegram-bot; build --pull telegram-bot; up -d telegram-bot"
           echo "  7. sleep 10; check container bots_telegram_bot"
@@ -79,9 +79,21 @@ jobs:
             
             echo "🚀 Starting deployment to production..."
             
+            DB_PATH="/home/prod/bots/telegram-helper-bot/database/tg-bot-database.db"
+            DB_DIR="/home/prod/bots/telegram-helper-bot/database"
+            BACKUP_FILE=""
+            
             sudo chown -R deploy:deploy /home/prod/bots/telegram-helper-bot || true
             cd /home/prod/bots/telegram-helper-bot
             
+            # Бэкап БД в самом начале; при успешном деплое удалим в конце
+            if [ -f "$DB_PATH" ]; then
+              echo "💾 Creating database backup (before any changes)..."
+              BACKUP_NAME="tg-bot-database_$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).db"
+              BACKUP_FILE="${DB_DIR}/${BACKUP_NAME}"
+              cp "$DB_PATH" "$BACKUP_FILE" && echo "✅ Backup: $BACKUP_FILE" || { echo "❌ Backup failed!"; exit 1; }
+            fi
+            
             # Сохраняем информацию о коммите (до pull) — из репо telegram-helper-bot
             CURRENT_COMMIT=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
             COMMIT_MESSAGE=$(git log -1 --pretty=format:"%s" || echo "Unknown")
@@ -107,10 +119,8 @@ jobs:
             NEW_COMMIT=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
             echo "✅ Code updated: $CURRENT_COMMIT → $NEW_COMMIT"
             
-            # Применяем миграции БД перед перезапуском контейнера
+            # Применяем миграции БД
             echo "🔄 Applying database migrations..."
-            DB_PATH="/home/prod/bots/telegram-helper-bot/database/tg-bot-database.db"
-            
             if [ -f "$DB_PATH" ]; then
               cd /home/prod/bots/telegram-helper-bot
               python3 scripts/apply_migrations.py --db "$DB_PATH" || {
@@ -155,6 +165,10 @@ jobs:
             
             if docker ps | grep -q bots_telegram_bot; then
               echo "✅ Container is running"
+              # Успешный деплой — удаляем бэкап (при ошибке на любом шаге бэкап остаётся для rollback)
+              if [ -n "${BACKUP_FILE:-}" ] && [ -f "$BACKUP_FILE" ]; then
+                rm -f "$BACKUP_FILE" && echo "✅ Backup removed (deploy success)"
+              fi
             else
               echo "❌ Container failed to start!"
               docker logs bots_telegram_bot --tail 50 || true