How I backed up an online store before changing critical apps

I'm sharing a field experience in Other e-commerce. I had been working with a small e-commerce team where the same person handles the theme, apps, and catalog when it came time to test a new app, but no one had a quick way to roll back. The symptom that made me investigate it seriously was that the theme had direct changes, products with metafields, and sensitive shipping rules. I preferred not…