Automated backupsare the correct answer because Amazon RDS uses daily automated backups together with transaction logs to support point-in-time recovery. AWS documentation states that RDS can retain automated backups for up to 35 days and uploads transaction logs every 5 minutes, which supports restoring to a specific point in time with a maximum of about 5 minutes of data loss. Read replicas are mainly for scaling reads, not for fine-grained restore after accidental edits. Manual snapshots are point-in-time copies, but they do not provide continuous point-in-time recovery. Multi-AZ improves availability, not historical recovery from user mistakes. Therefore, automated backups are the right feature for this data-loss recovery requirement. (AWS Documentation)

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