Sudden factory reset instead of reboot to recovery

I have the “advanced reboot” options enabled in my phone settings. When I selected “reboot to…” → “Recovery” something went wrong. After I did this, my phone rebooted, but did not enter recovery. Instead, after the reboot I got the default setup screen. All my data seems to be gone!

I swear I did not see the recovery screen and I did not press any buttons or touch the screen after initiating the reboot… :frowning:

I really really really hate setting up my device again. Is there anything I can do to recover?

edit:
By the way, I’m using /e/OS 2.8 on Fairphone 4

Hello @x3e, Welcome to this forum.

backups are always recommended to avoid such confusing situation.