# Backup Growth rate

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-growth-rate/104756>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [20 בדצמבר,‏ 2018,‏ 10:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-growth-rate/104756 "2018-12-20T10:14:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![gerhard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gerhard/32/119479_2.png) [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\
**Post date:** [20 בדצמבר,‏ 2018,‏ 11:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-growth-rate/104756/4 "2018-12-20T11:35:47Z")

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I think the backup logs are causing this. The system user creates a PM for every automatic backup, but it doesn’t invite the admins unless there was an error. I think it’s safe to create the PM only when there actually was an error or if it was a manual backup. ~~I’m going to change that.~~

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/0bc1fa8aa4ea5393193cc5c44adbf7eee24cd395](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/0bc1fa8aa4ea5393193cc5c44adbf7eee24cd395)

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