# Discourse Automated Weekly Backup and Update Script (Avoiding S3 Upload Issues)

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-automated-weekly-backup-and-update-script-avoiding-s3-upload-issues/373804>\
**Category:** Administrators\
**Tags:** s3\
**Created:** [July 10, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-automated-weekly-backup-and-update-script-avoiding-s3-upload-issues/373804 "2025-07-10T22:34:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![RoldanLT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@RoldanLT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RoldanLT)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-automated-weekly-backup-and-update-script-avoiding-s3-upload-issues/373804/2 "2025-07-11T02:03:24Z")

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> [@copymonopoly](#):
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> In Discourse, backups generated while the S3 upload feature is enabled often cannot be used successfully to restore the site

Hi,

Can you please elaborate on this? What is the issue specifically?  
Is the archive corrupt sometimes with S3 enabled?

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