My backups keep accumulating in /var/discourse/shared/standalone/backups/default even though they are uploaded to Amazon S3. Here’s my Discourse setup: [Discourse backups settings] Discourse backups: [discourse backups] Backups in the S3 bucket: [Screenshot 2022-12-01 at 8.50.24 AM] And th…

Any chance that the server reboots due to automatic updates of the host OS? They might happen while the upload to S3 is in progress. Is there anything in the logs of your OS? Maybe reset the backup_time_of_day site setting to the default value or a different time and see if the problem disappears.

Local backups not deleted after they are uploaded to Amazon S3

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omarfilip December 1, 2022, 6:10pm 3

Yes, standard install on a DigitalOcean droplet, Ubuntu 16.04.7 LTS. Where would the relevant log be?

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Local backups not deleted after they are uploaded to Amazon S3

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