# Network error on backup download

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/network-error-on-backup-download/388578
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** backups
**Created:** [November 15, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/network-error-on-backup-download/388578 "2025-11-15T18:49:36Z")
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### Author: ![Ethsim2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ethsim2/32/522255_2.png) [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2025, 8:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/network-error-on-backup-download/388578/5 "2025-11-16T08:55:43Z")

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> [@MaxenceC](#):
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> I’m wondering whether this is due to the one-time link. You can’t download a backup twice with a single link. So, when it fails once, resuming the download is probably cancelled by Discourse itself.

probably this, but this is not the only issue preventing full download of the backup via web browser

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