# When backup fails, delete the useless backup

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-backup-fails-delete-the-useless-backup/66953>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [27 Luglio 2017, 7:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-backup-fails-delete-the-useless-backup/66953 "2017-07-27T19:33:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [2 Ottobre 2017, 6:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-backup-fails-delete-the-useless-backup/66953/8 "2017-10-02T06:34:05Z")

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Sure, we want to fix this, but we need a proper repro of the issue with very careful and consistent steps.

I believe this somehow relates to running out of disk space, and maybe followed by a server crash, forcing us to add cleanup code either at boot or when you run next backup.

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