Backups to Hetzner S3 buckets suddenly fails

NethServer Version: NS8 core 3.11.2
Module: backup

Hi there,

It’s been two nights that my backup to a S3 bucket fails. Here is the issue : 504 = Gateway Timeout

2025-11-30T03:02:11+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 2025/11/30 02:02:11 ERROR : b2055281-d983-44c9-a077-ae7d3cf81eb9.json: Post request rcat error: operation error S3: PutObject, exceeded maximum number of attempts, 1, https response error StatusCode: 504, RequestID: N/A, HostID: N/A, api error GatewayTimeout: The server did not respond in time.

That happened on two different modules, and subsequent backups are completed successfully by simply restarting the backup job manually. Therefore I believe that this is not strictly a NS8 issue but rather some bottleneck on Hetzner’s side ?

However I see that NS8 doesn’t even retry.. Could this be improved ?

Thanks for your insights.

Matthieu

Full log

2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] Applying Policy: keep 60 latest snapshots
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] keep 60 snapshots:
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] ID        Time                 Host        Tags        Reasons        Paths                          Size
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/state/environment
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] e3a05a59  2025-10-04 01:00:54  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.283 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 2db7d9d5  2025-10-03 01:00:45  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.276 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/volumes/wordpress-app
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/state/wordpress.sql
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 4910f04d  2025-10-05 01:00:45  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.283 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/volumes/wordpress-app
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/state/wordpress.sql
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] cd1dd239  2025-10-07 01:00:47  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.286 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 15b9bbaf  2025-10-09 01:00:45  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.299 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] f9ed33d8  2025-10-08 01:00:46  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.300 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/state/environment
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 4daa4988  2025-10-06 01:00:58  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.283 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 75c1793b  2025-10-10 01:00:45  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.300 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 366b8ffc  2025-10-11 01:00:44  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.322 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] b3dfaa12  2025-10-14 01:00:45  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.351 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 3f9e13b1  2025-10-12 01:00:44  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.322 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/volumes/wordpress-app
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/state/environment
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 59fb9aab  2025-10-13 01:00:45  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.322 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/state/wordpress.sql
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 7a29bfc9  2025-10-15 01:00:55  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.351 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 2cbafcec  2025-10-19 01:00:44  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.351 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] e1f7e00a  2025-10-18 01:00:45  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.351 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/volumes/wordpress-app
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/state/environment
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 3822d260  2025-10-17 01:00:45  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.351 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] c4984852  2025-10-16 01:00:44  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.351 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/state/wordpress.sql
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] c5e1e9ab  2025-10-20 01:00:44  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.351 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/state/environment
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] cd5bba5a  2025-10-24 01:00:45  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.429 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] f528b92c  2025-10-23 01:00:45  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.429 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/state/wordpress.sql
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/volumes/wordpress-app
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] f31d570f  2025-10-22 01:00:46  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.411 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] de74d2d6  2025-10-25 01:00:46  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.453 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] ac5ad0b1  2025-10-21 01:00:45  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.412 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 897fe466  2025-10-27 02:00:45  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.453 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] e7501705  2025-10-30 02:00:49  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.544 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] e6166873  2025-10-29 02:00:46  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.487 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/volumes/wordpress-app
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 32c60e9c  2025-10-26 02:00:45  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.453 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/state/environment
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/state/wordpress.sql
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] f10324d0  2025-10-28 02:00:45  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.453 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 0e3663ed  2025-11-04 02:00:08  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.539 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 7072b1ee  2025-11-02 02:00:10  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.543 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/volumes/wordpress-app
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 2621ebd1  2025-11-03 02:00:09  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.543 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/state/environment
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/state/wordpress.sql
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 19fecdd5  2025-11-01 02:00:11  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.543 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 710088cc  2025-10-31 02:00:45  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.544 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/state/wordpress.sql
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/volumes/wordpress-app
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/state/environment
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 65925084  2025-11-06 02:00:12  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.588 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] da6156e6  2025-11-07 02:00:08  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.589 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] f816f030  2025-11-05 02:00:11  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.589 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 1870973d  2025-11-09 02:00:09  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.588 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 31495215  2025-11-08 02:00:08  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.589 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 6bbeb93e  2025-11-11 02:00:40  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.609 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 7e240098  2025-11-13 02:00:40  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.609 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/state/wordpress.sql
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 6294ad45  2025-11-12 02:00:40  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.609 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/volumes/wordpress-app
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/state/environment
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 818939a8  2025-11-10 02:00:40  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.588 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] c59d9cb4  2025-11-14 02:00:41  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.610 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 5e986c24  2025-11-17 02:00:28  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.642 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] d857d282  2025-11-19 02:00:44  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.703 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 44e298be  2025-11-18 02:00:58  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.703 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 65825550  2025-11-16 02:00:42  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.642 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] f7da72f9  2025-11-15 02:00:31  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.642 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/volumes/wordpress-app
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/state/wordpress.sql
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/state/environment
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 35f03311  2025-11-23 02:00:40  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.739 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/volumes/wordpress-app
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 2d52c5fc  2025-11-24 02:00:27  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.739 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/state/wordpress.sql
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/state/environment
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 0b0d3e8d  2025-11-22 02:00:32  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.740 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] d8150b51  2025-11-20 02:00:31  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.703 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] b60d077f  2025-11-21 02:00:32  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.703 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] e524941a  2025-11-28 02:00:11  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.757 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/state/wordpress.sql
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/volumes/wordpress-app
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 89d9bed3  2025-11-25 02:00:27  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.740 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] d3b86fa1  2025-11-26 02:00:26  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.740 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/state/environment
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 1e8ade17  2025-11-29 02:00:05  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.763 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 7effc5a3  2025-11-27 02:00:26  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.740 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                        /srv/volumes/wordpress-app
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                        /srv/state/wordpress.sql
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                        /srv/state/environment
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/state/environment
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] remove 1 snapshots:
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/state/wordpress.sql
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] ID        Time                 Host        Tags        Paths                          Size
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 002853c5  2025-10-02 01:00:45  drive                   /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.275 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 60 snapshots
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 1 snapshots
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3]                                                                       /srv/volumes/wordpress-app
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 488fd0a3  2025-11-30 02:00:25  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.762 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 8a70acb4  2025-11-29 15:29:27  drive                   last snapshot  /srv/state/config/uploads.ini  9.762 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 1 snapshots have been removed, running prune
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] [0:00] 100.00%  1 / 1 files deleted
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] loading indexes...
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] loading all snapshots...
2025-11-30T03:01:01+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] finding data that is still in use for 60 snapshots
2025-11-30T03:01:03+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] [0:01] 100.00%  60 / 60 snapshots
2025-11-30T03:01:03+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] searching used packs...
2025-11-30T03:01:03+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] collecting packs for deletion and repacking
2025-11-30T03:01:03+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] [0:00] 100.00%  598 / 598 packs processed
2025-11-30T03:01:03+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] remaining:         60680 blobs / 8.500 GiB
2025-11-30T03:01:03+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] this removes:          8 blobs / 52.640 KiB
2025-11-30T03:01:03+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] unused size after prune: 38.502 MiB (0.44% of remaining size)
2025-11-30T03:01:03+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] total prune:           8 blobs / 52.640 KiB
2025-11-30T03:01:03+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] to delete:             0 blobs / 0 B
2025-11-30T03:01:03+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] to repack:          1144 blobs / 4.116 MiB
2025-11-30T03:01:03+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] repacking packs
2025-11-30T03:01:06+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] [0:02] 100.00%  1 / 1 packs repacked
2025-11-30T03:01:06+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] rebuilding index
2025-11-30T03:01:07+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] [0:01] 100.00%  4 / 4 indexes processed
2025-11-30T03:01:08+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] removing 1 old packs
2025-11-30T03:01:08+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] [0:00] 100.00%  4 / 4 old indexes deleted
2025-11-30T03:01:08+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] [0:00] 100.00%  1 / 1 files deleted
2025-11-30T03:01:08+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] done
2025-11-30T03:01:08+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] restic stats --json latest
2025-11-30T03:02:11+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 2025/11/30 02:02:11 ERROR : b2055281-d983-44c9-a077-ae7d3cf81eb9.json: Post request rcat error: operation error S3: PutObject, exceeded maximum number of attempts, 1, https response error StatusCode: 504, RequestID: N/A, HostID: N/A, api error GatewayTimeout: The server did not respond in time.
2025-11-30T03:02:11+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] 2025/11/30 02:02:11 NOTICE: Failed to rcat with 2 errors: last error was: operation error S3: PutObject, exceeded maximum number of attempts, 1, https response error StatusCode: 504, RequestID: N/A, HostID: N/A, api error GatewayTimeout: The server did not respond in time.
2025-11-30T03:02:11+01:00 [2:wordpress3:backup3] removed 'wordpress.sql'
2025-11-30T03:02:11+01:00 [2:wordpress3:systemd] backup3.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
2025-11-30T03:02:11+01:00 [2:wordpress3:systemd] backup3.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
2025-11-30T03:02:11+01:00 [2:wordpress3:systemd] backup3.service: Consumed 1.430s CPU time.

Correct, the 504 Gateway Timeout error is a server-side issue, see for example 504 Gateway Timeout - HTTP | MDN

Usually restic retries after timeouts but in that case it seems the backup ran through but the command

restic stats --json latest

threw the error.

You can check it by using the restic-wrapper command to run the failed command manually, see also Backup & Restore | NS8 dev manual

runagent -m wordpress3 restic-wrapper stats --json latest

To list the snapshots:

runagent -m wordpress3 restic-wrapper snapshots

Run a check;

runagent -m wordpress3 restic-wrapper check

Thanks @mrmarkuz - however that’s a transient failure and I can’t reproduce it.

GPT insisted on the “fact” (?) that

rcat streams data directly without using multipart upload, which makes it more vulnerable to failures on unstable or slow connections, especially with medium-sized files.

It also suggested to add those command line parameters : –retries 5 --low-level-retries 10 --retry-delay 30s

No idea if it makes any sense.

I changed the backup time, hoping it will help. It looks to me however that this timeout issue could be improved.


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Did you already try the following to reproduce the issue?

Actually I simply re-ran the whole backup and it worked…

OK so let’s wait if the issue reoccurs, maybe it just was some hickup at Hetzner.

No issue this morning. I guess 5am is better than 3am :wink:

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According to rclone’s docs, retries are already enabled and tuned with good defaults [1][2]. We may think to provide a customizable parameter list in future releases.


  1. Documentation ↩︎

  2. Documentation ↩︎

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Indeed. However, the logs doesn’t seems to reflect those default settings, since we can’t see any retries, does it ?

I don’t know. Could you experiment with increased command verbosity (Documentation)?

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Sure. Do I need to set RCLONE_VERBOSE=2 on the machine itself or in a container ?

Please, try to add it to the state/environment file of the module “wordpress3”:

runagent -m wordpress3 python3 -c 'import agent ; agent.set_env("RCLONE_VERBOSE", "2")'
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