signalapp / signalapp/Signal-Android
Local backup continuously fails
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Description
Guidelines
- I have searched searched open and closed issues for duplicates
- I am submitting a bug report for existing functionality that does not work as intended
- This isn't a feature request or a discussion topic
Bug description
I try to use the local backup feature.
It fails after a few percent, showing the notification "Backup failed", "Your backup contains a very large file that cannot be backed up. Please delete it and create a new backup". Clicking the notification does nothing. Signal provides no way of finding that suppodedly very large file, whatever that may mean.
Also, disabling and re-enabling backups results in the same issue.
Screenshots
Device
Pixel 8
Android version
16
Signal version
7.70.2
Link to debug log
No response
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Research direction
Start by reproducing local backup on the reported Pixel 8 with Android 16 and Signal 7.70.2, then inspect the backup failure notification and the local backup flow. Done means identifying the supposedly very large file or the failure cause and making local backup complete successfully without the ineffective notification action.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, kotlin
- Domain
- mobile-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100