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Borg backups killed after about 80 seconds

A Borg backup job is killed after about 80 seconds during incremental runs, leaving a failed unit with no clear cause.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

6 public reports · first reported 29 September 2026 · last reported 29 September 2026

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What's going wrong

Users running Borg backups on NixOS report that incremental runs get stopped after roughly 80 seconds, leaving a failed systemd unit with little explanation.

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