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maxBuffer length exceeded whan backing up large sites #117

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My WP site has a mysql database that is 3.64 GB. Backup to both Google and Dropbox fails. I see the following errors in the log file:

{"class":"BackupAddonBackupService","level":"info","message":"creating backup site [site id: hYdceW4VH]","thread":"main","timestamp":"2025-04-30T17:58:59.628Z"} {"class":"BackupAddonBackupService","level":"info","message":"creating backup repo [site id: hYdceW4VH]","thread":"main","timestamp":"2025-04-30T17:58:59.938Z"} {"class":"BackupAddonBackupService","level":"info","message":"creating hub snapshot [site id: hYdceW4VH]","thread":"main","timestamp":"2025-04-30T17:59:00.206Z"} {"class":"BackupAddonBackupService","level":"info","message":"creating restic snapshot [site id: hYdceW4VH]","thread":"main","timestamp":"2025-04-30T17:59:00.471Z"} {"class":"BackupAddonBackupService","cmd":"\"%%userDataPath%%/addons/@getflywheel-local-addon-backups/vendor/darwin/restic\" --repo rclone::drive:LocalBackups/6b2265a1-a642-4db3-90c7-00a937fb0770 --json --exclude \"conf logs\" --exclude-file \"/Users/tomhalter/Local Sites/c/.localbackupaddonignore.txt\" backup .","code":"ERR_CHILD_PROCESS_STDIO_MAXBUFFER","level":"error","message":"stdout maxBuffer length exceeded","stack":"RangeError [ERR_CHILD_PROCESS_STDIO_MAXBUFFER]: stdout maxBuffer length exceeded\n at Socket.onChildStdout (node:child_process:481:14)\n at Socket.emit (node:events:518:28)\n at Socket.emit (node:domain:489:12)\n at addChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:561:12)\n at readableAddChunkPushByteMode (node:internal/streams/readable:512:3)\n at Readable.push (node:internal/streams/readable:392:5)\n at Pipe.onStreamRead (node:internal/stream_base_commons:189:23)","thread":"main","timestamp":"2025-04-30T18:03:18.273Z"} {"class":"BackupAddonBackupService","level":"info","message":"failed [site id: hYdceW4VH]","thread":"main","timestamp":"2025-04-30T18:03:18.274Z"} {"class":"BackupAddonBackupService","level":"error","message":"{\"message\":\"RangeError [ERR_CHILD_PROCESS_STDIO_MAXBUFFER]: stdout maxBuffer length exceeded\",\"type\":\"error.platform.createBackup.creatingResticSnapshot:invocation[0]\"}","thread":"main","timestamp":"2025-04-30T18:03:18.275Z"} {"class":"backup-add-on.main.ts","level":"error","message":"Error - IPCASYNC_EVENTS.IPCASYNC_EVENTS: [object Object]","thread":"main","timestamp":"2025-04-30T18:03:18.275Z"} {"level":"info","message":"Database connection attempt 1 over socket","service":"mysql","serviceBinVersion":"8.0.35","thread":"main","timestamp":"2025-04-30T18:04:30.180Z"}

CloudBackup 2.1.3
Local 9.2.4
MacOS 15.4.1

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