Title: [Plugin: Backup] Google Drive upload: http_request_failed Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # [Plugin: Backup] Google Drive upload: http_request_failed * Resolved [leer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leer/) * (@leer) * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backup-google-drive-upload-http_request_failed/) * Hi, * I just installed the plugin and the connection to Google Drive is authorized. When I run a backup the zip appears in the local folder, but the upload fails: * ``` 2012-06-19 17:14:49 NOTICE Attempting to upload archive to Google Drive 2012-06-19 17:18:17 ERROR Operation timed out after 5000 milliseconds with 0 bytes received (http_request_failed) 2012-06-19 17:18:17 NOTICE Backup process completed in 245.12 seconds. Initial PHP memory usage was 38 MB and the backup process used another 51.5 MB of RAM. ``` * Does this suggest some kind of restriction on my hosting account? I haven’t encountered any problems with outgoing HTTP requests yet (for updates, downloads, plugins such as Akismet, etc). * Great plugin, thanks! * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backup/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backup/) Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * [iclanzan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helio-1/) * (@helio-1) * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backup-google-drive-upload-http_request_failed/#post-2831134) * A time out means the Google server didn’t respond in time. * Have you tried doing some more backups and see if they finish? * Also please tell me what versions of WP and PHP you’re running. * Thread Starter [leer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leer/) * (@leer) * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backup-google-drive-upload-http_request_failed/#post-2831136) * Hi, I’m using WP 3.4 and PHP 5.2.17. * Now it looks like there’s a different problem. Here’s the log for the last 24 hours, including the three lines I posted yesterday: * ``` 2012-06-19 17:14:11 NOTICE Attempting to dump database to /home/chilelib/public_html/wp-content/backup/dump.sql 2012-06-19 17:14:12 NOTICE The database dump was completed successfully in 0.72 seconds. 2012-06-19 17:14:12 NOTICE Attempting to create archive /home/chilelib/public_html/wp-content/backup/1340111651.zip 2012-06-19 17:14:49 NOTICE Archive created successfully in 36.58 seconds. Archive file size is 348 MB 2012-06-19 17:14:49 NOTICE Attempting to upload archive to Google Drive 2012-06-19 17:18:17 ERROR Operation timed out after 5000 milliseconds with 0 bytes received (http_request_failed) 2012-06-19 17:18:17 NOTICE Backup process completed in 245.12 seconds. Initial PHP memory usage was 38 MB and the backup process used another 51.5 MB of RAM. 2012-06-20 12:42:33 NOTICE Attempting to dump database to /home/chilelib/public_html/wp-content/backup/dump.sql 2012-06-20 12:42:35 NOTICE The database dump was completed successfully in 2.09 seconds. 2012-06-20 12:42:35 NOTICE Attempting to create archive /home/chilelib/public_html/wp-content/backup/1340181753.zip 2012-06-20 12:44:07 ERROR Could not properly close archive '/home/chilelib/public_html/wp-content/backup/1340181753.zip'. (zip) 2012-06-20 20:22:42 NOTICE Attempting to dump database to /home/chilelib/public_html/wp-content/backup/dump.sql 2012-06-20 20:22:45 NOTICE The database dump was completed successfully in 2.65 seconds. 2012-06-20 20:22:45 NOTICE Attempting to create archive /home/chilelib/public_html/wp-content/backup/1340209362.zip 2012-06-20 20:24:14 ERROR Could not properly close archive '/home/chilelib/public_html/wp-content/backup/1340209362.zip'. (zip) ``` * [iclanzan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helio-1/) * (@helio-1) * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backup-google-drive-upload-http_request_failed/#post-2831137) * Are you out of disk space? * Thread Starter [leer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leer/) * (@leer) * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backup-google-drive-upload-http_request_failed/#post-2831143) * Looks like I did hit quota. I erased two of the .zip files and am now back at the original problem: * ``` 2012-06-20 21:29:52 NOTICE Attempting to dump database to /home/chilelib/public_html/wp-content/backup/dump.sql 2012-06-20 21:29:54 NOTICE The database dump was completed successfully in 1.88 seconds. 2012-06-20 21:29:54 NOTICE Attempting to create archive /home/chilelib/public_html/wp-content/backup/1340213392.zip 2012-06-20 21:30:39 NOTICE Archive created successfully in 44.68 seconds. Archive file size is 348 MB 2012-06-20 21:30:40 NOTICE Attempting to upload archive to Google Drive 2012-06-20 21:34:05 ERROR Operation timed out after 5000 milliseconds with 0 bytes received (http_request_failed) 2012-06-20 21:34:05 NOTICE Backup process completed in 252.75 seconds. Initial PHP memory usage was 39 MB and the backup process used another 52 MB of RAM. ``` * [iclanzan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helio-1/) * (@helio-1) * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backup-google-drive-upload-http_request_failed/#post-2831144) * Hi, you could try the solution I posted here: [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backup-never-uploads-to-google-drive-no-failure-notice#post-2902257](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backup-never-uploads-to-google-drive-no-failure-notice#post-2902257) and see if that helps. * Thread Starter [leer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leer/) * (@leer) * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backup-google-drive-upload-http_request_failed/#post-2831166) * I installed Core Control and disabled cURL. The upload began and ran for a few hours, then failed with a different error: * ``` 2012-06-21 02:02:02 ERROR The upload process timed out but can be resumed. (resumable) 2012-06-21 02:06:41 NOTICE Resuming upload of 1340216710.zip. 2012-06-21 02:59:05 ERROR The upload process timed out but can be resumed. (resumable) 2012-06-21 02:59:57 NOTICE Resuming upload of 1340216710.zip. 2012-06-21 03:52:20 ERROR The upload process timed out but can be resumed. (resumable) 2012-06-21 03:56:42 ERROR No hay medios de transporte HTTP disponibles que puedan completar la solicitud requerida. (http_failure) ``` * The last line looks to be a translation of “There are no HTTP transports available which can complete the requested request” (My WP install is set to Spanish.) * [iclanzan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helio-1/) * (@helio-1) * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backup-google-drive-upload-http_request_failed/#post-2831179) * The only error there is that last line. Please try the latest [development version of Backup](http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/backup.zip). Make sure to set the time limit to a high value. Something like 480 might do it. * Paste the backup log here after that. 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