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Hi,

That message means your site is outputting extra whitespace or unexpected characters, usually from a theme or plugin file (for example, blank lines outside , UTF-8 BOM, or debug output). This extra output can corrupt backup files when downloading, which may cause restore failures.

To fix it, try switching to a default theme, disabling plugins one by one, and make sure WP_DEBUG and WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY are disabled. Once the extra output is removed, the warning will disappear.

You can find full troubleshooting steps here:
https://teamupdraft.com/documentation/updraftplus/topics/general/troubleshooting/problems-with-extra-white-space/

Best Wishes,
Bryle

Hi,

This issue is not something we’re allowed to troubleshoot in detail on the ww.wp.xz.cn support forum. Please submit a ticket here so we can properly review the clone logs.

Thanks for your understanding.

Bryle

Hi,

If the clone loads without your plugins and theme, it usually means the restore did not finish completely.

Please log in to the clone’s WordPress dashboard and check if you see a “Continue restoration” button. If it’s there, click it and allow the restore to complete.

If there is no option to continue, please try creating a new clone. Before doing so, reduce the split archive size in UpdraftPlus > Settings (for example, to 50 MB), take a fresh backup, and then create the clone again. Smaller backup parts are less likely to fail during transfer.

If the problem happens again, please share the clone log so we can take a closer look.

Best wishes,
Bryle

Hi,

Thanks for the update. Glad to hear your backup worked again. Just to help us narrow this down for other users who are still seeing failures, could you let us know if you changed anything in your settings before it started working, or if it simply began working on its own?

Best regards,
Bryle

Hi,

If your connection test works but uploads have recently started failing, we’ll need to take a look at the backup log to confirm what the S3 provider is returning. There have been several recent reports from iDrive E2 users showing multipart upload failures, but the log will tell us for sure.

Could you please post a copy of your full backup log? You can find it under UpdraftPlus > Existing Backups > View Log.

Best regards,
Bryle

Hi,

UpdraftPlus cannot restore a single page or menu on its own, because restoring the database backup would bring back all pages and settings and overwrite any recent changes. The safest option is to create a temporary or staging site, restore your backup there, and then copy the content or menu settings you need back to your live site. This lets you recover the deleted menu without replacing your whole database.

Best wishes,
Bryle

Hi,

Apologies for the delay.

It sounds like your site may be stuck in a backup loop, which can happen when a scheduled task keeps restarting. Please go to UpdraftPlus Backups → Backup / Restore tab and check if a backup is still running; if it is, click Abort to stop it. You can also install the free WP Crontrol plugin and look under Tools → Cron Events to see if there are multiple UpdraftPlus cron jobs repeating; if so, you can delete the duplicates.

It’s also worth reviewing your backup schedule under the UpdraftPlus settings to make sure it wasn’t accidentally set to run too frequently. If you can share your UpdraftPlus log file, we can take a closer look and help you identify what is triggering the repeated backups.

Best regards,
Bryle