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https://gitlab.netgate.com/pfSense/FreeBSD-ports/-/merge_requests/10

I was not able to reproduce the issue either:

path: /root/backup
dir contents: empty
result: archive with empty /root/backup dir

path: /root/backup
dir contents: pfsense.bak.tgz
result: archive with empty /root/backup dir

path: /root
dir contents: default files; empty backup dir
result: archive with default files and empty backup dir

When I tested "path: /", it the failed because it ran out of space (but this is not indicative of a recursive failure).

Attempted creating backup for '/' on XG-7100 on ZFS

received following
PHP ERROR: Type: 1, File: /usr/local/www/packages/backup/backup.php, Line: 77, Message: Allowed memory size of 536870912 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 552079360 bytes) @ 2021-01-09 21:35:18

Attempting a backup produces a crash, but doesn't freeze the entire firewall or fill the drive thankfully. It also spiked RAM usage by 50% due to PHP usage. Seems there is more work to be done here.

Crash report begins. Anonymous machine information:

amd64
12.3-PRERELEASE
FreeBSD 12.3-PRERELEASE plus-devel-12-n202608-e4bc455a39a pfSense

Crash report details:

PHP Errors:
[31-Oct-2021 00:01:06 Etc/UTC] PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 536870912 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 498034928 bytes) in Unknown on line 0

No FreeBSD crash data found.

fix:
https://gitlab.netgate.com/pfSense/FreeBSD-ports/-/merge_requests/142

attempted creation of backup for "/" - after creating the entry and using the backup button, I'm eventually given 504 gateway timeout but it appears the file was actually created in /root/backup
eventually was given an error on the dashboard - PHP ERROR: Type: 1, File: /usr/local/www/packages/backup/backup.php, Line: 77, Message: Allowed memory size of 536870912 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 875831296 bytes) @ 2022-07-02 17:13:19

Jordan Greene wrote in #note-11:

attempted creation of backup for "/" - after creating the entry and using the backup button, I'm eventually given 504 gateway timeout but it appears the file was actually created in /root/backup
eventually was given an error on the dashboard - PHP ERROR: Type: 1, File: /usr/local/www/packages/backup/backup.php, Line: 77, Message: Allowed memory size of 536870912 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 875831296 bytes) @ 2022-07-02 17:13:19

Jordan,

I think the issue is that you're trying to back up / and not /root/, which is what the original bug report was for. Backing up the actual root directory would be huge and I would expect it to bomb out due to PHP cache limitations.

my apologies, I did misunderstand the initial report

in case of specifying "/root/" as path, the backup button produces the proper pfsense.bak.tgz archive with the contents of /root/ directory