From cbb1c04fd559eb41baea78fceec936a35dbcac52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: WithoutPants <53250216+WithoutPants@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 09:20:48 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Delete temp file before running backup (#6248)

(cherry picked from commit b4d148bdb079f631337c0b8af554839786927b68)
---
 internal/manager/manager.go | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/internal/manager/manager.go b/internal/manager/manager.go
index 4827a3e3d..ca70b1c13 100644
--- a/internal/manager/manager.go
+++ b/internal/manager/manager.go
@@ -322,6 +322,11 @@ func (s *Manager) BackupDatabase(download bool) (string, string, error) {
 		backupPath = f.Name()
 		backupName = s.Database.DatabaseBackupPath("")
 		f.Close()
+
+		// delete the temp file so that the backup operation can create it
+		if err := os.Remove(backupPath); err != nil {
+			return "", "", fmt.Errorf("could not remove temporary backup file %v: %w", backupPath, err)
+		}
 	} else {
 		backupDir := s.Config.GetBackupDirectoryPathOrDefault()
 		if backupDir != "" {