coollabsio/coolify · error · Exception

Unable to generate unique UUID for backup execution after 3

Error message

Unable to generate unique UUID for backup execution after 3 attempts

What it means

Error "Unable to generate unique UUID for backup execution after 3 attempts" thrown in coollabsio/coolify.

Source

Thrown at app/Jobs/DatabaseBackupJob.php:325

                    return;
                }
            }
            $this->backup_dir = backup_dir().'/databases/'.str($this->team->name)->slug().'-'.$this->team->id.'/'.$this->directory_name;
            if ($this->database->name === 'coolify-db') {
                $databasesToBackup = ['coolify'];
                $this->directory_name = $this->container_name = 'coolify-db';
                $ip = Str::slug($this->server->ip);
                $this->backup_dir = backup_dir().'/coolify'."/coolify-db-$ip";
            }
            foreach ($databasesToBackup as $database) {
                // Generate unique UUID for each database backup execution
                $attempts = 0;
                do {
                    $this->backup_log_uuid = new_public_id();
                    $exists = ScheduledDatabaseBackupExecution::where('uuid', $this->backup_log_uuid)->exists();
                    $attempts++;
                    if ($attempts >= 3 && $exists) {
                        throw new \Exception('Unable to generate unique UUID for backup execution after 3 attempts');
                    }
                } while ($exists);

                $size = 0;
                $localBackupSucceeded = false;
                $s3UploadError = null;

                // Step 1: Create local backup
                try {
                    if (str($databaseType)->contains('postgres')) {
                        $this->backup_file = "/pg-dump-$database-".Carbon::now()->timestamp.'.dmp';
                        if ($this->backup->dump_all) {
                            $this->backup_file = '/pg-dump-all-'.Carbon::now()->timestamp.'.gz';
                        }
                        $this->backup_location = $this->backup_dir.$this->backup_file;
                        $this->backup_log = ScheduledDatabaseBackupExecution::create([
                            'uuid' => $this->backup_log_uuid,
                            'database_name' => $database,

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at app/Jobs/DatabaseBackupJob.php:325 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of coollabsio/coolify@70b9acc424 (2026-08-17). Data as JSON: /api/errors/6d842831bbd8b587. Report an issue: GitHub.