u/Born-toLearn

Set up automated pg_dump backups to S3 months ago and just... never checked again. Cron runs, script does its thing, assume it's fine.

Then I realized I'd have zero idea if it silently broke. Bucket permission change, script error, cron just dying I wouldn't find out until the day I actually needed a backup and it wasn't there.

Anyone actually monitor this or just trust it? Has this bitten anyone before?

Set up automated DB backups to S3 months ago and just... never checked again. Cron runs, script does its thing, assume it's fine.

Then I realized I'd have zero idea if it silently broke. Bucket permission change, script error, cron just dying — I wouldn't find out until the day I actually needed a backup and it wasn't there.

Anyone actually monitor this or just trust it? Has this bitten anyone before?