`fly pg backup create` always fails

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I tried running the following command to create a backup for my Fly.io PostgreSQL database:

❯ fly pg backup create -a <my-pg-appname>

However, it fails with the following error message:

Error: failed to exec on VM <vmid>: deadline_exceeded: Post "http://unix/v1/exec": context deadline exceeded (Client.Timeout exceeded while awaiting headers) (Request ID: <reqid>)

Afterward, when I run fly pg backup list, the status shows as DONE, but it still feels suspicious and unreliable.

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The issue is that the command that issues the backup is blocking and will eventually timeout. The backup should still work, but it’s not pretty. It should be a fairly easy fix, but prioritizing it has been tricky.

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