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Need Help with Backing Up and Restoring Local Supabase Storage Files (File Backend) to Avoid Missing xattrs

Hi! I'm self-hosting Supabase (Docker,

storage-api:v1.23.0

storage-api:v1.23.0

storage-api:v1.23.0

storage-api:v1.23.0, file backend) and can't restore local storage files to staging without losing xattrs, causing

ENODATA

ENODATA

ENODATA

ENODATA errors when accessing images in Studio.

Setup:

Local: Storage at
```
/mnt/stub/stub
```
/mnt/stub/stub
```
/mnt/stub/stub
```
/mnt/stub/stub
. Files have xattrs (
```
user.supabase.content-type="image/jpeg"
```
user.supabase.content-type="image/jpeg"
```
user.supabase.content-type="image/jpeg"
```
user.supabase.content-type="image/jpeg"
,
```
user.supabase.cache-control="no-cache"
```
user.supabase.cache-control="no-cache"
```
user.supabase.cache-control="no-cache"
```
user.supabase.cache-control="no-cache"
) via
```
getfattr
```
getfattr
```
getfattr
```
getfattr
. Images work in Studio.
Staging: Storage at
```
/var/lib/storage/stub/stub
```
/var/lib/storage/stub/stub
```
/var/lib/storage/stub/stub
```
/var/lib/storage/stub/stub
. Restored files show
```
e
```
e
```
e
```
e
in
```
lsattr
```
lsattr
```
lsattr
```
lsattr
but no
```
user.supabase.*
```
user.supabase.*
```
user.supabase.*
```
user.supabase.*
xattrs, causing errors.
```
storage.objects
```
storage.objects
```
storage.objects
```
storage.objects
entries are identical.
Backup: Used
```
tar -czf
```
tar -czf
```
tar -czf
```
tar -czf
(Alpine, no
```
--xattrs
```
--xattrs
```
--xattrs
```
--xattrs
) and
```
docker cp
```
docker cp
```
docker cp
```
docker cp
, extracted on staging with
```
tar --xattrs
```
tar --xattrs
```
tar --xattrs
```
tar --xattrs
(Ubuntu container). Also restored DB with
```
pg_dump
```
pg_dump
```
pg_dump
```
pg_dump
.
Issue: Restored files lack xattrs; new uploads via Studio/Python script work fine.

Logs (staging):

{"level":50,"time":"2025-08-20T14:30:45.409Z","error":{"message":"The extended attribute does not exist.","code":"ENODATA"},"operation":"storage.object.get_authenticated"}

{"level":50,"time":"2025-08-20T14:30:45.409Z","error":{"message":"The extended attribute does not exist.","code":"ENODATA"},"operation":"storage.object.get_authenticated"}

{"level":50,"time":"2025-08-20T14:30:45.409Z","error":{"message":"The extended attribute does not exist.","code":"ENODATA"},"operation":"storage.object.get_authenticated"}

{"level":50,"time":"2025-08-20T14:30:45.409Z","error":{"message":"The extended attribute does not exist.","code":"ENODATA"},"operation":"storage.object.get_authenticated"}

Question: How do I backup/restore storage files to preserve

user.supabase.*

user.supabase.*

user.supabase.*

user.supabase.* xattrs? Should I use

rsync -aAX

rsync -aAX

rsync -aAX

rsync -aAX, GNU

tar --xattrs-include='user.supabase.*'

tar --xattrs-include='user.supabase.*'

tar --xattrs-include='user.supabase.*'

tar --xattrs-include='user.supabase.*', or something else? Any tips for syncing

storage.objects

storage.objects

storage.objects

storage.objects with files? Sample scripts appreciated!

Thanks!

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