CWA takes over 500mb icloud backup space

[cebor]

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• Question: Since one of the last updates the CWA takes over 500mb icloud backup space, is this normal? Using latest version of CWA on iOS 15.1
  

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Internal Tracking ID: EXPOSUREAPP-9646

[Ein-Tim]

@cebor Could you let us know what data you have stored in the CWA (certificates, test results, etc.)

@thomasaugsten looking at #3626 I'm not sure why something is backed up to iCloud? Is CWA theoretically able to get the data from iCloud if restored?

[cebor]

@cebor Could you let us know what data you have stored in the CWA (certificates, test results, etc.)

@thomasaugsten looking at #3626 I'm not sure why something is backed up to iCloud? Is CWA theoretically able to get the data from iCloud if restored?

I've added only a single vaccination certificate.

[Ein-Tim]

@cebor

Okay thanks for your answer.

Here are are my numbers:

• I have 7 vaccination certificates stored in the app
• I have one check in
• I have contact journal entries for nearly all dates in the past 14 days

CWA takes up 1,33 GB of iCloud storage in the backup. iPhone XR, iOS 15.1.

Thanks for bringing this up!

@dsarkar This should be investigated ASAP, as users with only limited iCloud storage might uninstall CWA because of the high iCloud storage consumption!

@ndegendogo Could you check how many space is CWA taking up on your iCloud?

[dsarkar]

Thanks everybody: Internal Tracking ID: EXPOSUREAPP-10619

[thomasaugsten]

@cebor How much space the app is using under
Settings-> General-> Space-> Corona-Warn

[ndegendogo]

Actually, I don't use iCloud.
Settings-> General-> Space-> Corona-Warn shows 358.7 MB (App size = 41.1 MB / data size = 317.6MB).
My configuration is: iPhone 8 / iOS 14.4.1 / cwa 2.13.1
I am using the contact journal regularly. I have my two vaccination certificates. No tests, no check-ins.

[dsarkar]

@Ein-Tim How much space the app is using under
Settings-> General-> Space-> Corona-Warn

[Ein-Tim]

@dsarkar

CWA is taking up 534,5 MB of space.
Documents & Data = 494,7 MB
App data = 39,8 MB

[cebor]

For me it's like this:

[dsarkar]

@Ein-Tim @cebor Thanks for the feedback, added to the internal ticket.

[dsarkar]

@Ein-Tim How big is your error log(s)?

[Ein-Tim]

@dsarkar I don't have any error logs in the app.