Unmonitored backup operations lead to silent failures

Backup operations may fail silently without operator awareness, leading to gaps in backup coverage that are only discovered during attempted disaster recovery when backups are found to be missing or incomplete

Monitor weaviate_backup_store_to_backend_ms metric for backup duration and failures. Query GET /v1/backups/{provider}/{backupId} endpoint after each scheduled backup to verify completion status. Set up alerts when backup duration exceeds expected thresholds or when backup API returns error status.