# How long to "Validating backup file" when creating a new site?

**URL:** <https://community.kinsta.com/t/how-long-to-validating-backup-file-when-creating-a-new-site/2759>\
**Category:** Application Support\
**Created:** [November 20, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/how-long-to-validating-backup-file-when-creating-a-new-site/2759 "2023-11-20T18:07:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Daniel\_Martin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/daniel_martin/32/2704_2.png) [@Daniel\_Martin](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Daniel_Martin)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/how-long-to-validating-backup-file-when-creating-a-new-site/2759/2 "2023-11-20T21:10:55Z")

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It ended up failing and still was at 0%, so I have my answer now. It took 3-4 hours, I wasn’t tracking it fully. The error was [errors.WP\_PARSE\_CONFIG DK0081 when trying to manually import a site downloaded from My Kinsta - DevKinsta / Application Support - Kinsta Community](https://community.kinsta.com/t/errors-wp-parse-config-dk0081-when-trying-to-manually-import-a-site-downloaded-from-my-kinsta/1828/3)  
My next step will be to try to [Manually Import a Backup in DevKinsta - Kinsta®](https://kinsta.com/knowledgebase/devkinsta/import-an-external-backup/)

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