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Automatic Backup

Timothy | Last updated: Mar 02, 2016 08:05PM UTC

When automatically backing up the state of Burp Suite it creates a new file each time it saves the state at whatever time interval you set. Is there a way to overwrite the saved state file each time it saves? We currently run Burp Suite Pro on a Kali Linux VM with very limited hard drive space and saving the state every hour or half hour eats up hard drive space.

PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: Mar 03, 2016 08:29AM UTC

We're aware of this problem. We're close to releasing an update to Burp that will let it save its data incrementally in real time to a single file, so you won't need to do automatic backups any more.

Burp User | Last updated: Apr 06, 2016 08:54PM UTC

Looking forward! ;-)

Burp User | Last updated: Dec 14, 2016 08:05PM UTC

Has this been implemented?

PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: Dec 15, 2016 08:52AM UTC

Yes, we released this with Burp 1.7: http://blog.portswigger.net/2016/04/introducing-burp-projects.html

Burp User | Last updated: Mar 07, 2018 07:57AM UTC

is there anyway to disable this autobackup feature?

Liam, PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: Mar 07, 2018 12:22PM UTC

Temporary projects are useful for quick tasks where your work doesn't need to be saved. All data is held in memory, and is lost when Burp exits.

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