diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 228b7f39d4..59f5f9f364 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ _APP_CONNECTIONS_DB_CONSOLE=db_fra1_01=mariadb://user:password@mariadb:3306/appw
 _APP_CONNECTIONS_CACHE=redis_fra1_01=redis://redis:6379
 _APP_CONNECTIONS_QUEUE=redis_fra1_01=redis://redis:6379
 _APP_CONNECTIONS_PUBSUB=redis_fra1_01=redis://redis:6379
-_APP_CONNECTIONS_STORAGE=local://localhost
+_APP_CONNECTIONS_STORAGE=
 _APP_STORAGE_ANTIVIRUS=disabled
 _APP_STORAGE_ANTIVIRUS_HOST=clamav
 _APP_STORAGE_ANTIVIRUS_PORT=3310
@@ -66,10 +66,8 @@ _APP_MAINTENANCE_RETENTION_USAGE_HOURLY=8640000
 _APP_USAGE_STATS=enabled
 _APP_USAGE_AGGREGATION_INTERVAL=30
 _APP_LOGGING_PROVIDER=
-_APP_LOGGING_CONFIG=
 _APP_GRAPHQL_MAX_BATCH_SIZE=10
 _APP_GRAPHQL_MAX_COMPLEXITY=250
 _APP_GRAPHQL_MAX_DEPTH=3
 _APP_REGION=default
-DOCKERHUB_PULL_USERNAME
-DOCKERHUB_PULL_PASSWORD
+_APP_BACKUP_HEARTBEAT=
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 84d96d8f4f..d8fa662452 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 - Fix max mimetype size [#4814](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/4814)
 - New usage metrics collection flow [#4770](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/4770)
   - Deprecated influxdb, telegraf containers and removed all of their occurrences from the code.
-  - Removed _APP_INFLUXDB_HOST, _APP_INFLUXDB_PORT, _APP_STATSD_HOST, _APP_STATSD_PORT env variables.
+  - Removed _APP_INFLUXDB_HOST, _APP_INFLUXDB_PORT, _APP_STATSD_HOST, _APP_STATSD_PORT, _APP_USAGE_AGGREGATION_INTERVAL env variables.
   - Removed usage labels dependency.
   - Dropped type attribute from stats collection.
   - Usage metrics are processed via new usage worker.
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 23627d83e0..5a30081cbf 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -597,6 +597,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       - _APP_ENV
       - _APP_CONNECTIONS_STORAGE
+      - _APP_BACKUP_HEARTBEAT
 
   appwrite-worker-usage:
     entrypoint: worker-usage
diff --git a/src/Appwrite/Platform/Tasks/Backup.php b/src/Appwrite/Platform/Tasks/Backup.php
index a0f81b7d2d..dc3cb4d7fc 100644
--- a/src/Appwrite/Platform/Tasks/Backup.php
+++ b/src/Appwrite/Platform/Tasks/Backup.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Appwrite\Platform\Tasks;
 
+use Utopia\App;
 use Utopia\CLI\Console;
 use Utopia\Platform\Action;
 use Utopia\Storage\Device\Local;
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ class Backup extends Action
         Console::title('Backup V1');
         Console::success(APP_NAME . ' backup process v1 has started');
 
-        $jobInitTime = '9:55'; // (hour:minutes)
+        $jobInitTime = '13:10'; // (hour:minutes)
         $now = new \DateTime();
         $now->setTimezone(new \DateTimeZone(date_default_timezone_get()));
         $next = new \DateTime($now->format("Y-m-d $jobInitTime"));
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ class Backup extends Action
 
         Console::log('[' . $now->format("Y-m-d H:i:s.v") . '] Delaying for ' . $delay . ' setting loop to [' . $next->format("Y-m-d H:i:s.v") . ']');
         Console::loop(function () use ($delay, $sleep, $folders, $remote) {
-
+            $success = 0;
             foreach ($folders as $key => $folder) {
                 $local = new Local($folder);
                 $filename = $key . '-' . date("Y-m-d") . '.tar.gz';
@@ -82,6 +83,11 @@ class Backup extends Action
                     }
 
                     $local->transfer($source, $destination, $remote);
+
+                    if ($remote->exists($destination)) {
+                        $success++;
+                    }
+
                     Console::info("Backing up local $source to {$remote->getName()} $destination");
                     /**
                      * Backup folder, long tail cleanup.
@@ -99,6 +105,14 @@ class Backup extends Action
                     Console::error($e->getMessage());
                 }
             }
+
+            /**
+             * heartbeat url
+             */
+            $url = App::getEnv('_APP_BACKUP_HEARTBEAT', '');
+            if ($success === count($folders) && $url !== '') {
+                file_get_contents($url);
+            }
         }, $sleep, $delay);
     }
 }