# "kopia" s3 mode, all changes always disappear in a few minutes **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [September 19, 2022, 4:32am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopia-s3-mode-all-changes-always-disappear-in-a-few-minutes/1436 "2022-09-19T04:32:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![abcdef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@abcdef](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/abcdef)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 4:32am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopia-s3-mode-all-changes-always-disappear-in-a-few-minutes/1436/1 "2022-09-19T04:32:22Z")
user add set global policies snapshots … and so on everything I changed after server start, kopiaUI (s3) stays for 5-30minutes and then somehow every setting is deleted. not even a trace of it in the log. you don’t have to do anything, just start them with s3 compatible and wait, even the default global policy is gone! conclusion: some s3 compatible storages can’t be used with kopia. ---
**Author:** ![jkowalski](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/jkowalski/32/3_2.png) [@jkowalski](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/jkowalski)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 3:48am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopia-s3-mode-all-changes-always-disappear-in-a-few-minutes/1436/3 "2022-09-21T03:48:19Z")
Which storage backend is that? Can you try `kopia repo validate-provider` ? ---
**Author:** ![jjo21631](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/jjo21631/32/206_2.png) [@jjo21631](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/jjo21631)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2022, 1:24am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopia-s3-mode-all-changes-always-disappear-in-a-few-minutes/1436/4 "2022-09-25T01:24:57Z")
It’s happening on iDrive e2. Worked well for a time. They must have changed something on their end. I’ve commented on this in github as well… See kopia list returns inconsistent results on Idrive E2 #2426