[17.0] auto_backup: Cron: Database backup failed, UnicodeDecodeError: utf-8 codec can't decode byte 0x8b in position 690: invalid start byte

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Description

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Database Auto-Backup (auto_backup)

Describe the bug

Cron doesn't create backup if added 2 or more records Automated Backups

To Reproduce

Affected versions: 17.0.1.1.1

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to the Technical > Automated Backups menu item
2. Add 2 records: 1) Backup Format - pg_dump and 2) Backup Format - zip
3. Go to the Technical > Scheduled Actions menu item.
4. Open Backup Scheduler cron and click on the Run Manually button

Error in the second Backup Format - zip record:
Database backup failed.

Database backup failed.

Traceback (most recent call last): File "/mnt/server-tools/auto_backup/models/db_backup.py", line 212, in backup_log yield File "/mnt/server-tools/auto_backup/models/db_backup.py", line 163, in action_backup shutil.copyfileobj(cached, destiny) File "/usr/lib/python3.10/shutil.py", line 195, in copyfileobj buf = fsrc_read(length) File "/usr/lib/python3.10/codecs.py", line 322, in decode (result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final) UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x8b in position 690: invalid start byte 

Expected behavior
Create two backup

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