<p>Performing db sync update to 3.1.1.3 and waiting while server processes fix.  Currently receiving Handling input offset message as part of SQL update, been running for approximately 20 hours now.  Is this behavior normal and to be expected?  If yes, what exactly is the update doing that would take this long?  Perhaps restoring the cexplorer db from latest snapshot would have been a better update method.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>

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2024-01-29T22:41:02.170Z
Highly advise restoring from a snapshot. I suspect syncing from scratch would take a week or more.
Erik de Castro Lopo
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2024-01-30T00:18:04.897Z
I suspected as much.  Thank you for the input here.
Nicholas
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Receiving "Handling input offset" message during db sync 3.1.1.3 update - going on 20 hours now. Is this normal?
# Receiving "Handling input offset" message during db sync 3.1.1.3 update - going on 20 hours now. Is this normal?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-01-29)

Performing db sync update to 3.1.1.3 and waiting while server processes fix. Currently receiving Handling input offset message as part of SQL update, been running for approximately 20 hours now. Is this behavior normal and to be expected? If yes, what exactly is the update doing that would take this long? Perhaps restoring the cexplorer db from latest snapshot would have been a better update method.

Thanks

**Tags:** cardano-db-sync
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Highly advise restoring from a snapshot. I suspect syncing from scratch would take a week or more.  
> **username_0**: I suspected as much.  Thank you for the input here.  

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