Proton Drive copy failing repeatedly

rclone copy ThinkPad_T14_Gen_1_Intel_Spec.pdf proton:yct1/ --progress
Transferred:      530.225 KiB / 530.225 KiB, 100%, 176.740 KiB/s, ETA 0s
Transferred:            0 / 1, 0%
Elapsed time:         3.0s
2025/09/02 08:17:41 ERROR : ThinkPad_T14_Gen_1_Intel_Spec.pdf: Failed to copy: 422 POST https://zrh-storage.proton.me/storage/blocks: Operation failed: Please retry (Code=200501, Status=422)
2025/09/02 08:17:41 ERROR : Attempt 1/3 failed with 1 errors and: 422 POST https://zrh-storage.proton.me/storage/blocks: Operation failed: Please retry (Code=200501, Status=422)
Transferred:      530.225 KiB / 1.036 MiB, 50%, 132.556 KiB/s, ETA 4s
Transferred:            0 / 1, 0%
Elapsed time:         5.4s
Transferring:
2025/09/02 08:17:45 ERROR : ThinkPad_T14_Gen_1_Intel_Spec.pdf: Failed to copy: a draft exist - usually this means a file is being uploaded at another client, or, there was a failed upload attempt. Can use --protondrive-replace-existing-draft=true to temporarily override the existing draft
2025/09/02 08:17:45 ERROR : Attempt 2/3 failed with 1 errors and: a draft exist - usually this means a file is being uploaded at another client, or, there was a failed upload attempt. Can use --protondrive-replace-existing-draft=true to temporarily override the existing draft
Transferred:      530.225 KiB / 1.036 MiB, 50%, 75.746 KiB/s, ETA 7s
Transferred:            0 / 1, 0%
Elapsed time:        10.0s
Transferring:
2025/09/02 08:17:50 ERROR : ThinkPad_T14_Gen_1_Intel_Spec.pdf: Failed to copy: a draft exist - usually this means a file is being uploaded at another client, or, there was a failed upload attempt. Can use --protondrive-replace-existing-draft=true to temporarily override the existing draft
2025/09/02 08:17:50 ERROR : Attempt 3/3 failed with 1 errors and: a draft exist - usually this means a file is being uploaded at another client, or, there was a failed upload attempt. Can use --protondrive-replace-existing-draft=true to temporarily override the existing draft
Transferred:      530.225 KiB / 530.225 KiB, 100%, 58.913 KiB/s, ETA 0s
Errors:                 1 (retrying may help)
Elapsed time:        12.3s
2025/09/02 08:17:50 NOTICE: Failed to copy: a draft exist - usually this means a file is being uploaded at another client, or, there was a failed upload attempt. Can use --protondrive-replace-existing-draft=true to temporarily override the existing draft

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welcome to the forum,

did you try that, it is fix the issue?


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have you searched the forum?
https://forum.rclone.org/search?q=--protondrive-replace-existing-draft