diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/RestAPI/Database/Backup.cs b/Duplicati/Library/RestAPI/Database/Backup.cs
index 0eb658ed6..ed2c11217 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/RestAPI/Database/Backup.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/RestAPI/Database/Backup.cs
@@ -175,6 +175,24 @@ namespace Duplicati.Server.Database
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        public Backup Clone()
+        {
+            return new Backup()
+            {
+                ID = this.ID,
+                ExternalID = this.ExternalID,
+                Name = this.Name,
+                Description = this.Description,
+                Tags = (string[])this.Tags?.Clone() ?? [],
+                TargetURL = this.TargetURL,
+                DBPath = this.DBPath,
+                Sources = (string[])this.Sources?.Clone() ?? [],
+                Settings = this.Settings?.Select(s => new Setting { Name = s.Name, Value = s.Value, Filter = s.Filter }).ToArray() ?? [],
+                Filters = this.Filters?.Select(f => new Filter { Order = f.Order, Include = f.Include, Expression = f.Expression }).ToArray() ?? [],
+                Metadata = new Dictionary<string, string>(this.Metadata)
+            };
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/RestAPI/Database/Connection.cs b/Duplicati/Library/RestAPI/Database/Connection.cs
index dee9642fa..abb78a5cc 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/RestAPI/Database/Connection.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/RestAPI/Database/Connection.cs
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Server.Database
             lock (m_lock)
             {
                 m_temporaryBackups.TryGetValue(id, out var b);
-                return b;
+                return b?.Clone();
             }
         }