WARNING: Error while sending QUERY packet. PID=

For months now I’ve been getting this error. I have BackWPup installed on several WordPress sites I host within my reseller account on InMotion Hosting.

I have BackWPup installed on several websites. Today for the first time I am getting this error.

Both websites are on the same host (InMotion), and have been there for the past year + with out problem. Both have various plugins installed but share WordFence. Neither have SSL. All are running one of the ‘native’ WordPress themes.

For both I have two jobs, one for just the database (which runs fine, no errors) and another for the entire website, which creates the errors.

One website gave me this error: WARNING: Error while sending QUERY packet. PID=932588

The other one gave me this error:

This is what one of the emailed logs says:

[INFO] Log Level: Normal
[INFO] BackWPup job: Entire Website
[INFO] Logfile is: backwpup_log_7e941b_2017-01-17_17-19-11.html
[INFO] Backup file is: backwpup_7e941b_2017-01-17_17-19-11.zip
[17-Jan-2017 17:19:11] 1. Try to backup database …
[17-Jan-2017 17:19:11] Connected to database DBNAMEHERE on localhost
[17-Jan-2017 17:19:12] Added database dump “DATABASENAMEHERE.sql” with 3.82 MB to backup file list
[17-Jan-2017 17:19:12] Database backup done!
[17-Jan-2017 17:19:12] 1. Trying to make a list of folders to back up …
[17-Jan-2017 17:19:13] Added “wp-config.php” to backup file list
[17-Jan-2017 17:19:13] 338 folders to backup.
[17-Jan-2017 17:19:13] 1. Trying to generate a file with installed plugin names …
[17-Jan-2017 17:19:13] Added plugin list file “DATABASENAME.pluginlist.2017-01-17.txt” with 1.98 KB to backup file list.
[17-Jan-2017 17:19:13] 1. Trying to generate a manifest file …
[17-Jan-2017 17:19:13] Added manifest.json file with 4.79 KB to backup file list.
[17-Jan-2017 17:19:13] 1. Trying to create backup archive …
[17-Jan-2017 17:19:13] Compressing files as ZipArchive. Please be patient, this may take a moment.

[17-Jan-2017 17:20:37] WARNING: Error while sending QUERY packet. PID=612967
[17-Jan-2017 17:22:50] WARNING: Error while sending QUERY packet. PID=619980
[17-Jan-2017 17:24:53] ERROR: Aborted by user!

[17-Jan-2017 17:24:55] ERROR: Job has ended with errors in 344 seconds. You must resolve the errors for correct execution.

When I run the job (back up complete website) it stalls out around 50 -60 % and will not complete.

Actually, I just tried to run it on a 3rd website, and I get this error:

[INFO] BackWPup 3.3.4; A project of Inpsyde GmbH
[INFO] WordPress 4.7.1 on http://WEBSITE HERE
[INFO] Log Level: Normal
[INFO] BackWPup job: Entire Website
[INFO] Logfile is: backwpup_log_b6df1b_2017-01-17_18-33-18.html
[INFO] Backup file is: backwpup_b6df1b_2017-01-17_18-33-18.zip
[17-Jan-2017 18:33:18] 1. Try to backup database …
[17-Jan-2017 18:33:18] Connected to database VVV on localhost
[17-Jan-2017 18:33:27] Added database dump “VVV” with 12.73 MB to backup file list
[17-Jan-2017 18:33:27] Database backup done!
[17-Jan-2017 18:33:30] 1. Trying to make a list of folders to back up …
[17-Jan-2017 18:33:34] Added “wp-config.php” to backup file list
[17-Jan-2017 18:33:34] 487 folders to backup.
[17-Jan-2017 18:33:37] 1. Trying to generate a file with installed plugin names …
[17-Jan-2017 18:33:38] Added plugin list file “VVVe.pluginlist.2017-01-17.txt” with 1.89 KB to backup file list.
[17-Jan-2017 18:33:38] 1. Trying to generate a manifest file …
[17-Jan-2017 18:33:38] Added manifest.json file with 5.06 KB to backup file list.
[17-Jan-2017 18:33:38] 1. Trying to create backup archive …
[17-Jan-2017 18:33:38] Compressing files as ZipArchive. Please be patient, this may take a moment.
[17-Jan-2017 18:38:20] WARNING: Error while sending QUERY packet.
[17-Jan-2017 18:38:20] WARNING: Error while sending QUERY packet. PID=1005757
[17-Jan-2017 18:40:42] WARNING: Error while sending QUERY packet. PID=1013622PID=1005757

I found this thread but didn’t seem to find an answer.

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-error-while-sending-query-packet-pid82827/page/3/

EDITED TO ADD: I disabled WordFence on the first website to throw the error, and then ran the backup job for “Entire Website” and it did not produce the error.

I then tried removing WordFence on a 4th website and I’m getting the similar error:

WARNING: Error while sending QUERY packet. PID=61204