Restoring a backup from a fresh instance fails

[pantherale0]

The problem

When attempting to upload and restore a backup of a brand new instance of Home Assistant (without the backups directory) the uploader fails with a 500 status code.

No entries are seen in HA logs, however you can see the following in the HTTP request response:

Can't write backup file: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/workspaces/ha-googledrive-backup/config/backups/71cc4d50.tar'

As soon as the backups folder is manually created under /config the upload is successful and the rest of the upload flow resumes.

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

core-2025.5.0b5

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

No response

What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant Core

Integration causing the issue

backup

Link to integration documentation on our website

No response

Diagnostics information

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Example YAML snippet

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Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

Can't write backup file: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/workspaces/ha-googledrive-backup/config/backups/71cc4d50.tar'

Additional information

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[home-assistant]

Hey there @home-assistant/core, mind taking a look at this issue as it has been labeled with an integration (backup) you are listed as a code owner for? Thanks!

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