[adrianmonk]

I don't use Bitwarden, but I just read the docs about backups, which are here:

https://bitwarden.com/help/backup-on-premise/

Those say that the procedure for backups is to keep a copy of the entire bwdata directory. It doesn't say that you can or should use the export feature.

It seems like the export feature is meant for data migration, not for backups. Though they are related, they're not the same concept.

It probably wouldn't hurt to make this clearer in the GUI. In the export section, it could warn not to use it for backups and could give a link to the proper procedure.