Increasing concurrency and memory, as suggested here, works:
https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/8219/backup-hangs/14
Found at Menu > Backups > Configure > Advanced.
Tip to @girish / dev team: adding in a note on the app > backups page would probably be very helpful.
Restore failing? Try [increasing memory and concurrency]
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