Step one would be to check in the SQL Error logs for anything.
After that, check for any Agent jobs that might have run at startup (or on a schedule...

Ever have one of those days at work, where you feel like, despite everything going well, some potentially good stuff (both career-wise and pay-wise) coming down the pipe, and yet you...

Oh so very many stories that can relate to this...

Recently I had the exact same issue as the article mentioned.  The wife and I were trying to get...

OK, unrelated to the discussion about who is or isn't "new to SQL," here's a question for you...
Given your druthers, would you rather have a dedicated lab PC separate...

OK, the weather is getting really weird around here...
A couple days ago, needed at least a windbreaker going outside.
Yesterday, open windows on the car for the drive home,...

I can't decide if the posted replies here are just trolling the OP or what:  https://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/1998406/Automatically-avoid-error-inserting-into-identity-field
Although I think I'm leaning towards trolling...

Perhaps the biggest potential issue I see to cloud backups is the problem of a mis-configured storage bucket (or whatever term the provider uses.)  We've all read the various stories...