diff --git a/classes/Commands/CreateBackupCommand.php b/classes/Commands/CreateBackupCommand.php
index 760e6dca4..70fa003b1 100644
--- a/classes/Commands/CreateBackupCommand.php
+++ b/classes/Commands/CreateBackupCommand.php
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): ?int
         try {
             $this->setupEnvironment($input, $output);
 
+            $this->upgradeContainer->getFileConfigurationStorage()->cleanAllBackupFiles();
             $controller = new AllBackupTasks($this->upgradeContainer);
             $controller->init();
             $exitCode = $controller->run();
diff --git a/classes/Commands/RestoreCommand.php b/classes/Commands/RestoreCommand.php
index 40a543f0d..414644a9a 100644
--- a/classes/Commands/RestoreCommand.php
+++ b/classes/Commands/RestoreCommand.php
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): ?int
                     return ExitCode::SUCCESS;
                 }
             }
-
+            $this->upgradeContainer->getFileConfigurationStorage()->cleanAllRestoreFiles();
             $controller = new AllRestoreTasks($this->upgradeContainer);
             $controller->setOptions([
                 'backup' => $backup,
diff --git a/classes/Commands/UpdateCommand.php b/classes/Commands/UpdateCommand.php
index 32fb32582..5e634d9cc 100644
--- a/classes/Commands/UpdateCommand.php
+++ b/classes/Commands/UpdateCommand.php
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 use PrestaShop\Module\AutoUpgrade\Parameters\UpgradeConfiguration;
 use PrestaShop\Module\AutoUpgrade\Task\ExitCode;
 use PrestaShop\Module\AutoUpgrade\Task\Runner\AllUpdateTasks;
+use PrestaShop\Module\AutoUpgrade\Task\TaskName;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
@@ -58,8 +59,7 @@ protected function configure(): void
             ->addOption('no-chain', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Prevents chaining of update commands. The command will execute a task and then stop, logging the next command that needs to be run. You will need to manually restart the process to continue with the next step.')
             ->addOption('channel', null, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, "Selects what update to run ('local' / 'online')")
             ->addOption('config-file-path', null, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'Configuration file location for update.')
-            ->addOption('action', null, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'Advanced users only. Sets the step you want to start from (Default: UpgradeNow, see ' . DeveloperDocumentation::DEV_DOC_UPGRADE_CLI_URL . ' for other values available)')
-            ->addOption('data', null, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'Advanced users only. Contains the state of the update process encoded in base64');
+            ->addOption('action', null, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'Advanced users only. Sets the step you want to start from (Default: UpgradeNow, see ' . DeveloperDocumentation::DEV_DOC_UPGRADE_CLI_URL . ' for other values available)');
     }
 
     /**
@@ -77,9 +77,15 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): ?int
         try {
             $this->setupEnvironment($input, $output);
 
-            // in the case of commands containing the update status, it is not necessary to update the configuration
-            // also we do not want to repeat the update of the config in the recursive commands
-            if ($input->getOption('data') === null) {
+            $action = $input->getOption('action');
+
+            $isFirstUpdateProcess = $action === null || $action === TaskName::TASK_UPDATE_INITIALIZATION;
+            if ($isFirstUpdateProcess) {
+                $this->upgradeContainer->getFileConfigurationStorage()->cleanAllUpdateFiles();
+            }
+
+            // if we are not in chain mode or we are in the 1st step of the update, we update the configuration
+            if ($isFirstUpdateProcess || $noChainMode || (isset($chainMode) && !$chainMode)) {
                 $configPath = $input->getOption('config-file-path');
                 $exitCode = $this->loadConfiguration($configPath, $this->upgradeContainer);
                 if ($exitCode !== ExitCode::SUCCESS) {
@@ -91,8 +97,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): ?int
             $this->logger->debug('Starting the update process.');
             $controller = new AllUpdateTasks($this->upgradeContainer);
             $controller->setOptions([
-                'data' => $input->getOption('data'),
-                'action' => $input->getOption('action'),
+                'action' => $action,
                 UpgradeConfiguration::CHANNEL => $input->getOption('channel'),
             ]);
             $controller->init();
@@ -125,15 +130,10 @@ private function chainCommand(OutputInterface $output): int
             if (preg_match('/--action=(\S+)/', $lastInfo, $actionMatches)) {
                 $action = $actionMatches[1];
                 $this->logger->debug('Action parameter found: ' . $action);
-            }
-
-            if (preg_match('/--data=(\S+)/', $lastInfo, $dataMatches)) {
-                $data = $dataMatches[1];
-                $this->logger->debug('Data parameter found: ' . $data);
-            }
-            if (empty($action) || empty($data)) {
+            } else {
                 throw new InvalidArgumentException('The command does not contain the necessary information to continue the update process.');
             }
+
             $new_string = str_replace('INFO - $ ', '', $lastInfo);
             $decorationParam = $output->isDecorated() ? ' --ansi' : '';
             system('php ' . $new_string . $decorationParam, $exitCode);
diff --git a/classes/Task/AbstractTask.php b/classes/Task/AbstractTask.php
index 48e9c0c32..e2f8c5bb1 100644
--- a/classes/Task/AbstractTask.php
+++ b/classes/Task/AbstractTask.php
@@ -105,14 +105,6 @@ public function __construct(UpgradeContainer $container)
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @return string base64 encoded data from AjaxResponse
-     */
-    public function getEncodedResponse(): string
-    {
-        return base64_encode($this->getJsonResponse());
-    }
-
     /**
      * @return string Json encoded data from AjaxResponse
      */
diff --git a/classes/Task/Runner/AllUpdateTasks.php b/classes/Task/Runner/AllUpdateTasks.php
index 13d4d8985..6c32c33be 100644
--- a/classes/Task/Runner/AllUpdateTasks.php
+++ b/classes/Task/Runner/AllUpdateTasks.php
@@ -74,10 +74,6 @@ public function setOptions(array $options): void
 
             $this->container->getUpgradeConfiguration()->merge($config);
         }
-
-        if (!empty($options['data'])) {
-            $this->container->getState()->importFromEncodedData($options['data']);
-        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -101,15 +97,11 @@ protected function checkIfRestartRequested(AjaxResponse $response): bool
         $this->logger->info('Restart requested. Please run the following command to continue your upgrade:');
         $args = $_SERVER['argv'];
         foreach ($args as $key => $arg) {
-            if (
-                strpos($arg, '--data') === 0
-                || strpos($arg, '--action') === 0
-                || strpos($arg, '--config-file-path') === 0
-            ) {
+            if (strpos($arg, '--action') === 0 || strpos($arg, '--config-file-path') === 0) {
                 unset($args[$key]);
             }
         }
-        $this->logger->info('$ ' . implode(' ', $args) . ' --action=' . $response->getNext() . ' --data=' . $this->getEncodedResponse());
+        $this->logger->info('$ ' . implode(' ', $args) . ' --action=' . $response->getNext());
 
         return true;
     }
diff --git a/classes/Task/Runner/SingleTask.php b/classes/Task/Runner/SingleTask.php
index 0be4d6796..1197ff33b 100644
--- a/classes/Task/Runner/SingleTask.php
+++ b/classes/Task/Runner/SingleTask.php
@@ -39,10 +39,6 @@ public function setOptions(array $options): void
         if (!empty($options['action'])) {
             $this->step = $options['action'];
         }
-
-        if (!empty($options['data'])) {
-            $this->container->getState()->importFromEncodedData($options['data']);
-        }
     }
 
     protected function canContinue(): bool
diff --git a/controllers/admin/AdminSelfUpgradeController.php b/controllers/admin/AdminSelfUpgradeController.php
index 5dd36923d..0ba98302e 100644
--- a/controllers/admin/AdminSelfUpgradeController.php
+++ b/controllers/admin/AdminSelfUpgradeController.php
@@ -295,6 +295,8 @@ public function init()
         if (!$this->ajax) {
             // removing temporary files before init state to make sure state is already available
             $this->upgradeContainer->getFileConfigurationStorage()->cleanAllUpdateFiles();
+            $this->upgradeContainer->getFileConfigurationStorage()->cleanAllBackupFiles();
+            $this->upgradeContainer->getFileConfigurationStorage()->cleanAllRestoreFiles();
         }
 
         if (!$this->upgradeContainer->getState()->isInitialized()) {