diff --git a/internal/orchestrator/taskbackup.go b/internal/orchestrator/taskbackup.go
index d4752554..3af931c9 100644
--- a/internal/orchestrator/taskbackup.go
+++ b/internal/orchestrator/taskbackup.go
@@ -116,10 +116,6 @@ func backupHelper(ctx context.Context, t Task, orchestrator *Orchestrator, plan
 	lastSent := time.Now() // debounce progress updates, these can endup being very frequent.
 	var lastFiles []string
 	summary, err := repo.Backup(ctx, plan, func(entry *restic.BackupProgressEntry) {
-		if time.Since(lastSent) < 250*time.Millisecond {
-			return
-		}
-		lastSent = time.Now()
 
 		if entry.MessageType == "status" {
 			// prevents flickering output when a status entry omits the CurrentFiles property. Largely cosmetic.
@@ -130,9 +126,6 @@ func backupHelper(ctx context.Context, t Task, orchestrator *Orchestrator, plan
 			}
 
 			backupOp.OperationBackup.LastStatus = protoutil.BackupProgressEntryToProto(entry)
-			if err := orchestrator.OpLog.Update(op); err != nil {
-				zap.S().Errorf("failed to update oplog with progress for backup: %v", err)
-			}
 		} else if entry.MessageType == "error" {
 			zap.S().Warnf("backup error: %v", entry.Error)
 			backupError, err := protoutil.BackupProgressEntryToBackupError(entry)
@@ -148,6 +141,15 @@ func backupHelper(ctx context.Context, t Task, orchestrator *Orchestrator, plan
 		} else if entry.MessageType != "summary" {
 			zap.S().Warnf("unexpected message type %q in backup progress entry", entry.MessageType)
 		}
+
+		if time.Since(lastSent) < 500*time.Millisecond {
+			return
+		}
+		lastSent = time.Now()
+
+		if err := orchestrator.OpLog.Update(op); err != nil {
+			zap.S().Errorf("failed to update oplog with progress for backup: %v", err)
+		}
 	})
 
 	vars := hook.HookVars{