Currently when doing an synchronous backup or restore there is now way to perform a get on the status page that shows the progress of the backup or restore.

Refreshing the page re-triggers the POST submitting the backup or restore job. This is undesirable.

The progress page updates via ajax, but often users want to be able to "force" an updated to see the current status. This behavior also makes behat testing of the functionality difficult.

It should be possible to perform a GET or reload the status page to see the current status.