Great, thanks for confirming this! This will be released in 2.4.6 soon.
Cloning a site will duplicate the site’s container which means that a database dump and re-import isn’t required. it also clones over any changes you make inside of the site’s container.
Odds are the Local’s NFS server is getting blocked by a firewall. Check out my recent reply here: Windows 10 - Faster Docker Volumes will not stay switched on - #8 by clay - Support - Local Community
The local-by-flywheel.log
file is best for this particular problem. See How do I retrieve Local's log file? - FAQ - Local Community for instructions on how to retrieve it.