iCloud Upload showing huge numbers of items

The suggested solution did not help.

Per iCloud upload….DT3 - #94 by cgrunenberg I disabled sync on all devices, deleted the sync loc, recreated it and selected the local db for sync.
I am getting:
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“Synchronize database” does not seem to make anything. I am sure I am doing something wrong.

How can i see if DT3 is actually doing anything? I do not see any information in the bar, neither in logs.

Per iCloud upload….DT3 - #57 by BLUEFROG from @BLUEFROG it should be saying if I understand correctly:

Preparing items for iCloud = syncing to the local machine set aside for us in iCloud’s local directories.

Thank you.