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PLEASE READ: Don't use --safety=none for routine maintenance General I’ve noticed folks here often paste command line examples involving running: $ kopia maintenance --safety=none I can’t stress this enough: This is NOT recommended for most users and could be outright dangerous in so…	33	4239	March 25, 2025
Welcome to Kopia User Forum	0	4608	August 20, 2020
Cannot Back Up: Error "cannot create iterator...unable to read directory: open /home/.Trash-0" Support	1	8	August 1, 2026
Passing cli arguments to the UI? --parallel? Support	3	575	July 30, 2026
Built a monitoring agent for Kopia, found its local cache can mask real corruption General Topics	0	37	July 25, 2026
I'm NewTo Enchrypted backups. What if...? General Topics	3	57	July 24, 2026
30+ shared folders on a NAS, how to schedule all those for backups? General Topics	3	85	July 19, 2026
Failing to Open Kopia Repository Support	7	105	July 16, 2026
Snapshot GC failure: Could not undelete referenced content (deleted session blob, BLOB not found) - Kopia 0.22.3 / S3/MinIO Support	10	154	July 13, 2026
[SOLVED] Kopia ui no longer takes snapshots and I can't run Snapshot now Support	4	158	July 13, 2026
Appimage Version Not Running Maintenance? Support	1	57	July 12, 2026
Discord Webhook Support	2	377	July 11, 2026
Switching two external drives once a montn General Topics	3	102	July 5, 2026
Problem rotating external HD with "repository sync-to" General Topics	0	44	July 4, 2026
Use existing Windows shadow copy for kopia backup General Topics	0	69	June 29, 2026
Does kopia supports LDAPS authentication? General Topics	0	31	June 22, 2026
Maintenance task not running because of time skew but both kopia's docker container clock and the host's one are synced Support	2	51	June 20, 2026
alist webdav repository clock skew General Topics	1	124	June 17, 2026
Exclude all except a folder? Support	8	180	June 14, 2026
Do I need to retake full backup regularly? General	9	282	June 12, 2026
Find Rules Conflicts and config file compatbility with Windows using / slash Support	0	38	June 7, 2026
Failed to open repository when running diff Support	0	35	June 7, 2026
Ignore folder except 1 subfolder General Topics	11	251	June 7, 2026
How to fix missing blobs? Support	16	947	June 4, 2026
Portable Binary on Linux General Topics	1	53	June 2, 2026
Snapshots from 2 computers with the same path and username Support	0	62	May 30, 2026
Kopia Server ACL allows snapshot listing but not directory listing Support	1	40	May 30, 2026
Default password for control API / --server-control-password? Support	0	35	May 30, 2026
Reporting what has been done/changed between snapshots General Topics	0	46	May 30, 2026
Repository server use and client setup General Topics	2	54	May 29, 2026

PLEASE READ: Don't use --safety=none for routine maintenance

I’ve noticed folks here often paste command line examples involving running: $ kopia maintenance --safety=none I can’t stress this enough: This is NOT recommended for most users and could be outright dangerous in so…