Kopia Forum

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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	4161	March 25, 2025
Welcome to Kopia User Forum	0	4602	August 20, 2020
Built a monitoring agent for Kopia, found its local cache can mask real corruption General Topics	0	11	July 25, 2026
I'm NewTo Enchrypted backups. What if...? General Topics	3	32	July 24, 2026
30+ shared folders on a NAS, how to schedule all those for backups? General Topics	3	63	July 19, 2026
Failing to Open Kopia Repository Support	7	82	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	128	July 13, 2026
[SOLVED] Kopia ui no longer takes snapshots and I can't run Snapshot now Support	4	138	July 13, 2026
Appimage Version Not Running Maintenance? Support	1	50	July 12, 2026
Discord Webhook Support	2	366	July 11, 2026
Switching two external drives once a montn General Topics	3	83	July 5, 2026
Problem rotating external HD with "repository sync-to" General Topics	0	37	July 4, 2026
Use existing Windows shadow copy for kopia backup General Topics	0	59	June 29, 2026
Does kopia supports LDAPS authentication? General Topics	0	26	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	42	June 20, 2026
alist webdav repository clock skew General Topics	1	120	June 17, 2026
Exclude all except a folder? Support	8	157	June 14, 2026
Do I need to retake full backup regularly? General	9	243	June 12, 2026
Find Rules Conflicts and config file compatbility with Windows using / slash Support	0	33	June 7, 2026
Failed to open repository when running diff Support	0	31	June 7, 2026
Ignore folder except 1 subfolder General Topics	11	228	June 7, 2026
How to fix missing blobs? Support	16	902	June 4, 2026
Portable Binary on Linux General Topics	1	40	June 2, 2026
Snapshots from 2 computers with the same path and username Support	0	53	May 30, 2026
Kopia Server ACL allows snapshot listing but not directory listing Support	1	33	May 30, 2026
Default password for control API / --server-control-password? Support	0	31	May 30, 2026
Reporting what has been done/changed between snapshots General Topics	0	43	May 30, 2026
Repository server use and client setup General Topics	2	43	May 29, 2026
Best Practices for Mac Backups, Cloud Storage Choices, and Folder Selection General Topics	5	139	May 27, 2026
Choosing File-System for Backup? General Topics	10	157	May 26, 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…