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…	34	3874	March 25, 2025
Welcome to Kopia User Forum	0	4548	August 20, 2020
Missing BLOBs on Maintenance - Snapshots appear to work OK Support	2	28	April 19, 2026
Backup config folder ? Config Symlink ? DeDup? Ghost of excluded data ? File Histroy and Change Track ? Checking backups? Support	7	39	April 19, 2026
Production setup with Repository Server and S3, questions and feedback wanted General Topics	5	45	April 18, 2026
Snapshot GC failure: Could not undelete referenced content (deleted session blob, BLOB not found) - Kopia 0.22.3 / S3/MinIO Support	7	66	April 17, 2026
Unused blobs not being pruned Support	5	77	April 17, 2026
Windows can not boot what now? General Topics	2	31	April 15, 2026
Kopia WebUI - Default Restore Location General Topics	0	25	April 12, 2026
Tuning Kopia Snapshots to Use Bigger Files? General Topics	4	58	April 11, 2026
What Happens When I Change Directory of Source Files (or Files to Be Backed Up)? General Topics	6	45	April 9, 2026
Writing Descriptions Per Policy? General Topics	2	25	April 8, 2026
Config data to backup from inside folders, Different type of Policies, Store repo's config file inside repo General Topics	0	17	April 5, 2026
[SOLVED] Kopia ui no longer takes snapshots and I can't run Snapshot now Support	2	51	April 1, 2026
Error message from kopia Support	0	39	March 30, 2026
Can't open repository - kdrive General Topics	1	22	March 30, 2026
Including manual-only in kopia snapshot create Support	0	18	March 28, 2026
Ignoring files and folders on linux not working General Topics	1	25	March 27, 2026
Recommendations for backing up a mailcow mail server General Topics	3	55	March 26, 2026
Long term archive General Topics	3	152	March 24, 2026
KopiaUI does not load after upgrading from v0.18.2 to v0.22.3 General Topics	0	36	March 23, 2026
Kopia UI can't open a repository anymore Support	6	214	March 21, 2026
Cold storage and file prefix General Topics	2	32	March 20, 2026
Copy / move snapshot history General Topics	0	27	March 17, 2026
Hetzner storage box: best practise General Topics	2	213	March 16, 2026
How to switch a Storj repo from S3 to rclone access? Support	0	27	March 15, 2026
Does kopia support Storj Decentralized Cloud Storage Support	4	824	March 15, 2026
Optimize kopia for Storj storage General Topics	5	359	March 15, 2026
Failed to create a snapshot - status : fatal Support	8	45	March 15, 2026
Too many levels of symbolic links Support	5	385	March 10, 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…