# Latest **URL:** https://kopia.discourse.group/latest.md [Latest](https://kopia.discourse.group/latest.md) · [Categories](https://kopia.discourse.group/categories.md) --- ## [PLEASE READ: Don't use --safety=none for routine maintenance](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/please-read-dont-use-safety-none-for-routine-maintenance/1199)
**Author:** [@jkowalski](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/jkowalski)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/please-read-dont-use-safety-none-for-routine-maintenance/1199 "2025-03-25T22:08:12Z")
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… --- ## [Welcome to Kopia User Forum](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/welcome-to-kopia-user-forum/7)
**Author:** [@system](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2020, 6:35am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/welcome-to-kopia-user-forum/7 "2020-08-20T06:35:38Z")
Welcome to the community where we talk about Kopia - Fast and Secure Open-Source Backup and provide support for our users. Everyone is welcome to join and discuss your favorite features, raise issues and propose improve… --- ## [Kopia UI: External HDD almost immedately shows up on Windows 11, but take quite some time on Linux Mint 22](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopia-ui-external-hdd-almost-immedately-shows-up-on-windows-11-but-take-quite-some-time-on-linux-mint-22/8988)
**Author:** [@phunsoft](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/phunsoft)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopia-ui-external-hdd-almost-immedately-shows-up-on-windows-11-but-take-quite-some-time-on-linux-mint-22/8988 "2026-09-22T20:22:09Z")
I’m using Kopia and Kopia-UI to backup my data on two machines, one being Windows 11, the other Linux Mint 22 to a single repository the same external HDD. Everything works fine. However, out of curiosity: When I atta… --- ## [Why is KopiaUI showing more files than it can restore ? What is happening here?](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/why-is-kopiaui-showing-more-files-than-it-can-restore-what-is-happening-here/9016)
**Author:** [@uew93h](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/uew93h)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/why-is-kopiaui-showing-more-files-than-it-can-restore-what-is-happening-here/9016 "2026-09-22T20:13:37Z")
--- ## [Confused About the Config File](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/confused-about-the-config-file/9014)
**Author:** [@bpc](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/bpc)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 7:51pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/confused-about-the-config-file/9014 "2026-09-22T19:51:09Z")
Howdy! I’m pretty new to Kopia, but like what I see. I’ve been wanting to ditch Duplicati for a while & and finally doing it. I was attracted to Kopia for The GUI, but have so far found no use for it. I’m running kopia … --- ## [Is it allowed to use the Kopia logo on my website?](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/is-it-allowed-to-use-the-kopia-logo-on-my-website/9013)
**Author:** [@gratissoftwaresite](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/gratissoftwaresite)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 4:10pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/is-it-allowed-to-use-the-kopia-logo-on-my-website/9013 "2026-09-22T16:10:27Z")
Hello Kopia forum, I review Kopia on my website gratissoftwaresite.nl My question is: is it permitted to use the logo of Kopia on my website in the review and software listing? best regards, Matthijs --- ## [How to backup 'symblink folders' ? not content to target folder just symblink](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/how-to-backup-symblink-folders-not-content-to-target-folder-just-symblink/9011)
**Author:** [@uew93h](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/uew93h)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 4:53pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/how-to-backup-symblink-folders-not-content-to-target-folder-just-symblink/9011 "2026-09-21T16:53:25Z")
So when I restore I don’t have to recreate the symbinks --- ## [Mounting Remote devices](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/mounting-remote-devices/9012)
**Author:** [@mavproductions](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/mavproductions)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 12:36pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/mounting-remote-devices/9012 "2026-09-14T12:36:21Z")
Hi there, I tried searching and couldn’t find threads on this topic. I just started using Kopia, and have 3 devices being backed up + a repository server on a 4th device. I appear to only be able to mount snapshots fr… --- ## [Repo throttle limit - no effect](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/repo-throttle-limit-no-effect/9004)
**Author:** [@Crusher](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/Crusher)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 12:48pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/repo-throttle-limit-no-effect/9004 "2026-09-12T12:48:54Z")
Hi, I have to deal with a few POS that only got 2 MBit/s WAN connection speed. Currently I am using iperf to get max and min speeds in JSON file: “bits\_per\_second”: 1717259.1644205833 I am using Windows powershell mo… --- ## [Partial Syncronization](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/partial-syncronization/9005)
**Author:** [@nixcamic](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/nixcamic)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/partial-syncronization/9005 "2026-09-09T21:42:42Z")
I have a repository with several machines backed up, I’d like to sync some of those policies/jobs to another server, but not all of them. Currently I just have two repositories, one that gets synced and one that doesn’t … --- ## [FTP, FTP/S support (vs SFTP, WebDAV)](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/ftp-ftp-s-support-vs-sftp-webdav/3920)
**Author:** [@97b4958b055b](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/97b4958b055b)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 9:40pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/ftp-ftp-s-support-vs-sftp-webdav/3920 "2026-09-09T21:40:57Z")
(Source thread: How does kopia repo sync-to works?) Potential packages for integration: vsftpd is relatively trivial to set up. It also supports FTP/S (FTP over TLS). That takes care of encryption in transit. It… --- ## [What happens when I delete a file on my filesystem?](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/what-happens-when-i-delete-a-file-on-my-filesystem/8984)
**Author:** [@Cheesesteak](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2026, 9:53pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/what-happens-when-i-delete-a-file-on-my-filesystem/8984 "2026-09-03T21:53:48Z")
Hello! I’ve just begun using Kopia and I’m very impressed with it so far! I was looking at the default snapshot policy. It looks like it holds quite a lot of snapshots: 48 hourly snapshots, 7 daily snapshots, 4 weekly s… --- ## [KopiaUI: 12 hours interval not working](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopiaui-12-hours-interval-not-working/8982)
**Author:** [@Seji](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/Seji)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopiaui-12-hours-interval-not-working/8982 "2026-09-02T19:18:46Z")
Hi, I’ve changed interval policy to 12 hours for several snapshots. The policy is not enforced. KopiaUI makes snapshot every 6 hours despite the set interval. Same happens for a newly created snapshot. Is this a known … --- ## [Are my files recoverable?](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/are-my-files-recoverable/8983)
**Author:** [@Chris99](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/Chris99)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 9:25pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/are-my-files-recoverable/8983 "2026-08-31T21:25:47Z")
I have over a years worth of backups stored in a repository. I accidentally managed to wipe everything in my entire Linux root directory. The backups were on a separate hard drive but when I try to connect back to the re… --- ## [Policy Schedule](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/policy-schedule/74)
**Author:** [@ted](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/ted)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2026, 10:10pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/policy-schedule/74 "2026-08-30T22:10:28Z")
Is there any further documentation detail on what the policy scheduling commands are actually doing? Ideally I would like to set a schedule timer using systemd to run a script that runs various tasks such as kopia snaps… --- ## [Sync/migrate policies only](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/sync-migrate-policies-only/3203)
**Author:** [@jacklul](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/jacklul)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 1:07pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/sync-migrate-policies-only/3203 "2026-08-29T13:07:31Z")
Is there any way to migrate or sync policies from one repository into the other without copying any snapshots? The use case is pretty simple: I have one “main” backup destination and a secondary one, instead of managin… --- ## [Snapshot GC failure: Could not undelete referenced content (deleted session blob, BLOB not found) - Kopia 0.22.3 / S3/MinIO](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/snapshot-gc-failure-could-not-undelete-referenced-content-deleted-session-blob-blob-not-found-kopia-0-22-3-s3-minio/8845)
**Author:** [@spetrov](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/spetrov)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2026, 7:01am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/snapshot-gc-failure-could-not-undelete-referenced-content-deleted-session-blob-blob-not-found-kopia-0-22-3-s3-minio/8845 "2026-08-26T07:01:23Z")
Support Environment: Kopia Version: 0.22.3 Storage: S3 (MinIO, endpoint: s3 own storage) Deployment: Docker container (kopia/kopia:latest) via Podman Quadlet on Rocky Linux 9 Repository format: v3, Epoch Manager enable… --- ## [Kopia-UI looks like it's hung](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopia-ui-looks-like-its-hung/8981)
**Author:** [@markf](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/markf)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 12:44pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopia-ui-looks-like-its-hung/8981 "2026-08-21T12:44:12Z")
KopiaUI is not an app that you can start and stop, it’s a background service accessible through the system tray. Running on a Gnome desktop, with no system tray, the first time you start kopia-ui it opens with on the re… --- ## [macOS client cannot open repository after index compaction, but another Mac opens it fine (filesystem repository on QNAP SMB)](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/macos-client-cannot-open-repository-after-index-compaction-but-another-mac-opens-it-fine-filesystem-repository-on-qnap-smb/8978)
**Author:** [@Jay](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/Jay)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 2:16am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/macos-client-cannot-open-repository-after-index-compaction-but-another-mac-opens-it-fine-filesystem-repository-on-qnap-smb/8978 "2026-08-19T02:16:04Z")
Hi, I’m evaluating Kopia before committing several more terabytes of backups to it. I’ve spent several hours narrowing this down and I’m hoping someone can tell me whether this is expected behavior, a client issue, or a… --- ## [Field report: using rclone serve webdav + Kopia's WebDAV backend](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/field-report-using-rclone-serve-webdav-kopias-webdav-backend/8976)
**Author:** [@far-flung](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/far-flung)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 2:07am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/field-report-using-rclone-serve-webdav-kopias-webdav-backend/8976 "2026-08-19T02:07:46Z")
(instead of the rclone backend (Windows → Google Drive)) I set up Kopia to back up a Windows 11 user profile to Google Drive this week, and hit the question a lot of threads here circle around: the rclone backend is mar… --- ## [Progress on restoring files](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/progress-on-restoring-files/8862)
**Author:** [@kobackup](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/kobackup)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 11:32am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/progress-on-restoring-files/8862 "2026-08-18T11:32:32Z")
Silly first question here as I test kopia. I started restoring a single file from a snapshop. About 30gb, and I don’t see any progress indication in the tasks of the kopiaui or anywhere else. I see the file size increa… --- ## [Kopia UI does not start. Missing repository.config.update-info.json](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopia-ui-does-not-start-missing-repository-config-update-info-json/8974)
**Author:** [@cdokolas](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/cdokolas)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 10:58am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopia-ui-does-not-start-missing-repository-config-update-info-json/8974 "2026-08-18T10:58:15Z")
I just noticed two days ago that Kopia UI was not properly starting and instead of the repository name showing, it had “”. Clicking that, it would only show a single task executing and the log had several lines stating, … --- ## [Why is there no back button on the files browsing page or am I missing it? KopiaUI](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/why-is-there-no-back-button-on-the-files-browsing-page-or-am-i-missing-it-kopiaui/8971)
**Author:** [@sirmrdolphin](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/sirmrdolphin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/why-is-there-no-back-button-on-the-files-browsing-page-or-am-i-missing-it-kopiaui/8971 "2026-08-15T18:43:08Z")
For example on the snapshots page there is a nice return button at the top that returns to the list of current repository folders as see in the picture below: But when you click one one of the snapshots eg. the first… --- ## [Bug: "the repository is corrupted, it is missing pack blobs with index-referenced content"](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/bug-the-repository-is-corrupted-it-is-missing-pack-blobs-with-index-referenced-content/8967)
**Author:** [@whoopinglock](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/whoopinglock)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 12:06am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/bug-the-repository-is-corrupted-it-is-missing-pack-blobs-with-index-referenced-content/8967 "2026-08-13T00:06:31Z")
For context, this is coming hot off another problem that I still have, where maintenance failed due to \`error rewriting contents in short packs: failed to rewrite 1 contents\`. This led me on process in which I found out … --- ## [Backup hangs seemingly indefinitely](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/backup-hangs-seemingly-indefinitely/8968)
**Author:** [@pickledbeets](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/pickledbeets)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 6:39am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/backup-hangs-seemingly-indefinitely/8968 "2026-08-12T06:39:55Z")
Trying to setup kopia for the first time here after using duplicacy for awhile. Connecting to b2 via the s3 backend. Seems to work totally fine if it’s some smaller files: sudo kopia snapshot create /data/raid/config/ S… --- ## [Tests fail during build from AUR](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/tests-fail-during-build-from-aur/8970)
**Author:** [@adaroc](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/adaroc)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/tests-fail-during-build-from-aur/8970 "2026-08-10T20:56:36Z")
I’ve been using Kopia successfully for a while, but I have been unable to update to the latest version. I’ve been using the package on the Arch User Repository, but lately it has failed to build: === Failed === FAIL: t… --- ## [Can not connect to existing repo](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/can-not-connect-to-existing-repo/8963)
**Author:** [@Monoecho](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/Monoecho)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2026, 12:00pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/can-not-connect-to-existing-repo/8963 "2026-08-09T12:00:24Z")
Hi all, I have a repo that was functioning fine. Then I had to copy it to another computer…now I can not connect to that repo - the UI says “Create a new repo” - so it thinks there isn’t a repo at that location. The se… --- ## [Kopia UI using wrong date and time format](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopia-ui-using-wrong-date-and-time-format/8966)
**Author:** [@cybermaus](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/cybermaus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2026, 12:01pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopia-ui-using-wrong-date-and-time-format/8966 "2026-08-08T12:01:18Z")
My Windows PC is set to Europe DMY 24-hour. Yet KopiaUI keeps making and representing snapshots with US MDY am/pm. I cannot find where to change this. I would actually prefer some YMD setup like ISO. Anyone knows how to… --- ## [Cannot Back Up: Error "cannot create iterator...unable to read directory: open /home/.Trash-0"](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/cannot-back-up-error-cannot-create-iterator-unable-to-read-directory-open-home-trash-0/8960)
**Author:** [@whoopinglock](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/whoopinglock)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2026, 7:26pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/cannot-back-up-error-cannot-create-iterator-unable-to-read-directory-open-home-trash-0/8960 "2026-08-04T19:26:46Z")
When attempting to back up my repository, just a backup of my home folder, through KopiaUI, I get the follow error: Path: /homeStatus: fatalStart: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 17:32:28 -0700Duration: 1.5sSize: 296.8 GB (+272.4 KB)F… --- ## [Not authorized from Windows KopiaUI to docker Kopia Server](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/not-authorized-from-windows-kopiaui-to-docker-kopia-server/8962)
**Author:** [@cybermaus](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/cybermaus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2026, 6:35am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/not-authorized-from-windows-kopiaui-to-docker-kopia-server/8962 "2026-08-04T06:35:52Z")
So I am a new Kopia user. I installed KopiaUI on windows, and am very happy with the results when connecting to my Synology SAN over SMB. Very low CPU usage, 1%, while my WiFi was saturated at 200Mbps But I was trying t… [Next page](https://kopia.discourse.group/latest.md?page=1)