Automatic backups not working

[bushrang3r]

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Affected app version

1.2.0

Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 15 / LineageOS 22.1

Affected device model

OnePlus 9RT

How did you install the app?

F-Droid / IzzyOnDroid

Which calendar service or provider do you use, if any?

No response

Which sync adapter app do you use for calendar synchronization, if any?

No response

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Go to settings > Backups, and switch on
2. Select Manage Automatic Backups, and set up name and location

Expected behavior

I expect to see the backup file appear in the location that I specified.

Actual behavior

No backup file has appeared in the specified location since I set it up 3 days ago.

Screenshots/Screen recordings

No response

Additional information

I get this same behaviour with automatic backups in Fossify Contacts

[Aga-C]

Additional information

I get this same behaviour with automatic backups in Fossify Contacts

Please raise issues regarding multiple apps in https://github.com/FossifyOrg/General-Discussion/issues.

[antodc]

A few weeks ago automatic backups stopped working. They worked perfectly before. I am having this issue only with Calendar. Backups in Notes and Contacts work properly. I tried changing path, disable/enable backups, clear cache/settings without success.

When I start the phone in the morning, after about a minute a system message appears saying that there are no items to be exported. I am not 100% sure, but I think it is related to this problem.

My calendar is synced with Google and at the moment only the elements in the last year are shown because of this.

Let me know if I have to open a separate issue request and if I can do something to identify/solve this problem.

[naveensingh]

When I start the phone in the morning, after about a minute a system message appears saying that there are no items to be exported.

Have you checked Settings ➜ Manage automatic backups ➜ Manage event types? Maybe your calendars were unselected somehow, e.g., after importing/exporting settings.

It could also be FossifyOrg/General-Discussion#287

[antodc]

You were right! As always. 😄

My account was turned off in the event types. Most likely it happened when I cleared and reimported the settings. Anyway, this morning the Calendar backup worked correctly, but for some reason I did not get any backup for Notes and Contacts, which I did not touch at all. Let us see what happens in the next few days. By the way, what is the exact rule for backups? At least X hours from the previous one?

Sadly, I am sure that the Google account was enabled when backups stopped working in Calendar and now I do not know what I did that may have fixed the issue. Good to know for the future.

[naveensingh]

By the way, what is the exact rule for backups? At least X hours from the previous one?

1. Every day at 6:00 AM
2. On device boot (if a scheduled backup was missed)

There's a request for custom backup frequency: FossifyOrg/General-Discussion#260

[antodc]

this morning the Calendar backup worked correctly, but for some reason I did not get any backup for Notes and Contacts, which I did not touch at all. Let us see what happens in the next few days.

I got all backups from the three apps (Notes, Contacts and Calendar) correctly for three days in a row. Everything is working fine now.

[HonestAbe7]

I didn't know you can backup this app automatically. I thought this was only for the Google apps like calendar, etc? If there is no option to do this, it would be nice to have automatic backups created as I see nowhere to do this in the app. If there is a way to backup the offline calendar in the settings please let me know where and how.