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Automated backups failing: backup_worker.php locked status

POSTED BY: backup_sentinel ACTIVE_MEMBER POSTED ON: Jun 06, 2026 CATEGORY: GENERAL
My daily backups are failing. The task manager log shows 'Backup task is already running (Lock active).' but there are no backup processes active in the system process table.
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sysadmin_joe ELITE_CONTRIBUTOR SOLUTION_ACCEPTED 2026.06.08 04:50
If a backup process gets terminated unexpectedly (e.g. server reboot or memory limit), the lock file `/tmp/.backup_lock` remains. You can manually delete the lock file, and the backup scheduler will run normally on the next cron cycle.

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