Hello.
During backup i get this error message: Akeeba\Engine\Dump\Native\Mysql :: Table #__finder_terms has a prefix of #__. This would cause restoration errors; table skipped.
#42882 error message
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Environment Information
Joomla! version
6.0.4
PHP version
8.3
Akeeba Backup version
10.3.2
Latest post by fchojinski on Wednesday, 15 April 2026 06:32 CDT
Wednesday, 15 April 2026 03:23 CDT
fchojinski
Wednesday, 15 April 2026 03:51 CDT
nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
The message is very clear. You have a table in your database whose name starts with #__. This sequence of three characters has a special meaning to Joomla. It means "replace me with the site's database table name prefix". As a result, this table is unusable in Joomla. Therefore, it cannot have anything to do with your site. For this reason it is not backed up.
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
Lead Developer and Director
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Wednesday, 15 April 2026 06:32 CDT
fchojinski
Hi Nicholas, thank you for your quick help!
Regards Frank