AutoBackup not working on HA Core since HA 2025.1

[MatteoR23]

The problem

Every backup fails with HA 2025.1, since backup back-end has been changed from scratch

What version of Auto Backup has the issue?

1.5.3

What version of Home Assistant are you running?

Home Assistant 2025.1.0

What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant Core

If you're running HA OS/Supervised, what version of the Supervisor are you running?

No response

Example YAML snippet

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Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

No response

Additional information

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[h3x89]

Additional Information: AutoBackup Failing on HA 2025.1

I am experiencing the same issue as described in this thread after updating Home Assistant to version 2025.1.0. Below are the details of my setup and relevant error logs:

System Information:

• Home Assistant Version: 2025.1.0 (Core), Frontend: 20250103.0
• AutoBackup Version: 1.5.3
• Installation Type: Home Assistant Core (Docker)

Error Details:

During the backup process, the following error appears in the logs:

Logger: custom_components.auto_backup
Source: custom_components/auto_backup/__init__.py:444
Integration: Auto Backup
Error during backup. Unable to patch `_generate_backup_contents` function.

Additionally, the tracebacks indicate the following errors:

1. AttributeError: 'BackupManager' object has no attribute 'remove_backup'.
2. Several instances of Unexpected error for call_service at pos 1.

Full traceback details:

File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 526, in _async_step
  await getattr(self, handler)()
...
File "/config/custom_components/auto_backup/__init__.py", line 238, in purge_backups
  if await self._purge_snapshot(slug):
File "/config/custom_components/auto_backup/handlers.py", line 232, in remove_backup
  await self._manager.remove_backup(slug)
AttributeError: 'BackupManager' object has no attribute 'remove_backup'

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Updated Home Assistant to version 2025.1.0.
2. Attempted to create or manage backups via AutoBackup.

Observations:

• The issue seems related to changes in the BackupManager class or its related functions, as the remove_backup attribute appears to no longer exist.
• This might be linked to a recent overhaul of the backup backend in Home Assistant.

Request:

Could you please investigate compatibility between the AutoBackup integration and the updated Home Assistant backup backend? Let me know if additional logs or configurations would help!

Thank you for your support!

[jeroenterheerdt]

I'd honestly question if we still need this custom integration with the overhaul of built-in backups. I have disabled it for now to experiment with what HA offers out of the box.

[MatteoR23]

What I miss tbh are events, that I use to send a command to shell to upload backups to the cloud. I suppose that until there's no alternatives, I would appreciate to have this custom integration working

[blacknell]

I think the generational controls offered by this addon are essential.

[jcwillox]

The implementation for HA core is a bit hacky (uses a monkey patch) so it can break with updates, but shouldn't be too hard to get working again (hopefully).

The HA OS or supervised implementation is still working.

As for if this is still needed, depends on the use case, Auto Backup is still more powerful and, importantly for me at least, supports generational backup schemes.

I think for some the internal support will be enough, and hopefully they'll continue to add more features like multiple automatic backup configurations, to support generational backups.

[jcwillox]

So, the fix was a bit more complex this time as they completely changed the backup logic in HA Core, but the new logic is much better and we no longer need any monkey patches which means the implemenation should be much more stable this time. I've still got a few more things to sort out and test but hopefully should release the fix tonight

[MatteoR23]

Thank you so much for your effort

[ilexpl01]

Hi, was the fix already implemented ? I have reloaded the integration but the isuue remains:

Logger: custom_components.auto_backup
Source: custom_components/auto_backup/init.py:444
integration: Auto Backup (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 11:26:00 (1 occurrences)
Last logged: 11:26:00

Error during backup. Unable to patch '_generate_backup_contents' function.

[github-actions]

🎉 This issue has been resolved in version 1.6.0 🎉

The release is available on:

• GitHub release
• v1.6.0

Your semantic-release bot 📦🚀

[ilexpl01]

The release is not available right now:

[jcwillox]

Hahah you were just too fast 😄, I wanted to write a bit of an update in the release notes (also update the docs which is why I didn't release this afternoon), so I created a draft release first, but it's published now, do let me know if the fix is working, seemed to work great in my tests.

Additionally password is now supported on HA core (allowing you to use both a custom password and home assistants new encryption key if you want), and name is now officially supported no more monkey-patching.

[ilexpl01]

Seems to be running fine :)

GOOD JOB !

[jcwillox]

Fantastic, thanks!

[MatteoR23]

Lovely, thank you very much ☺️

[h3x89]

Thank you so much for the quick upgrade—fantastic job!