Timeshift broken?

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This is worrisome. Every time I start creating a backup, it crashes. When I delete the backup, it also crashes. Basically, I can’t do anything.

Here is what it says in terminal:


 michaldybczak  alienware-PC  ~  timeshift-launcher
Wczytano konfigurację aplikacji: /etc/timeshift/timeshift.json
Mounted '/dev/sdc1' at '/run/timeshift/23633/backup'

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Removing '2022-08-04_21-27-44'...
**5,81% completed (00:07:22 remaining)
ERROR:/build/timeshift/src/timeshift/src/Utility/TeeJee.Misc.vala.c:516:string_replace: code should not be reached
Bail out! ERROR:/build/timeshift/src/timeshift/src/Utility/TeeJee.Misc.vala.c:516:string_replace: code should not be reached
/usr/bin/timeshift-launcher: linia 30: 23633 Aborted               (memory dump) pkexec ${app_command}

or:

michaldybczak  alienware-PC  ~  timeshift-launcher
[Warning] Removed incorrect lock
Red app configuration: /etc/timeshift/timeshift.json
Mounted '/dev/sdc1' at '/run/timeshift/23928/backup'

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Creating new snapshot...(RSYNC)
Saving on a device: /dev/sdc1, zmounted in path: /run/timeshift/23928/backup
Combining with snapshot: 2022-09-24_18-43-55
Synchronizing files with rsync...
**5,58% completed (00:13:51 remaining)
ERROR:/build/timeshift/src/timeshift/src/Utility/TeeJee.Misc.vala.c:516:string_replace: code should not be reached
Bail out! ERROR:/build/timeshift/src/timeshift/src/Utility/TeeJee.Misc.vala.c:516:string_replace: code should not be reached
/usr/bin/timeshift-launcher: linia 30: 23928 Przerwane               (memory dump) pkexec ${app_command}

The weird thing is, the last time I looked at the progress, it was over 30% and after the crash, terminal says 5,58%.

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you can use the cli:
sudo timeshift
it will list commands; for example for creating a snapshot:
sudo timeshift --create
this will also remove the incomplete snapshots

and youre not the only one:

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Thanks, that is exactly the issue and solution. CLI worked fine and cleaned unfinished jobs.

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