2.1.2.0 (Beta) 2025-08-20: Error writing file with rclone to pcloud

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I’m trying to configure a backup to a pcloud store with rclone. If I hit the button “Test destination” on the page http://127.0.0.1:8200/ngclient/backup/new/destination I’ll get the following error:

Error writing file: duplicati-access-privileges-test.tmp, error: Missing config file? 2025/09/22 09:50:05 CRITICAL: Failed to create file system for “local:/tmp/dup-97c9c7d3-b149-49ce-9379-ce0ec55488df”: didn’t find section in config file (“local”)

I’ve entered the target URL direct over the link “Edit target URL” as
rclone://pcloud:/backup/crest/duplicati

If I’m running the following command in a terminal, everything is ok:
rclone copy TEST pcloud:/backup/crest/duplicati

I’m using Ubuntu 24.04, rclone v1.71.0 and duplicati-2.1.2.0_beta_2025-08-20-linux-x64-gui.deb.

Any ideas, what’s going wrong here?

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I found the solution to the problem in the following post:

It is necessary to configure a local repository for rclone (as described in the linked post, but please note: the repository type number in my version of rclone is 33 instead of 30), although this does not seem to be necessary when using rclone on its own.

I think it would be good to include a note in the documentation at

Is there a way to make a suggestion for this?

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Welcome to the forum @drhm

You can certainly open a GitHub issue about it, but be clear on the request.
Chances of tracking the rclone number is low because they always change.
If you want the manual to talk about the local repository, it already mentions:

Advanced options

If you need to change the Rclone local repo …

but could be clearer. Or you can suggest it be optional like in rclone on its own.

Testing the old UI might be useful, as maybe it handles this rclone setup better.

Updated rclone backend to handle empty options #5617

Made the local repo optional in the UI because it has a default value.

and then I posted a note (but maybe too late), and added some history.

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I think the best solution would be to change Duplicati so that it does not require a local repository (as you also mentioned in your posting).

However, if this behavior is not changed, I would suggest adding the following note to the documentation after the sentence “… which is otherwise set to ‘local’, which works for most setups.”

“Note: You must add a remote named ‘local’ with the storage type ‘Local hard drive’ to the rclone configuration in order to use Duplicati with rclone."