Hello there!
I am using Duplicati 2.2.0.1 - 2.2.0.1_stable_2025-11-09 on macOS Sonoma (14.8.1) and I am facing this error when a backup tries to backup files in my user directory /Users/foo, while being logged in as user foo:
Error while running BackupLaptop
Backup aborted since the source path /Users/foo/.histfile does not exist. Please verify that the source path exists, or remove the source path from the backup configuration, or set the allow-missing-source option.
This file does exist and is readable by my user foo:
% ls -lh ~/.histfile
-rwx------ 1 foo staff 542K 25 nov 17:21 /Users/foo/.histfile
The full debug log is not really helpful here:
Duplicati.Library.Interface.UserInformationException: Backup aborted since the source path /Users/foo/.histfile does not exist. Please verify that the source path exists, or remove the source path from the backup configuration, or set the allow-missing-source option.
at Duplicati.Library.Main.Controller.ExpandInputSources(String[] inputsources, IFilter filter)
at Duplicati.Library.Main.Controller.<>c__DisplayClass22_0.<<Backup>b__0>d.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
at Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.Await(Task task)
at Duplicati.Library.Main.Controller.RunAction[T](T result, String[]& paths, IFilter& filter, Func`3 method)
at Duplicati.Library.Main.Controller.Backup(String[] inputsources, IFilter filter)
at Duplicati.Server.Runner.RunInternal(Connection databaseConnection, EventPollNotify eventPollNotify, INotificationUpdateService notificationUpdateService, IProgressStateProviderService progressStateProviderService, IApplicationSettings applicationSettings, IRunnerData data, Boolean fromQueue)
Same behavior with other files/directory. I’ve granted Duplicati full disk access in macOs privacy settings and restarted the app, without success.
What’s the best way to troubleshoot this please?
Thanks for your help
