Time Machine backups fail immediately after creating the initial backup folder on macOS Tahoe (version 26.x).
Symptoms:
- Backup starts
- Initial sparsebundle/folder is created
- Fails right away (no further progress)
This worked on previous macOS versions.
Likely cause:
Samba 4.22+ breaks Time Machine due to removed fruit:posix_rename option and rename behavior with open files.
Samba bug: https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15926
Samba patch: https://gitlab.com/samba-team/samba/-/merge_requests/4163
Fixed in Samba 4.22.6+ and 4.23.3+.
Suggestion:
Update the bundled Samba version in Umbrel to one that includes the fix (e.g., 4.22.6 or newer).
Environment:
Umbrel Home
macOS Tahoe 26.x
Samba share configured for Time Machine
Thanks!