Error when making container backups - Database or site_config.json may be corrupted

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Database or site_config.json may be corrupted

This was caused because the backup could not be completed successfully. The tail of the log file tail -f PATH_TO/frappe_bench/logs/backup.log had “mysqldump not found in PATH! This is required to take a backup” error because recent mariadb starting with MariaDB 10.5 and above, the traditional mysqldump binary has been replaced by mariadb-dump, which is functionally equivalent. On Debian Bookworm, installing mariadb-client will give you: /usr/bin/mariadb-dump But not /usr/bin/mysqldump by defa…