Backup plugin not working on joplin second instance

[antonio-slog]

Operating system

Windows

Joplin version

3.4.12

Desktop version info

Joplin 3.4.12 (prod, win32)

Device: win32, Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz
ID del Client: 0fe43b55cc80416589d0229cb26b83f3
Sinc. versione: 3
Profilo versione: 48
Portachiavi supportato: No
Alternative instance ID: -

Revisione: e9a9f68

Combine notes: 1.2.2
Day Review: 1.0.1
Email Note: 1.2.2
Email Plugin: 1.0.0
Favorites: 1.3.2
Freehand Drawing: 3.1.0
Headings 4 to 6: 1.0.1
Menu items, Shortcuts, Toolbar icons: 1.1.0
Note overview: 1.7.1
Note Tabs: 1.4.0
Quick Links: 1.3.2
Quick Move: 1.1.0
Toggle Markup Type: 1.0.0

Sync target

OneDrive

Editor

Rich Text Editor

What issue do you have?

Hello all,
I installed the backup plungin since the first time years ago on my portable joplin first instance.
This year I created a second joplin instance.
When I go to tools > options > plugins and search for the backup plugin, I see it as "installed".
But I can't see it on Options sidebar.
See attachments.
Is this a known bug?
TIA
tony

Screenshots

[tylerism]

Using Joplin 3.4..12 on CachyOS and have the same issue. The plugin is installed but it is not showing in the Tools meny.

[james-carroll]

@tylerism mainly as I think OPs issue is likely different as the packages are more unified on Windows.

I feel like this could be a packaging problem relating to disabling asar bundling.

When packaging this for the Snap, I'd noticed that having this configuration turned on would subtly change some API calls that broke initialisation of the backup plugin entirely, so I turned it off. I think some distributions such as the Flatpak package still use it, because on their environments delta upgrades work on a per file basis for delta upgrades, making downloads more efficient.

The Joplin Dev Console would complain about the plugin specifically if opened with f12, relating to files that don't exist quite where it expects.