Xtrabackup with the latest version does not prepare bkps made in the previous version?

Hi,

I made a backup using Xtrabackup version 8.4.0-1 but when I tried to prepare the backup in xtrabackup version 8.4.0-2 I received the error:

2025-02-09T11:07:15.429993-03:00 0 [ERROR] [MY-011825] [Xtrabackup] Failed to parse xtrabackup_info from ‘./xtrabackup_info’

Shouldn’t the newer version of the same relase be able to restore the backup?

Using the same version of the backup works perfectly.

xtrabackup_info

uuid = 4dab6185-e250-11ef-9538-005056020812
name =
tool_name = xtrabackup
tool_command = --backup --parallel=8 --compress --compress-threads=6 --compress-zstd-level=9 --slave-info --safe-slave-backup --user=root --password=... --host=localhost --target-dir=/backup-mysql/bkp-xtrabackup/base/2025-02-03_12-00-01
tool_version = 8.4.0-1
ibbackup_version = 8.4.0-1
server_version = 8.4.3
server_flavor = MySQL Community Server - GPL
start_time = 2025-02-03 12:00:02
end_time = 2025-02-03 14:00:00
lock_time = 16
binlog_pos = filename 'binlog.000412', position '198', GTID of the last change '9d663a80-5a18-4af3-9bb9-253a3e5cc836:1-83,d1e4ae5a-5f61-11ef-9f52-005056021be8:1-690282357'
innodb_from_lsn = 0
innodb_to_lsn = 9075398295728
partial = N
incremental = N
format = file
compressed = compressed
encrypted = N

Hi @CharlesR - We have verified this behaviour and confirm that it is a bug. To track the progress of the bug, here is the link: Jira

Regards,
Mohit Joshi